I was also able to log in this morning. I changed areas several times and logged out and back in without incident on multiple characters. There seems to be a consensus that the issue was the release of the new expansion or beta or whatever it was. If that is indeed the case, I say this: if you (SE) do not have enough servers or bandwidth or whatever to sustain ALL your paying customers, then GET MORE! I pay for this service and I expect to be able to access it whenever I please and for however long I please. You advertise a service, expect people to pay for it but can't keep it going full time. If I failed to provide my service to my employer, I'd get fired. I am admittedly addicted to this game. It's the only reason I keep coming back. Thanks to SE's stellar customer service practices, though, I will NEVER purchase another SE product; and, if I ever manage to break the spell of this one, I am gone.