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TRIBBLE Maintenance and Release Notes - January 6, 2012
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We will be bringing the Tribble server down for maintenance to apply a new update.
ST.17.20120104b.5
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Systems:
UI:
ST.17.20120104b.5
General:
- Vendors on Deep Space 9 now have appropriate overhead and map icons that show what the vendor sells and which currency they use.
- Added an auto-hail feature for mission hails.
- It works only when youre on a non-mission map and no hail is currently open:
- If there is a complete remote-hail mission, it will automatically hail the contact.
- Otherwise it will hail the contact for your next available mission.
- It works only when youre on a non-mission map and no hail is currently open:
- All QonoS Foundry contacts should now work properly.
- All critical hits should now be labeled as such in the combat log.
- All space weapons have had their FX updated:
- If you miss while firing them, the FX for them will miss now too!
- Updated the spawn points in Regulus so that you don't face the wrong way when transitioning from Alpha Centauri.
- Added some missing audio to nano-pulse weaponry attacks.
- Adjusted space phaser cannon audio volume and levels so they sound a little beefier now.
- Added "Suggested Traits" to all player species.
- During character creation, player trait selection will be pre-filled with a list of suggested traits.
- hey can still be customized.
- Players can no longer use calendar and journal transwarps when dead or in combat.
Systems:
- STF Sets have been rebalanced.
- Complete list of changes have been posted on the forums: http://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=3930895
- A special vendor has been added on DS9 who will provide these pieces free for testing on Tribble.
- Space sets have been updated.
- Breen: Reworked bonuses to tie in to a set concept of "Dominate the Breen"
- DEFLECTOR
- This item's base Deflector type tied nicely into this concept already, and required no modification.
- All skill bonuses now conform to a standard bonus model.
- SHIELD
- Reduced Polaron Resist from 30% to 20%.
- 2-PIECE SET BONUS
- Replaced Power Transfer Rate with EPS Skill Boost, which has the same net effect.
- DEFLECTOR
- Aegis: Reworked bonuses to tie in to set concept of "Defense and Avoidance"
- DEFLECTOR
- Created a custom set of skill mods that more closely match the intended concept of this set.
- All skill bonuses now conform to a standard bonus model.
- SHIELD
- Replaced "Shield Emitter" skill bonus with "Shield System" skill bonus.
- Standardized skill bonuses to same scale as Deflector bonuses.
- 2-PIECE SET BONUS
- Updated description, otherwise untouched.
- 3-PIECE SET BONUS
- Changed 3% resist bonus with 10 stack max to 6% resist bonus with 5 stack max.
- This speeds up gaining the max effective bonus without making it more powerful.
- Changed 3% resist bonus with 10 stack max to 6% resist bonus with 5 stack max.
- DEFLECTOR
- Borg: Reworked bonuses to tie in to set concept of "Resist the Borg"
- ENGINE
- Increased max Full Impulse speed.
- DEFLECTOR
- Created a custom set of skill mods that more closely match the intended concept of this set.
- All skill bonuses now conform to a standard bonus model.
- 2-PIECE SET BONUS
- Reduced magnitude of Hull Regeneration by approximately 40%.
- Reduced max frequency of effect from once every 45 seconds to once every 60 seconds.
- Added passive skill bonus to Hull Repair skill.
- This increases effectiveness of all heals, including the 2-piece proc.
- Added passive bonus to Hull Regen rate.
- This is displayed as +0.2, works out to shaving about 20seconds off Regenerating a 20k HP ship from 0 to full.
- 3-PIECE SET BONUS
- Power will now only fire when one of your shield facings is <10%.
- Increased frequency of proc from 2% to 10%.
- Reduced magnitude of Heal and Heal-Over-Time to approximately 60% of previous values.
- Added an additional effect to this proc that will cleanse all Hazard Debuffs, such as the Borg Shield Drain, and continues to cleanse every .5 second for 15seconds.
- ENGINE
- Breen: Reworked bonuses to tie in to a set concept of "Dominate the Breen"
- Immunosupport Nanite Injectors now properly clear the "Assimilated" debuff from players infected by Borg enemies.
- Modified Assimilation to fire off the final assimilation at a lower HP threshold.
- This should reduce the frequency with which players will seem to be "instantly" assimilated.
UI:
- A Transwarp button has been added to the minimap underneath the large warp button.
- This button allows you to select your transwarp destination from a list instead of slotting your transwarp powers into your power tray.
- The Duty Officer icon on the minimap has been updated to match other Duty Officer iconography in the game.
- The PVP icon on the minimap has been updated to improve legibility.
- Bridge Officer powers placed in the Personal Trays remember where they are placed, no matter when or how often Bridge Officer assignments are changed.
- Updated the character rank display:
- Level zero will no longer be displayed, it'll just display Ensign.
- The level number is now in parentheses following the rank name.
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Honestly I don't see how "Borg Enhancements" equal to "Resist the Borg".
Just Regulus? Glad to see this finally, but AC/IP was another one that pointed back the way you came, and there were others
Still nothing on threat control
Against Borg maybe.
But for PvP, Fleet actions and other stuff its humongous nerf.
