Stuck at Loading Screen when Entering a Zone

So, since this morning, I can't do any maps without alt+f4'ing the game. Let me describe the issue:

The game loads. I'm in a city. I go to my hideout. Open a map using the map device. Everything is going normal up to this.

Then, while using any one of the six portals to the map, there's a great chance that the game will not load the area (either map or hideout) and I'll be stuck on loading screen. This happened to me at the first portal, as well as the sixth portal. This happened while either zoning in to map, or zoning to my hideout.

It simply stays on the loading screen. I can alt-tab, or shift-tab (steam) freely. No stuttering or lags. Just the loading screen. No error message on alt-tab. I have to alt+f4 in order to exit the game and relaunch.

Solutions I tried:

* Waiting to load the hideout/map. (max. waiting time was 40-ish minutes)
* Turning the router off and on again.
* Turning the PC off and on again.
* Connecting through a different gateway. (My default was Amsterdam, but I also tried Frankfurt, London, and Paris.)
* Running the game as Administrator.
* Revoking the game's access through Firewall, and giving the access back.
* Running the game with and without --nopreload launch option on Steam.

Could there be a problem on the servers' side? Everything was smooth until this morning.
Or Is there anything else I can try?

Thanks in advance.

Having the same issue.

Same issue here, can't log in the game cause the loading screen takes for ever.
BTW i had a EULA message pop when i launched PoE from steam today, wtf?

Same here. It started today.

It's fixed for me atm, magic ?

I am still experiencing the same issue.

Need to be fixed.

Its a network issue btw.

Cant mapping GGG fix please.

Iam having the same issue!. Brazil Gateway, never had any problem with PoE until now!, and ive played quite a lot of it!