Ok, so I downloaded the client today and at first it just black screened on start up, while trying to fix that it finally stopped doing the black screen, and the loading screen appeared, only for it to crash. So in turn I followed all the directions on the issue tracker forum for crashes on Windows 7. My drives are up to date, my fieralls let it through, and I have plenty of GB on my drive. I couldn't figure out how to attach the file of my crash, so I copied it into the spoiler.
If the resolution is due to a stupid error on my part, I apologize for wasting anyone's time, I just really want to play this game. Also not sure if the spoiler thing worked, if it didn't, a thousand apologies.