As mentioned above, I have been able to play retail since the problem started last Wednesday by using wow.exe. That is apparently no longer possible and I am locked out of the game entirely. Upon using wow.exe it directs me to use battle.net which is still broken requiring an update that is impossible to complete.
It has been six days since this problem first occurred and it was acknowledged as a problem. I know Blizz is supposedly “looking into” the problem, but I’m beginning to have doubts that this “looking into” has any real priority given the time that has passed since its inception.
Since I’ve able to play with the workaround until now, I haven’t worried too much about the timing, but now that I’m totally locked out I find this lengthy delay to be totally unacceptable.
FIX THIS DAMN IT!!!
Well, that was quick. After posting my rant, the launcher suddenly was working. I doubt I had anything to do with it, but hopefully the problem is solved. lol