Online services are not available. (cd:263)

[snov8]

I'm getting this error every time I try to login with my Men of War account (multiplayer).

I've searched the forums and there's plenty of threads.. but the solution(s) is rather inconsistent. Some say that the servers are down - but this has happened since about 2am last night (it's currently 7:55pm). They also say to allow Men of War in your firewall. It's not only disabled but I did make the acception.. still nothing.

If it helps,

I have vanilla Men of War (no Red Tide or Assault Squad)
I'm using Steam
It's patched to v1.17.5

edit: can someone at least confirm if it's working for them? I just want to play. -_-