I haven't been able to login for the past 2 hours or so. Twice I was able to get the game to launch, but pressing Play on a character just results in "Unable to reach the login server" message, and eventually kicks me out to the launcher.

I know this was an issue on pre-launch, but I thought that Anet was prepared for the number of people at launch.

No one else has posted threads about this, so I'm wondering - am I the only one having this issue?

Originally posted by grapevine
Just got in, but the game is doomed.  Launch day and nobody is around ;)

That reminds me of the old joke: No one drives in New York anymore - there's too much traffic.

I too can't log in.

Everything was fine, I just started today and I played for about 2 hours maybe, then came the new build and since that I've been getting error 42 when I try to log in. Expect one time when I got into the game but then, just like you, I got the error message when I clicked 'play'.

Originally posted by Maki2

I too can't log in.

Everything was fine, I just started today and I played for about 2 hours maybe, then came the new build and since that I've been getting error 42 when I try to log in. Expect one time when I got into the game but then, just like you, I got the error message when I clicked 'play'.

 

Me too.   They built a new build.  I logged on.   Then...    Pfft.

Per the GW2 Twitter ffed:

Guild Wars 2‏@GuildWars2

We are aware of some conectivity issues within the EU region. Please bear with us while our team looks into the problem.

Originally posted by MosesZD

GW2 Twitter:

 

 

Guild Wars 2‏@GuildWars2

We are aware of some conectivity issues within the EU region. Please bear with us while our team looks into the problem.

Maybe they just stole the server hardware since the muricans are waking up :)

Error 42 is rapidly becoming the new Error 37

Any coders here that could set up a nice monitoring tool that sends me an SMS or email when the login servers come back up so I dont have to sit in front of my computer spamming the login button?

Originally posted by MosesZD

Originally posted by Maki2

I too can't log in.

Everything was fine, I just started today and I played for about 2 hours maybe, then came the new build and since that I've been getting error 42 when I try to log in. Expect one time when I got into the game but then, just like you, I got the error message when I clicked 'play'.

 

 

GW2 Twitter:

Guild Wars 2‏@GuildWars2

We are aware of some conectivity issues within the EU region. Please bear with us while our team looks into the problem.

Well, at least they're working on it, that's all I can ask for I guess...

Originally posted by stragen001

Error 42 is rapidly becoming the new Error 37

Any coders here that could set up a nice monitoring tool that sends me an SMS or email when the login servers come back up so I dont have to sit in front of my computer spamming the login button?

 

The login servers aren't down - they're just overwhlemed with requests. So even if such a tool is made, if it gets through to the login server, there's no guarantee you will.

It's also counter-productive to have an automated tool like that, since spamming login requests is the equivalent of a DDoS attack - it will just slow down the servers even more.

after 3 hours still no log in:(

Anyone who has got in I have to ask has the market been running?

Originally posted by ZenonSeth

Originally posted by stragen001

Error 42 is rapidly becoming the new Error 37

Any coders here that could set up a nice monitoring tool that sends me an SMS or email when the login servers come back up so I dont have to sit in front of my computer spamming the login button?

 

The login servers aren't down - they're just overwhlemed with requests. So even if such a tool is made, if it gets through to the login server, there's no guarantee you will.

It's also counter-productive to have an automated tool like that, since spamming login requests is the equivalent of a DDoS attack - it will just slow down the servers even more.

You don't know that.  either way now like Saturday  thy should have expected more requests and be ready.

boo ANet!

Originally posted by Nilenya
screen went black when I was typing and strafing at the same time. Now Im getting the error 42 of death.

How do you do that? Care to teach me? That would be helpful )

got into character select about three times now but when i press play it says it cant find login server and after a couple of tries it kicks me out to desktop.

weird thing is a looked at the server select page and loads of them are full so people are playing.

There have been other threads about this, no you are not the only one having log in issues. It seems to be a wide spread problem for EU/UK users.

According to the official twitter they have been "aware" of the issue for a few hours now.