not getting any error messages. I can log in fine, but I can't get the Sol System to launch after finishing the tutorial missions. Keep closing the game and relogging after 20 minutes or so.

more proof that release this soon was and is a bad idea.

I feel for the people that took time off work or their schedule to feel the pain of unofficial launch day today It is ALWAYS a mess! At least some of you are able to play...this weekend is going to be even more of a gongshow - but things should get a lot better once it all settles down.

Oh that's nice -- so what they call a "head start" is actually a glorified beta? neato

Yeah, 'headstart' probably meaning Release Candidate stage. Like version 0.9x of a game. Near 1.0, but just making sure the final bugs are done and over with...enough of the bugs squashed to see if it'll work, patch if it doesn't and then get closer and closer to 1.0

Well it did... my C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\star trek online folder size went from 10GB to 500MB so all the files are gone and its redownloadin them atm..

Sucks big time but can`t do anything else than wait now.... and I took this day off from work just for this..

-W

you could see it that way but its primarlily for staggering the server loads, so not EVERY one log in at the same time as its not in shops till tuesday.

I keep getting the same error and it wont let me patch or anything... it says, that the server is down and reads...Account Error , please contact billing support. Any advice?

Probably because Star Trek Online pushed the update to Steam's severs, and Steam pushed the update to EVERYONE.

More than likely, on Feb. 1 or 2, it'll happen again. Don't plan on taking time off for that either.

wow that seems invasive, iv never had steam remove a game from a PC before. wonder if tehre is any other locations online where you can download it faster?

It must be something they have done with the removal of the beta STO and put a new STO in its place, cos i complained to them the other day when they dropped the price of STO from £50 to £40 before the game was out ad didnt refund me the difference, so i get a total refund and was determined to get it elsewhere, but the game never unistalled from my pc.
I just decided to buy it again of steam at the lower price and there was no new download then.

Does anybody know how many servers there are/will be?