I've read the various threads regarding this issue and none of the fixes seem to have corrected my apparent launcher related qualm.
Is there already a torrent, or a mirror site from which I can download this patch? I've pretty well given up hope of getting the new patch through the launcher at this point.
If anybody knows of either a torrent or a mirror site please post them below.
Feel free to close this thread if asking for this is somehow in breach of one of the many rules I am not aware of.
10,000 gold to the man who fixes this issue.
