Can't connect to ArenaNet

hi...

I tried to get onto guildwars today, but when i get the first small screen that says 'connecting to ArenaNet' nothing happened, the percentage bar stayed at 0 and nothing has happeded since. It was working perfectly yesterday, no problems at all until today.

anyone got any idea on whats wrong?

How long did you leave it on there for? I just had to leave mine on for a minute or so before for it to load.

Installed anything new? Firewall or such? I doubt it's anything like that, maybe just something small and obvious.

I've left it for about 15 minuites earlier and got nothing, i tried again about 10 mins ago and its still not done anything now.

I havn't made any changes to my pc since i last played either.

I know this might not be worth it to you, so what I suggest, IS.

Move your Gw.dat file (you should know which 1 it is, as it's quite big, mine's around 1.5GB) in your C:\Program Files\Guild Wars directory to your Desktop or someplace, un-install Guild Wars but make sure your Gw.dat file is still there on your Desktop, then download the Guild Wars client of the Website, here:
http://www.guildwars.com/downloads/gwsetup.zip

Then run it, if it works, good, just move your Gw.dat file back to your Program Files of Guild Wars again.

Note: I tell you to move your Gw.dat file is that what holds all the info so you don't have to load all the Locations and Maps again.


+ Are you having any other problems with your ISP lately?

[EDIT]
Although, you may have to keep your Gw.dat file deleted and let everything re-download as it may corrupt something to do with the BETA PvE Factions event coming up.

TRY THIS FIRST BEFORE ANY OF THE ABOVE:
Move your Gw.dat file, start Guild Wars up so it makes a new Gw.dat file in your Program Files and see if it works.

I'd rather not try all of this straight away unless i have no other ideas. I'll wait a while and see if any other ideas come out before i resort to that.

no I havn't had any problems with my ISP lately.

thanks for your help so far, if you have any other ideas before i try this, let me know

aha I've figurered out the problem! It was my firewall :S which is strange because i'ts never stopped me before. Thanks for all the help Josh.

Heh, I said Firewall in the beginning but I thought you'd done nothing since but...meh whatever, lol.

Good job.

Well I thought it couldn't be my firewall because it never stopped me before and I havn't changed it since lol.