Well, what do you know, it worked! I didn't think of trying to add the proxy as when I tried it when I first launched the game it wouldn't even load anything at all. But now I set it to EU proxy and it worked fine. Great to have a fix for this! :)
Having the same problem. Tried all the suggested fixed I've found around the board: Compatibility Mode, Run as Administrator, Forwarded the ports, forced update, forced validation, forwarded the ports, flushed the DNS, re-installed the game. None of them made any difference at all. I can also say for sure that it is NOT…