I just added the following in the Command Line in the options "add -d3d9" without the quotes and it started working for me. No more direct3d crashes since.
Every time I do a map transfer I'm waiting 5 minutes at least for the transfer to happen. This is very annoying when you are trying to play a timed stf. All pve queues are hard enough with the people afk just to get the marks but when you can't transfer the map and load, you usually don't get the marks everyone else gets.
I am still unable to log in to the game. So I did what you said in your post trendy and below are my results. This is 8:11 pm PDT., by the way and still no joy. here is my information: public ip address: 2607:fb90:285b:d09e:602e:5fae:86d0:4e5 tracert results: unable to resolve target system name…
Nothing from PWE about the charity. Not even a Vulcan mind meld came my way! I thought it would at least get a pretty title for the donation. I know it was for a good cause, and all. But what about that pretty title??? :D