I’ve been looking for some solutions, and as of right now, this is working for me:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Installer-is-not-downloading/first#post3998597
check out the 2nd post by slemnd
As I am from the US, I used: us1.vpnbook.com
username: vpnbook
password: Zu6Adebu
Game is installing for me as I type this, hope this helps!
I had fully installed the game, and only when it was installing the updates did it stop at 99%. After consulting the web, I uninstalled Avast and what I had installed of GW2, to try and reinstall it from scratch. Now it starts downloading at about 4KB/s before quickly going to 0KB/s. Not sure where to go from here.
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