The old login method still exists for the moment, however with login moved into the EVE Launcher then the concept of the old login screen simply doesn't make sense.

It won't be before Odyssey. I don't have an exact date for it, since it's tied into a much larger engineering project to improve client boot times, asset preloading and getting into the game in general.

Aside from that it should mean we can switch between alts on the same account, without needing to log in again.

I understand your frustration but you have to provide us something to go on; a screenshot showing any error messages, or a copy paste or something, anything would be helpful.

Finally!!! Found the way to skip the launcher!
In the "bin" folder of EVE there is a file ExeFile.exe - it throws you directly to the old window when you choose your account and click play.
Enjoy!

And if you need to update your client do that with repair tool. Works faster and more reliably.

So even if you had something else that worked just as effectively, you would reject it outright?

Thank you for the skill points. More than makes up for the login complications. :)

The posting and tone in this thread by some players...seems wrongly self-entitled. I understand the frustration when things aren't perfect or go wrong, but it doesn't warrant rudeness towards [real] people doing their jobs with the best intentions. Instead of cynicism and aggression, a little bit of appreciation and optimism helps to cultivate a better community and better experiences for everyone who has to work on and play the game.

There's no us and them, everyone contributes to the development of the game and it's why EVE is so good, because CCP value and act upon feedback and suggestions wherever they can feasibly. You pay for a game which you enjoy playing and much of that money goes towards improving the experience. Yes, there's still going to be things that you don't like, but constructive criticism and feedback is better than grumpy whinging and demands.

TL;DR,
Don't be grumpy neck-beards.

Since there were no technical concerns left with the Windows version of the new launcher, then yes, we did roll it out.

well I didn't see it and I am pissed.

What do you mean you have no launcher? Are you implying that you bypass it by choice, that it doesn't work on your computer or something else?

If it's a bug I'd very much like to help fix that, if it's a dislike of the design or direction we're taking with it, I'll listen to your concerns, and if it's something else, then I'll just respond to that when I know what it is

As per the news item here, we've deployed an updated EVE Launcher version that includes fixes to several issues that many of you might be experiencing. If for some reason you are unable to update via the selfupdate mechanism, please download the installer from here.

Bin/.exe, 'Workaround' is still functional and has not to date been removed,

They will remove it though as force seems to be the only way players are going to let go of this one. same as the Unified inventory you are now FORCED to use rather than right clicking your current ship in station along with so many of these 'New improvements' that have been brought in.

Choice seems to be a word that Dev's really do have the hates for.

Once again, the patch installation fails because it can't update the launcher, the repair tool says all launcher files are missing and it can't install them afresh.

Yet I have a working launcher!!!

This is just too bizarre for words.

And again . . .

For the record, you can still view the old EVE Launcher landing page here.

This is getting tedious.

As for the EVEMail, I don't know the dispatch date; it will go out as part of a general player base survey that we run every year, I believe.

I can't log in. Any ideas Atropos? Nothing has changed on my end. I logged in this morning with no problems but now I'm getting this crap:

http://www.neoncranium.com/WTFLauncher.jpg

How do you suggest I log in based on what you see there?

Same here. Worked all until half an hour ago. 2 chars logged in, then launcher turned into that black hole as in the picture linked above. Repair tool made no change. Deleting launcher folder and reinstalling made no change. There is some hidden error message behind that black hole error 18 something...

Went to customer service site; impossible to log in. Same on the account page. Finally found this page and - miracle - could log in and type this.

This is hard to believe. Glad I took off time from work to do this instead of enjoying a game I pay serious $ for...

What's going on and when can I play?

I don't understand this reply. When our conversation ended you still had no idea what was causing my problem and asked if it was ok to Eve-mail me. Why would you need to ask my permission to send me a general player base survey and how would it help with my problem?