error pol-5312 after update this morning

error pol-5312 after update this morning
been playing a week or so now, there was an update today(241.2mb) before i started the game via steam, then when i got on, the log in set up was different than it has been to this point. before i would enter my POL ID Password first, then my SE ID Password. today it asked for SE ID Password first, then POL ID Password.

well i did that fine, then the next thing i get is a message saying:

"FRIEND LIST COMMUNICATION ERROR
Error Code: POL-5312

an unexpected problem occurred...yada yada yada"

now from here i can get all the way through the opening CS, then the game closes...
cant get to the select character screen.

i see there is a scheduled maintenance tonight, but i was just logged in yesterday, and there was no maintenance between then and now that i was aware of.

the only thing that i've done since i logged out yesterday to my account was i added the choco shirt and desert beret code to my account through SE. and i think i did something to the mail settings, but that was after i first logged in and got the error message.

did a search on this error message, and got a lot about people who hadnt quite figured out how to set up the game initially, and were having difficulties with passwords and stuff, and i made sure that my issue wasnt password related, as that process did change today, but the game lets me know when i enter the wrong pw for either ID setting.

any clue or anyone having similar issue today?

oh well, it'll get fixed eventually, hopefully i wont have to do a complete re-install, this game is pretty big.
:u)

musta messed up the config for logging in some time, but its fixed :u)