I'm having this crashing problem too. It seems to be a graphics problem. Before Season 7 I rarely ever crashed, but now it's pretty often. The crashes range from about 10 minutes of gameplay to about an hour or so. I too would like cryptic to look into this problem and see what change they introduced that started this issue.
Post up your system specs and General locations and also internet connection type/speed.
Not saying it couldn't be something on the server side, but the only way to track down the problem if it's the same problem with multiple users is to track down if it's a problem on user side or server side.
Example for specs: (just random stuff for an example"
COMPUTER SPECS:
AMD X6 core processor
32 gig ram
1tb hd (.5 tb freespace)
AMD Radeon 7650 HD graphics card
AMD Graphics Driver 13.1
Windows 7 64-bit
LOCATION AND CONNECTION SPECS:
Location East Coast USA
Cable model 10+ mbs speed
(PS: I've got this subbed on instant e-mail notification so I'll try to help asap)
Dell 580
4gig RAM
Intel i3 graphic card
Windows 8 Pro
On both servers, Live and Tribble
On Tribble I was playing "For Bajor" disabling the sensors on DS9
and on the Live server I was playing "War is Good for Business"
I don't know if this is a fix or what but I found a way to "bypass" the issue.
This is what I did. I started STO as a window, then I maximized the window. I have not yet had any issue like I was having, I'll let you know if anything happens
Ok, good things don't last. I got through the scenario I was playing, "War is Good for Business", but when I started the next level this is what happened.
The screen blinked, good thing there were not weeping angels here, then the screen darkened the got bright, then it got dark then bright again. Then the game started up with the blinking again. Wish is would make up its mind.
Linear Mode
