I guess that answers the question about whether or not reinstalling the game would fix it. I'll mark that off my weekend to-do list, then. I'd really love to know the common element that determines who has the issue and who doesn't, since it doesn't seem like a common issue.
Still having the problem too. I haven't gotten around to uninstalling/reinstalling the game because I'm just not optimistic it'll fix it, and nervous it'll break something else. It's weird. I have a positively ancient computer and an unimpressive video card, but don't have any of the connection, lag, and app crashing…
OT Trivia: That wasn't an actor, it was Harve Bennett, writer and producer of ST II through ST V, doing a cameo. :D Sadly, he passed away just a couple of months ago. And, uh, just so this isn't completely off topic: I love the new sector space too. Feels properly empty for deep space, finally.
I'm having the same problem. No weapons visible on ground missions and no torpedo effects on space missions. I was hoping one of the patches last week would fix it, but no such luck. I've been thinking about uninstalling/reinstalling the game client to see if that fixes it but would rather not deal with all that if I don't…