Infinite loading time entering new instances

Ok, reinstalling the client doesn't fix anything. 1st login after clean install... I get into highgate ok but I try to go to sarn and I hang on loading the area. Here's what's in my clean client.txt file (minus all the download/patch stuff)...

Literally unplayable :-(

EDIT: Terminated POE after waiting over 5 minutes to enter Sarn. Reloaded the game and the first area that was loaded was Sarn... went to Highgate ok, did 2 runs of dried lake and now I'm hung on entering Highgate. Guess I need to take a break. This has been going on at least since Saturday... maybe Friday.

EDIT2: Tried with and without --noasync and --waitforpreload ... no change, still hangs

2016/10/25 18:43:47 6808859 fc [INFO Client 1516] Changing to device "Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)"
2016/10/25 18:43:52 6813906 65 [WARN Client 1516] FMOD MISSING EVENT: event:/Sound Effects/SG
2016/10/25 18:43:58 6819937 65 [WARN Client 1516] FMOD MISSING EVENT: event:/Sound Effects/ItemSounds/flaskdrink.ogg2d
2016/10/25 18:44:07 6829062 65 [WARN Client 1516] FMOD MISSING EVENT: event:/Sound Effects/UI/PVP/Countdown_01.ogg
2016/10/25 18:44:07 6829062 65 [WARN Client 1516] FMOD MISSING EVENT: event:/Sound Effects/UI/PVP/Countdown_02.ogg
2016/10/25 18:44:07 6829062 65 [WARN Client 1516] FMOD MISSING EVENT: event:/Sound Effects/UI/PVP/Countdown_03.ogg
2016/10/25 18:44:07 6829062 65 [WARN Client 1516] FMOD MISSING EVENT: event:/Sound Effects/UI/PVP/Countdown_04.ogg
2016/10/25 18:44:07 6829062 65 [WARN Client 1516] FMOD MISSING EVENT: event:/Sound Effects/UI/PVP/Countdown_05.ogg
2016/10/25 18:44:07 6829093 75c [DEBUG Client 1516] Got Instance Details from login server
2016/10/25 18:44:07 6829265 778 [INFO Client 1516] Just before calling client instance session
2016/10/25 18:44:07 6829296 cd [INFO Client 1516] Connecting to instance server at 169.47.1.15:6112
2016/10/25 18:44:07 6829328 111 [DEBUG Client 1516] Connect time to instance server was 16ms
2016/10/25 18:44:08 6829953 52 [WARN Client 1516] FMOD Failed to load bank FMOD/Desktop/_Monsters_Goatman.bank with error code 18
2016/10/25 18:44:09 6830750 52 [WARN Client 1516] FMOD Failed to load bank FMOD/Desktop/_Monsters_Rhoas_Pale.bank with error code 18
2016/10/25 18:44:10 6831859 52 [WARN Client 1516] FMOD Failed to load bank FMOD/Desktop/_Monsters_Axis_Caster.bank with error code 18
2016/10/25 18:44:10 6831859 65 [WARN Client 1516] FMOD MISSING EVENT: event:/Sound Effects/WeaponImpacts/Gore/Gore_Impact_LNG_$(#).ogg%20SG
2016/10/25 18:44:13 6835484 52 [WARN Client 1516] FMOD Failed to load bank FMOD/Desktop/_Monsters_Atziri.bank with error code 18
2016/10/25 18:44:14 6835828 65 [WARN Client 1516] FMOD MISSING EVENT: event:/Sound Effects/MonsterSounds/Insect_Spawner/Short_$(#).oggSG
2016/10/25 18:44:14 6836515 52 [WARN Client 1516] FMOD Failed to load bank FMOD/Desktop/_Monsters_KaomWarrior_KaomWarrior2.bank with error code 18
2016/10/25 18:44:16 6837984 65 [WARN Client 1516] FMOD MISSING EVENT: event:/Sound Effect/MonsterSounds/FireElemental/Chunk_$(#).loop.oggSG
2016/10/25 18:44:19 6841546 65 [WARN Client 1516] FMOD MISSING EVENT: event:/Sound Effects/Skills/Fireball/Fireball_Impact_01.oggSG
2016/10/25 18:44:19 6841609 65 [WARN Client 1516] FMOD MISSING EVENT: event:/Sound Effects/Skills/Charged_Blast/ChargedBlast.loop.oggSG
2016/10/25 18:44:22 6843984 6d [INFO Client 1516] Tile hash: 3032390792
2016/10/25 18:44:22 6843984 6e [INFO Client 1516] Doodad hash: 0
2016/10/25 18:44:24 6846296 903 [DEBUG Client 1516] Entering area 3_4_town
2016/10/25 18:44:32 6854640 75c [DEBUG Client 1516] Got Instance Details from login server
2016/10/25 18:44:33 6854781 778 [INFO Client 1516] Just before calling client instance session
2016/10/25 18:44:33 6854781 cd [INFO Client 1516] Connecting to instance server at 169.47.1.3:6112
2016/10/25 18:44:33 6854843 111 [DEBUG Client 1516] Connect time to instance server was 31ms
2016/10/25 18:44:35 6857640 6d [INFO Client 1516] Tile hash: 3340615640
2016/10/25 18:44:35 6857640 6e [INFO Client 1516] Doodad hash: 0

