Tuesday, February 21, 2012  Star Trek Online - Mission Update
Part 3  MMO's are dynamic.  As such there's always going to be
some inconvenience as developers struggle to keep the content
fresh and engaging.  Still, there are ways to minimize the pain
that Star Trek Online doesn't seem to have discovered yet.  The
Gray Area:  I don't know of any game released in the past 5
years that hasn't needed at least one major update.  It's
usually a relatively painless process and if it comes from a
source like Steam you may never have to worry about it. 
Distribution channels like Steam and Origin usually roll the
updates into their installation routines so that a fresh install
doesn't have you spending half the night waiting for downloads
to complete before you ever see the title screen.  I came to
know Star Trek Online via Steam and installed the game using
it's mechanisms.  Star Trek Online installation files compress
into 4GB and expand to 10GB on installation.  Imagine my
surprise when I restored the game from my