A few things I've seen in the new system so far: 1. I don't know if someone has wrote about it here, but the total of each skill points, which is the sum of the points you get from the skills and from items, is missing. In the current live version (Holodeck) there are 2 places you can see those values: A. In the character…
I have the exact same issue with Radeon HD 6570 on Windows 8.1. It also seems the gamma/brigtness setting is saved but not used - I set my brightness to 130% (or 1.30 in the gamma menu), and each time I start the game the brightness value reads 130%, but acts like 100%.
Update - I tried to continue the mission today and it worked - the server didn't crash and I wasn't logged out. I don't know what has been done to the game, but the problem seems to be fixed.