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Having the same problem as of 1-2 days ago. Everything was working great when all of the sudden I started getting hang ups on loading screens. Sometimes when I first hit play game with my character, sometimes after changing maps, and sometimes just going from map to hideout. Really annoying especially considering everything worked great before this.

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Hartlin_GGG wrote:

Hey guys, we're investigating to try to figure out what is going on here. I'll post back once I know more.

Thanks for the reports!

Thanks for letting us know this has been acknowledged. I'm not even going to attempt to play until this is resolved.

I got so frustrated, this happened 5 times while trying to do my daily master missions.

Yeah me too since the new Patch I've been having CRAZY lag spikes eternal Loadings. I have an High end pc with a 1gb internet connection I shouldn't have any of this issues so it's on their side. Please fix this. It makes it very hard for HC players.

Hardcore? I have given up hardcore completely. What is the point. It always happens that the game lags or freezes or does something like freezing screen, sound continues in background so i switch to playing by sound along. Game freezes and when screen finally clears there is my character lying on the floor dead. Screw the heartbreak.

Nothing but standard league for me. I will continue playing the leagues but for me hardcore is some kind of very bad joke leading to nothing but death and THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO PREVENT IT.

Hello dear community,
i have been experiencing the same lag for the past 3 days.
My game freezes during loadings forcing me to alt+f4 to close PoE.
It is really frustrating to play this way.
It happens often enough for me to be unable to play.

Thanks for looking in the issue GGG, and hopefully we will find a solution a.s.a.p. because daddy needs to make some currency.

I get the same hang up when switching areas.

I get mega desync in game too lately, and if i use lock step(i think it's this one) my game can freeze for 5 minutes straight(i just restart the client), which kind of looks cool when you have firestorm going and the flame freeze in mid air. :)

It all started a few days ago and long desync and freeze when switching areas started happening at the same time. Now i log in game and i'm worried i'll freeze. Can't even do the lab safely now :(

At first i thought it was my connection, but i can play Diablo 3 for hours with no problems.

To be honest this never happened before and i've been playing since day 1 of open beta. I think my game has crashed 3 or 4 times in all that time. I'm one of those few lucky people whose game never crashes.

It definitely has never been this bad. Never.

I'm sure there are people who know this already, but...

If you're having this problem, try using a European gateway. The same error doesn't seem to happen.

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hai2ulol wrote:

I'm sure there are people who know this already, but...

If you're having this problem, try using a European gateway. The same error doesn't seem to happen.

But then you have a 200ms ping instead =/