We all know about the 1017

What I just noticed now is a disturbing pattern during login (and re-login) process. When I start the client I get to the character selection screen where I pick my main and try to log in.

OBVIOUSLY I get the 1017 error. But what's more puzzling, is that after 4 to 5 attempts, I then get the error telling me that the NA/EU server group cannot be found. This completely stops my re-login process, as my character never shows up.

If I restart the client, the NA/EU server list is back

Here's are some questions:

1. Has anyone recently been able to get the NA/EU server group back after getting the warning message that it's lost, WITHOUT restarting the client?

2. Can anyone else verify that a certain number of consecutive login attempts provoke this "error" to occur?

I really hope that SE hasn't tried to mitigate the spam-login problem by automatically borking our client sessions. I really hope so.

Hope is running thin....