I am having the same issue. Sometime after the update, I randomly got booted off the game while standing in Port Nyanzaru. Now it gives the same "trying to update the launcher, please be patient" message every time I attempt to log in.
I enjoyed most of the mod 3 content. The only thing I would have changed is that whichever faction wins BI domination gets a "bonus" to their BI gear drop rate for any heroic encounters completed for a period of time (possibly up until the next BI domination). I believe this would have facilitated open world pvp as well as…