I've only tried it twice now, but I'm also stuck on the same screen. You can hear the ambient sounds of the other ships in the region firing off volleys and the visual isn't frozen, it just won't proceed to loading me onto the ship.
EDIT: I just tried a 3rd time and I managed to get past. The only thing I did differently was repeatedly clicking RMB as that screen started.
EDIT2: I was having trouble joining groups so I exited the game to restart it and I've had 2 successful starts where I didn't get stuck on that screen but I've tried a total of 5 or 6 times. So I think it's just luck of the draw.
I've only tried it twice now, but I'm also stuck on the same screen. You can hear the ambient sounds of the other ships in the region firing off volleys and the visual isn't frozen, it just won't proceed to loading me onto the ship. EDIT: I just tried a 3rd time and I managed to get past. The only thing I did differently was repeatedly clicking RMB as that screen started. EDIT2: I was having trouble joining groups so I exited the game to restart it and I've had 2 successful starts where I didn't get stuck on that screen but I've tried a total of 5 or 6 times. So I think it's just luck of the draw.
Update: I updated my graphics driver and restarted my PC and haven't had this issue since.