Patching: "No valid or active service account is available to play"?

[Johnist]

I'm a 1.0 player and there was an update release about 10 hours ago. I logged into the launcher but it gave me:

No valid or active service account is available to play FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn.

Everyone else I've spoken to has been able to update with the ~1GB patch?

Before I registered my PC Preorder, I was receiving that error as well. The error will go away if you register a valid PC Preorder for PC Client or a valid PS3 Preorder for PS3 Client.