After attempting to fix the problem using the methods listed above and some of my own, it seems to me like the source of my problem is a corrupt file within the vast 15g file that GW2 uses. To get it to update through those last few files, I had to continually reopen my updater making bits of progress. When I finally got into the game, some things didn’t appear correctly, rather, there was a purple and white square that took their place. To remedy this I’ve decided just to reinstall the whole game. Will post again if it fixes my issues.