Unfortunately, I'm am having this issue. I just now installed the game for the first time, but I cannot log into it as it shows an invalid password whenever I attempt to log in.
I have reset my password to one without special characters, and I even tried ilidium's solution, and nothing seems to work.
It might be because of the "_" in my user name, or it might just be that the login screen times out on authentication.
It might even be that I don't actually have a key, even though I applied last week.
I'm on a freshly refurbished computer, but the screen runs slowly enough that it takes about 1.5-2.5 seconds to register each individual character that I type in.
Computer is fairly low end, but it should be able to run this just fine at lower graphics settings. I have run similar games on it, and they run normally once I reduce the settings a bit.
I do agree with iliums suggestion about a progress bar or something in the initialization screen. Just something to show that the game hasn't died and forgotten to let you know about it.
Also, for the Default settings, I would actually go with two different ones. The Default as it is now, being one that the game can be set to after one goes into the settings, with the other 'default', being the one the games starts with that is set to the bare minimum.
A pop-up screen upon starting the game for the first time (and first time only) that suggests the player goes and changes the graphics to their liking should keep people from not changing the settings. Maybe even have that same popup screen have a built in redirect that can be clicked on that will go straight to the graphics screen.
Looking forward to a resolution to the problem. screenshots and vids of the game look great, can't wait to play, and give feedback from the perspective of the Average Joe that might want to play the game.