I have to say, probably yes for the game graphics, although no official information came out concerning this issue. Such image quality loss was noticeable when season 8 was launched and much more with season 9. Well, I changed to a new machine...;)
Did you find a way through it? I've tried adamkafei's suggestion but for some reason my Win 8 system simply refuses to keep the files\folders as not "read only", even doing it as administrator. :confused: EDIT: Just found this on the oficial ARC support center (see for yourself and beleive it!): "Why am I getting the…
Try downloading the launcher made available by adamkafei (see his post here). It seems to be working, downloading the huge 8.9GB game patch wright now.
Just bought a new computer with Windows 8, installed ARC and STO and can't get into the game. Cryptic launcher autoupdate window pops up, starts a countdown update from 21 MB and when it hits 0 the process restart, seeming to be in a loop. Any solutions please?