I just downloaded Istaria today for the first time, and the Launcher started up fine and I was able to go through the patching process fine as well after I clicked on create a new character for Chaos. Then the screen that says Loading Files, Preaching Bounding Volumes, etc, comes up and then it disappears and nothing happens after that. It's the same way for trying to create a new character for Order as well. I've tried running the other launchers, running them as an administrator, and scanning to make sure the files have been patched.
Can anyone help me with this? I'd like to get a subscription going for this game...thanks!