Release Notes - December 6, 2011

System

General

• Players will no longer randomly be transported to DS9 at the whim of Q.
• Resolved an issue that prevented players from creating private queues in some cases.
• The bug reporting window should no longer display UNTRANSLATED mission names when selecting which mission you are currently on.
• The Crew Assignments keybind now correctly opens up the Assignments window.
• Resolved several minor issues with the Klingon Rewards window.
• The chat window option for displaying message types will now be enabled by default for new characters.
• Added art optimization updates for the disrupter space beam weapons and global updates to shield impact FX.
• Reverted the changes to the Guardian of Forever voice.
• The Defiant Retrofit, Galaxy Retrofit, Intrepid Retrofit, Nebula Refit, and B’rel Retrofit can now be reclaimed if you discharge them.

Duty Officers

• The exchange officers for Federation Ambassadors have been updated!
  • When you gain the diplomacy rank of Federation Ambassador, rank 4, go to Jiro Sugihara where you can claim a new very rare exchange officer.
  • If you are already a Federation Ambassador, go back to Jiro and you can claim a new very rare exchange officer – and if you already have a common one, you can keep that one, too!
• Updated the diplomacy bonus accolades to explain the "emeritus" status, that is, bonus rewards for people who completed the diplomacy tiers before Season 5 launched.
• Characters who existed before the update to Season 5 will now receive the new Duty Officers they would have obtained by leveling up.
• Duty officer Maintenance Engineer specialization "SpeedCooldownCategory" is now displayed as the more clear "Cooldown Rate".

Missions

• City on the Edge of Never: Updated some of the enemy groups on the USS Kirk Deck C to be more in line with the difficulty of the other groups.
• Kuvah’Magh: updated the Regulus IV Planet Surface so the Klingons working on bombs are now using correct animations.
• Night of the Comet
  • During Reliving the Past, critters in the bar fight can no longer leave the bar and move into the hallway between the bar and spawn point.
  • Becoming the Future: the D7s have been tuned down based on player feedback.
• Tear of the Prophets: Gul Oran and the Orb are no longer present when the Cardassian Minister claims that Gul Oran has run off with it.
• Skirmish: Reinforcements now respawn when killed.

Powers

• Updated Astrometric Duty Officer active roster bonus and the Tier 3 Excelsior Transwarp Coil passive bonus to properly reduce the cooldown for Transwarp abilities.
• The Gekli Companion power will no longer display (null) in the Available Abilities window.
• Updated the Starship Inertial Dampener skill and Starship Sensors skill so they now give you improved resistance.
• Improved the description on the Inertial Dampeners skill.
• Updated all ground weapons so they cannot be used while stealth mode is activated, like all other weapons.
• Renamed the space “Dampening Field” to “Scattering Field” so it is not to be confused with the ground Dampening Field.

Known Issue

• Duty Officer Assignment Rarity is only visible in the border of the assignment icon.