Stuck at "Connecting to Servers".

Anyone getting stuck?

Stuck at "Connecting to Servers"
and then getting "Unable to connect to login server"
and then if you were able to log in to characters selection, after pressing play, it says "fail to connect to instance".



EDIT:

TraceRoute from Network-Tools.com to 173.192.44.22 [pathofexile.com]
Hop (ms) (ms) (ms) IP Address Host name
1 1 0 0 8.9.232.73 xe-5-3-0.edge3.dallas1.level3.net
2 0 0 0 4.69.145.204 ae-4-90.edge2.dallas3.level3.net
3 0 1 0 4.59.36.94 softlayer-t.edge2.dallas3.level3.net
4 0 0 0 173.192.18.213 ae1.dar02.sr01.dal01.networklayer.com
5 1 1 1 66.228.118.223 po2.fcr05.sr06.dal01.networklayer.com
6 0 0 0 173.192.44.22 173.192.44.22-static.reverse.softlayer.com
Trace complete

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Can you please reply to this thread with your ISP / Location and include a trace route to pathofexile.com

Also, please make absolutely sure that your anti-virus/firewall software is not blocking the connection.
Adding an exception for the game is the best way to ensure this is not the case, disabling the software does not always have the desired effect.

YUP
thank god its not just me

cannot connect to server at launcher now

keep trying took 6 times for me.

Tried over 20 times in the past 20 minutes. Can't connect. At this rate, I'll probably miss the race in an hour... cmon GGG! My team is waiting for me!

Ok I'm not the only one.

I'm plain stuck at cannot connect to patch server.... is it just a general bug or are the servers down?

Server down. That simple.

Hope they come back up again today.

EDIT: Now managed to get into the game.

Ok, that answers my question, guess I need to find something else to occupy my time for a while

I'm in the UK,Bournemouth using British Telecom and have no clue how to get a trace route, but if you tell me how can and will do