So I'm not really new to Istaria. However, it has been awhile since I last was able to play. By that I mean like a year or few... I'm not really sure. I plan on making a new character and hopefully discovering the love of Istaria all over again.

I am curious though and was unable to find any information about the launcher. The new launcher by the way is awesome. I love it (at least what I saw before I clicked play Istaria.) To which I'm now looking at a box that says "Entering Istaria Locally" with dots that come and go. (dots or periods, what ever.) There is no real number or line or really any kind of visual reference for me to know how long its going to take or if it's really doing something. So whats happening? How long does it take?