Zone freezing issue

[dafier]

Just wondering if someone has noticed this of late.

For the first time ever, last night, every time I zoned it would load the zone and either freeze that screen or go black and NEVER show my character. I would have to go in to my Task Manager, kill the eqgame.exe. Reload and wait for the char to get out of LD to get back on.

Every zone, not particular ones.

It was VERY annoying.

Anyone notice this of recent? Also, other than loading the game with 'patchme' what other things can you do to have a verification check on files?