The last step of the DAOC loading screen is the World server connection attempt.
If the last tick fails and gives you an esc, that means the game cannot reach the world server. Firewall, or some other network filter is not letting the connection through.
1) If you are on a laptop, try tethering through a hotspot and see if the game loads. Then you know there is some appliance on your network that is too tight.
2) If the hotspot isn't letting you through, then it is a setting on your computer. Do you use a VPN? or some other DNS redirect service like unlocator? Or Surf shark?
Yes, you need to exclude the folders. If you are trying to download, you'll need to exclude your downloads folder, at least temporarily to get the file downloaded. Or do it on another computer that isn't so strict and put the file on a thumbdrive.
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