bad vpn/firewall? What do you mean by 'bad'? I've never had any problems with my VPN or firewall in the past
are you on the testnet for whatever reason? What do you mean here?
does your password work? Yes
changed the nodes? Yes, many, many times, but shouldn't these kinds of connectivity problems be resolved automatically?! I just want a trading experience that is at least as good as a CEX.
tried another wallet? Are you suggesting that the Bitshares wallet I am using is somehow defective? If so, why? Would you recommend a better wallet? Which one?
In case it is not clear from my previous messages, I have been able to place some orders, but most of the time I have not been able to because of what I suspect are systemic problems / problems with the Bitshares nodes (please refer to the rather abstruse comment above: Problem is transactions are going, because witness are sending to our node transactions, but today 70% of witnesses are having over 1000ms latency towards our node, even usually its under 400ms).