now its been just kicking me whenever I try to goto character select screen. Seems like you just have to keep trying right now until it works lol. I have noticed my latency has been a little higher than normal. not by much. usually in the 50-60 ms range, been around 150-180 today.

Same issues here

Takes me forever for me to log in, and I've gone from 160 ping to 280 ping.

Sounds like you need to start a character and call it Pingpong. :D

having the same issues. Started yesterday when game froze up during zoning a couple times. Today it has gotten worse and i am having trouble just making it to character select. Any ideas?

I was having the issue and I stopped using WinEQ and that seemed to resolve the issue.

Saw dozens of crashes today when dying/accepting rezzes, switching characters, etc. Not just me but a lot of guildees too.

im not using WinEQ myself, shouldnt have anything to do with taht

Whatever the problem was, it has resolved itself. No issues for the last 24 hours or so...