i figured out what the problem was, the launcher was not registering the input of the password when i copied and pasted it from my password manager pressing space* allowed the sign in button to be pushed. i then hit another problem with the launcher not accepting my password im not sure if it was the format of the password as it had both upper and lower case letters along with numbers and symbols but upon changing the password i was able to login and connect to servers with no problem
(*i pressed delete after to ensure no extra characters were being registered in the password field)