[Edarta]

... with the word beta in it.

Currently the PWE/Cryptic Developers give us a bad time with the Arc client. PuppetX quickly located the crook yesterday: When we try to type an uppercase letter S, the game  is overload by a new Arc "feature".

To be able to use SSG in chat again, just start STO via startrek.exe, do not login using the Arc thingie.

[Sovereign]

Why anyone would use ARC at all is beyond me. lol

[caton524]

Probably because they don't know any better...like myself.  Thankfully I have a good fleet to teach me the error of my ways.

[Edarta]

I use Arc for convenience - starting the game with 4 mouse-clicks rather than always entering my password. As Arc Defender requires a one-time PIN on certain events, e.g. if the computer changes, I feel secure anyway.

I changed the obnoxious Ctrl-S activation to Alt-S in the streaming page and the baby is fine again.

The desktop shortcut to startrek.exe gets used when I run my 2nd STO account or when the Arc Servers are down but Star Trek Online itself is up.