Guild Wars 2

So did a little research and there might be a connection between my ISP in South Africa and centurylink. Who knew

I am having the same problem, my game client tries to log in and I get the error connecting. I cannot even access the guildwars2.com website or arena.net. I am trying from South Africa so no connection at all to the ISP you guys are using or even the region. I used a VPN with a states address and I connected no problem. Maybe there is a problem with some auth server??? In fact the only reason I can reply on this forum is because I could authenticate on the website while on the VPN. I cannot do that from my local address in Cape Town.