more of a simple explanation of tech levels... The intrepid class is considered a light cruiser and as been shown to handle multiple kazon carriers and their support fleet... Also take into account, the class was built for exploration, not for war. Now consider how that fight would have ended if they were facing a Sovy or…
Desktop shortcut first, arc second, star trek online.exe directly last, all have the same effect. [edit] found the issue for me, arc seems to be launching the game twice, after killing one of the STO process's the game loaded just fine :)
Same issue, can connect to and play on tribble just fine. Get stuck on the Cryptic loading screen after launching the game. Verified files and re-installed, no change. Attempted to play through a US proxy server just incase it was a regional issue, no change(euro player)
Forcing the launcher to use a US proxy has resolved the issue for me (euro player) Not sure if that will help anyone here. [edit] scratch that, dc'd right after posting