The launcher and patching process for the game was updated today on the live servers. Note it has been on Blight for a while now. This new launcher features a patching process that is much more "user friendly". This launcher fully replaces the website for logging in to the game. Note that character management tasks such as deleting characters or requesting copies to Blight are still done through play.istaria.com. These features are planned for a later update of the launcher.

If you have not updated your launcher and need your shortcuts updated, please use the launcher update on the download page.
http://community.istaria.com/pg.php/download
You will need to install the Launcher Upgrade in the same folder as your existing Istaria install.

Please report any problems with launching/patching the game to us at support.istaria.com.