Brief description of the bug:
When attempting to load my crusader character, the main menu is unresponsive for about a minute before returning a window stating "Character Loading Error, please try again or choose a different character" (paraphrasing).

What I was doing when this bug occurred:
As stated I was attempting to load a level 36 crusader character. Shortly before this started occurring, however, I had completed a random mission (Hunt, Nurgle Daemons) using a few tarot cards. I went from level 35 to 36 through mission rewards, and unlocked the verminslayer heroic deed. 

When the reward screen failed to show (empty inventory, no level up screens), I attempted to soft restart the game. When the main menu was unresponsive and did not even show my character, I decided to exit to desktop and restart the game.

Expected behaviour:
Character loads normally.

Notes:
Is this a serverside or clientside issue? I was seeing other strange things that weren't occurring when I played yesterday such as selling loot and salvage taking a long time to process, or not processing at all. Either/or, I bought this game during the steam sale and would just rather not lose my progress after 16 hours. I'm seeing other folks with the same issue and I'm sure they feel likewise.

Game account:
Sam.Graves

Hope this helps.