I've made some progress! I opened the debug.log file (located in the installation folder) and emptied it (deleted everything in it), then saved it. Now the game will launch and the loading bar fills up all the way! Since servers are under maintenance right now I can't test if it'll actually play (I'm at the login screen).…
Exact same issue as you (different PC config though). Sadly your fix did not work for me since I use a Razer keyboard. Disabling the Synapse software and stopping all Razer processes did not help me either. Before disabling Synapse the loading bar came to about 3/4 just like yours but after disabling Synapse and all its…
How about making the game less of a tedious grind? Upgrades takes forever, not to mention anything Fleet related or the grossly overpriced Dilithium items :S