Eq2 maps can't connecet to the network

[Endeavour]

been using map updater for years, never a problem--- until today
now i know the release is new and all, and maybe the updater isnt working properly or hasnt been updated itself, but when i launch it , it goes through al lthe soe updates and stuff as usual, but instead of opening up the launch game box, it now opens up what i can best describe as a wrist watch looking station launcher---looks exactly like a wrist watch off the arm, curled up with a big screen.
according to soe, thats a very old launcher that no longer works..

so i hit the update option on map updater. version up top say 1.2.5
and it does the same thing. i was on the phone with sony, not about map updater, and they said the only way to get into the game now, is by their new station launcher which i had to go into my directory and find and open it that way. looks like a large bluish zig-zaggety S.

so will mapupdater be fixed soon i hope?

heres a screenshot of what im getting.... name blacked out of course :-)

the 1st one is the watch looking thing....
the 2nd one is what i used to have, which map updater always brought me to, labeled launchpad