Failure to "Aquire Group Friend List" prevents login.

Details: Can't login to playonline.
Steps:
1. Open Playonline Viewer
2. Select account and click login.
3. Type password and click connect.
4. Watch login get stuck ack "Aquiring Group Friend List" and eventually disconnect you.

Date & Time: April 6, 2016, 8PM CST - Present
Frequency: Continuous.
Platform: Windows
PC Manufacturer & Model Number: Multiple PCs.
OS: Windows 7 & Windows 10
Graphics Card: Multiple graphics cards over multiple PCs.
ISP: Multiple, have tried multiple locations.
Type of Internet Connection: Multiple, have tried DSL and cable.

Seems to have been resolved, for myself and others, still unsure why it occurred.