Launcher black screen

[YmirEsc]

If you guys have tried the clear cache / restart method and it's still not working- try running as administrator afterwards
someone suggested it to me and it helped
it might help you guys too

[Vanwa]

I'm not a computer genius but when the error message actually mentions the latest patch (...2014-4-24-14), seems to me that may point to a problem with the patch.

[gingercupcake]

Been trying for the past hour and still can't get on :/ I'm on PS3 and when I try to log in I can type everything in then it just stays as a black screen... ugh, so much for doing a few things before work.....

[RyuDragnier]

Joy, guess I get to go screw around in Guild Wars 2 while waiting for this to come up. I do want to get the dailies done so I can get closer to my 7th Atma book.

[Hardware_Hank]

lol go figure, it worked once earlier when I played but I try to log back on and I get the error. This isn't anything to do with local settings so dont bother, this is a patch issue and the only fix is probably gonna be from square. so much for playing today. f**kers

[Turkf]

I cant believe square enix cant seem to release patches, since day one, without causing other never ending issues ( Can you as least have the decency to respond to this thread as to where we are with the fix to this issue?

[Hardware_Hank]

If you open the client as admin and wait a bit it seems to load eventually, takes a couple minutes though.

[Kaynin]

None of that seems to help for me, nor has changing some config stuff. I'm just gonna reinstall the game and get back to you all in a day or 2. My internet is shit so downloading patches takes a long fucking time.

[Jitenshazuki]

If you open the client as admin and wait a bit it seems to load eventually, takes a couple minutes though.

It obviously has nothing to do with the account launcher is being run undo. Judging by the fact that some players can get into the game it's an http resource access timeout issue. Either SE servers are being ddosed by evildoers or the denial of service is happening naturally due to a large number of people trying to upgrade (now with ps4 owners). Or both.

[Malzian]

There's a notice related to this: Congestion Notice (Apr. 24)

I've gotten it as well, but I reloaded a couple times and finally got through. It's server-side.