I tried as you suggested, I open port 443 T and U both in and out on Windows firewall.. to no avail. Shucks!
OK so that could me more clear. I have successfully patched and here is how.
The auto-patcher fails, but I was able to "check for updates " (via the launcher button on the top left corner
and bam it patched.. neet-o
anyhow lets see if it works.
thanks for the assist on this!