I was able to play this morning. I took a few hours break, then I could not load the game. The loading screen freezes at "loading game" then closes with an error message saying pirates has stopped working. I have force restarted the app, restarted my phone, and reinstalled the app. If needed I can post pics of the screens I can. Any suggestions @Lynsey [Midoki]?
Update: Every now and then it will progress to "connecting to server" before crashing. But it still won't let me in.
Update: I am able to log on now. No idea why I was unable to log in for those several hours. And yes I was trying every 5-10 minutes.