Sorry, messed up my rig trying to free up some RAM. Back online now. I dont believe its related to anti-virus or firewalls, I've tried with them all disabled. I am however also using Intel HD Graphics 620

Tried all of the above. Tried running as admin and in compatibility mode Tried clearing: -DiskCacheStatic -DiskCacheStream -client_settings These last steps worked when I had this problem with the last patch however this time I've had no success with a workaround. Tried both steam and direct version. Rig exceeds game requirements. If logs are needed for EA please let us know. I'm out of ideas 🥵

This actually worked for me. May be getting ahead of myself but deleting client settings did it. Currently in-game hoping I can get my graphics set-up to be to accessible going forward. Good advice!

Posted elsewhere but relevant. Steam user. Same issue. Frozen loading screen before server / char selection. Solutions attempted: -Steam file integrity check -Appdata client settings check (all settings present and correct) -System and Network reset -Complete game removal and reinstallation -Running game with all firewalls, AV and WD disabled -Run as admin -Compatibility mode windows 7 and 8 No success

Was hoping 7.4a would fix it but I still can't progress past the loading screen. New issue for me. Never occurred before update 7.4 Playing through steam FYI Attempted solutions: -Steam file integrity check -Appdata client settings check (all settings present and correct) -System and Network reset -Complete game removal and reinstallation -Running game with all firewalls, AV and WD disabled -Run as admin -Compatibility mode windows 7 and 8 -Steam "support" (ridiculous rabbit hole of uselessness) -EA support (bottom of said rabbit hole) Possible contributing factors to consider: All my characters are on Star Forge so my launcher automatically skips server selection and logs me into Star Forge for character selection. I'm seeing a few comments from others having the same issue that all seem related to Star Forge I'm also experiencing the memory usage issue. Looking at my task manager it seems to begin from the moment I hit play