Quote Originally Posted by SongJoohee View Post
Since 2.0 you've been able to launch the launcher and log-in during maintenance but the usually Green Log-in button after logging in blacked out. The game checks for version updates after you log-in in the launcher, not when the launcher launches, it checks for launcher updates when the launcher is opened, not game updates.

Conspiracy theories ahoy.
Quote Originally Posted by Stumpedify View Post
Not quite right. That is the version check for the LAUNCHER. The client update is separate to that and always been tied to the server it contacts after logging in.
We are talking about 2 different things. I'm talking about the patch server you guys are talking about how the game is updated.