Your best bet is starting a support ticket, work with ANet to troubleshoot.
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Question 1:
- Why does GW2 disconnect me from the game, telling me there is a Network Error whilst I am connected to the internet, whilst my other games or facebook is still connected? IS this a server-script who need to be looked at?
Error reporting is an inexact art and few software developers (including Microsoft) get it right that often, especially putting things in language that makes sense to non-programmers.
Imagine a high-end automobile with the latest in tech helping it operate at peak efficiency. Of course, it’kitten by a drunk driver in a flatbed truck, and the engine case is cracked and fluids are leaking all over… you go to the car, to see how bad the damage is and the vehicle’s computer helpfully describes the issue:
“Out of Oil.”
A true statement, but entirely useless in troubleshooting.
That’s probably the case here.
In short, ignore the text of the error message and realize that your game is unable to connect with ANet’s servers.
That could happen for all sorts of reasons, from something in the middle (a probably with internet backbone between you and them, which doesn’t affect things like Facebook with redundant networks) to something on your end (port problems), your ISP (over-blown throttling), to something on ANet’s end.
You’ll need to run something like pingplotter to identify where the signal is lost and give ANet the details, via a support ticket.
Question 2
- The Black Screen with the visible mouse-pointer is completely new to me, I’ve been playing 2 years GW2… never seen this. Why is this happening? Any reason?
There are several reasons, including problems with your graphical processing unit, CPU, or other cables. I had a similar issue that only affected GW2, but when I ultimately found the source, it turned out to be a melted hard drive cable; it just didn’t “slip” until GW2 was heating things up inside (not hotter than acceptable; just too hot for a weak cable).
Those can be hard to troubleshoot. One method, if you are comfortable, is to shut down your computer, disconnect it from the power, and re-seat as many components as you can, cleaning things out with a dust blower.
Question 3
- Why can’t one login properly, only after repeatable shutting down the client and re-launching it solves the loggin issue after 5+ to a maximum of 15 tries.
That sounds like a symptom of some other problem. If you’re game has trouble connecting generally, it’s likely that you’ll have trouble logging in, too.
PS: Are there any other players having this issue, or I am entirely alone with this?
Every day, every game ever invented has people having trouble connecting, including GW2. That doesn’t mean their issues are the same as yours; there are all sorts of ways that people have their computers set up and it can be hard to distinguish what’s special on your end (because something always is) and what might be specific to the game in question.
There are certainly times when a game is the primary root cause for most/many of the errors; it’s a lot more rare than people think for popular games. Usually, the issue is something odd on our end (or between us and the game company’s network).
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