So my hard drive seems to be dead with no warning. I am replacing this week. My question is: Once I install STO and log in will my info and characters and ships be there intact? Thanks to anyone who can answer.
Your account info characters & so forth are stored on cryptic's servers not your pc afaik so you should be fine.
What he/she said. However, if you have any saved costume templates (character/starship) you may lose those, they are stored in your local screenshots directory. You may also lose any saved screenshots.
What Azrael said, and believe me, you have my sympathies. As someone who has experienced two hard drive deaths and one other new install (secondary computer) since I started playing... wow, almost four years ago now... I can say from experience that it's stored on the servers and it's something to be glad of. It means that through hard drive crashes and new computers, your data is safe.
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross; but it's not for the timid." -- Q, TNG: "Q-Who?"
^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
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