Anyone else having trouble loading the Risa map?

I've tried on 2 characters now and on both, the map gets stuck loading at 41.21% with the message "Patching 10 files, bytes/s".

I haven't been playing all that long and this game has already conditioned me to live in fear of update days.

edit: Also, I would have gone in and tried to verify files, but it's impossible with a completely black launcher.

edit #2: I managed to fix it. Start the launcher with --disable-gpu to have the launcher graphics display. In options, I noticed that on demand patching had reenabled itself, so I unchecked that. From here I was able to verify files and complete today's Risa event. (I off course removed the --disable-gpu to play and got the black launcher up, but I still remembered where to click Engage.)