Virtue Stel Canyon zone problem...

So I was playing CoX this morning running around Steel Canyon selling off some enhancements. After I finished I went North from Blyde Square to hit the Tram. Shortly after I set out my client froze up and mapservered me. I tried to log back into my character several times over the course of 10 or so minutes and was told that my character was still logging out. So I switched to another character and successfully logged into the game. Again trying to head to Talos I took the tram from Atlas to Steel.

I've now been waiting about 10 minutes for Steel to load. In that time the loading bar has moved only slightly. IT's filled just shy of past statesmans foot.

Whats up? Zone crash? Whats going on? I'm afraid to close the client for fear I'll get a second character stuck in Steel Canyon Limbo.

*edit* Nice typo in my subject line. :\

Welp. Another 10 minutes of load time and still no Steel Canyon. The load line is now about two inches long.

I had NO trouble logging either character in, originally. I had NO trouble getting my second character to log in and load Atlas Park. WTH is up with Steel?

*Edit* Waited another five minutes before I gave up and closed the client. Rebooted it (again). Everything is fine. My first character loaded into Steel no trouble. Whatever was going on is over.

Nevermind...

Yep, it certainly sounds like a zone crash... fortunately they're pretty rare nowadays. The last one I experienced was about 6 months ago on Guardian; King's Row died while we were running a Manticore TF. I recall it coming back up in about 10 minutes or so.

I dont have it with steel, but I am having the exact same issue with Brickstown. Weird.

Yeah, I've been through zone crashes before. I've never had it take so long to come back up though. Usually by the time I've logged in another character the zone is back up.

It all worked out though. I've been around a loooong time and never had it happen just like that before. Just seemed a bit anomalous.

No harm no foul.