Yo, same here - had to use VPN to even post about it here.

It's pretty much this when I try to use launcher without VPN:

"A connection error has occurred. Please try again later."
"A System Error Has Occured: -2146697208"
"Unable to complete version check"
"The server is not responding"

It used to be fine before, but now it's difficult to play properly. Could it be finally fixed and sub prolonged for those affected?