We are investigating issues some players are having logging into the game. Today's game update did include a global change to the UserPreferences.ini...
I would agree with you 100% and personally - even though my completionism's soul happens to rebel from time to time - I just skip the optional grind...
Same issues as above, except that I can't even start the game. After login the loading screen minimizes to the task bar and if you try to maximize it...