POE 2 Game stuck in an infinite loading screen (with workaround)

Similar here, even returning to Clearfell Encampment on any new accounts triggers an infinite loading screen, need to literally close the game from Task Manager just to close the game and whenever we return in game this bug happens every two loading screens in average.

I've tried the following with no success

1. tried direct x11 and vulkan
2. reinstalled the game
3. used steam launcher rather than poe2 launcher and vice versa with fresh installs
4. deleted the config file
5. set the graphics to the minimum despite having a good computer game is unplayable
6. I've rebooted my system and checked for various system updates
7. the only way to shut the game down is ctrl+alt+del or to right click the game tab and select close Alt F4 does not work


Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz (16 CPUs), 3.6GHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
W10 Home 64-bit
16384MB RAM
DirectX 12

Played 350+ hours in the first month without problems, came back 2 days ago and i'm having this bug.

Needs to be fixed before anything else because it's a bug that makes us unable to play the game!

Is anyone still getting the Infinite Loading Screen in North America??? I tried a T2 map earlier today to check on Canada East, and it was fine, but I was too afraid to try a higher juiced map.

I guess we shall see tomorrow :)