LEAVE THE BORG SET ALONE! :mad:
A long time needed, but only one spawn point updated? There's a lot more that need this too!
(also what's up with that "klingon" sign on the border of Alpha Centauri -> Sirius that still hasn't gone away since Season 3?)
If you're concerned about people avoiding certain missions just to grind EDCs, what if you just handed out the appropriate Tech at the end of each mission, but require like 30 Tech Tokens to get that particular piece?
BEST. FIX. EVER.
Dont like that the huge nerf on the regen effect... I was ticking for around 1750hp when the effect was triggered... with 40% that only means ~700hp... ble...
While I personally believe the borg set has been too good, for too long, getting a lot of the player base through their free shield and hull heal smorgasbord withdrawls will be worthy of Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab.
Escorts will take the hit worst of all though given their lack of healing abilities (outside of being an engineer).
I abso-loot-ly LOVE the fix with the Buff powers staying at their spots in the power tray, and I also abso-loot-ly LOVE the new transwarp tech instead of having to use SO MANY TRIBBLE in the power tray to have axxess to all those transwarp powers.
About sector spawning: How about fixing the spawning in Serious when you transfer over from Regulous (Celes Sector --> Orion Sector = Vulcan Sector!) ... butt I must admit, I already love seeing that people are now actually fixing and recognising those strange spawn directions and points at sum places.
~ Meow
Why are you hurting us armor tanker so much? The passive boost heals me an extra 46 hitpoints a second from healing skills. But I lose 1008 healing per second when it triggers. Even factoring in that it only triggers every so often overall we end up much worse off. EDIT: Just seen you removed our resistance bonus as well!
Are you looking at your changes from the prospective of an amor tanker? As I do not see how it's a fair or needed change. Some of us like flying armor tanks like they did in DS9.
First we get our sci armor healing consoles removed from game after 2 years off having them, then we get given broken armor Duty Officers that still do not work, then we get a skill revamp that lowers our healing rate. Now we get a 40% armor heal reduction from our main bit of gear plus it triggers less and no longer boosts reistance. Can I ask why? Why are you nerfing armor tanking so much? Not everyone flys around with shield tanks, some of us amor tank.
Your change is going push armor tanking from good to poor. Why is this being done?
Only if you play on "Normal" difficulty.
People who play Elite STF's are going to be hurting Big time with this massive nerf.
There we pretty much depend on hull and shield heals to keep us alive.
In an Elite STF, if your shields drop as low as 10% then you might as well be dead, because at that point the Borg can easily rip you apart, not to mention that the sheer damage output is enough to strip your shields, with buffs, WITHOUT a shield neutralizer or tachyon beam.
cant have the most awesome set for 15 EDC if there are new shiny TRIBBLE sets that nobody wants for 120 EDC
*ugh*
why do you guys always feel that you need to CHANGE good old things in order to promote newer crappier things?
+1 to making loot in this game even more sucky :mad:
in any racing game there would be a red warning sign in your face "YOU ARE HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION!"
...no i'm not going to test that, the numbers tell me all i need to know. ... reduction reduction reduction
almost ready to /unequip + dismiss
If you invest 60h+ (so much i have invested so far in stfs alone) I think you should get something that gives you some omph... I dont feel that at all...
How? You state that no modifications were necessary to the base deflector, you weakened the polaron resistance and you state that the 2-piece set bonus is functionally identical to what it was. This was already the weakest set, and now it appears to be even worse at fighting the Breen than before.
I ask because I want to understand; I don't actually use the Breen set anymore, and since Featured Episodes no longer really exist, thanks to the level requirement, I won't be using it to level up any characters, but I can't let an apparent contradiction go unquestioned.
What does this mean, anyway?
BUT, I don't know why anyone would go for the OMEGA space set over the MACO. The only reason I can come up with is the turn rate boost.
Here's my problem. An escourt may as well not have shields in the STF's. The Raptors strip them in 2-3 shots. Now the MACO set has the higher (but not the best) shield capacity. Yet the set seems to be 'aimed' at Science captains. I compared the damage of the Grav Beam on my Tac and Sci and there was ~1200 damage difference in favour of my Sci toon, as it benefits from Sci space skills.
Still, the MACO Shield has an ALL Energy resist, with a proc that adds +2 power to all subsystems that can stack. Compared to the OMEGA shield that has the percentage proc that gives you a turnrate boost, while 'debuffing' your foe..... at a MUCH lower shield capacity, therefore unlikely to be used by Escourts who could receive up to +10 to all subsystems instead. Just seems far more attractive.
I like the way these sets are morphing, but ask that the applications in various vessels be considered. The MACO with it's higher yield is going to be a no brainer for Sci, who already have the strongest shields. The benefit a Science vessel has, is that it can really go for either set, but that Gravitic Anchor of the OMEGA set seems pointless. Of what value is having the Borg fly in a straight line, when they all fly in a straight line to their objectives anyway and their hardpoints don't seem to be affected by direction?? It should do what it's name suggests. Anchor the enemy. As the Grav Beam takes Aux offline, have this take Engines offline so the defence bonus for moving is lost as well.
Overall I want to thank JMan (and Zeronius for getting these changes on Tribble
Keep up the good work!
Instead of making the new set better, lets just nerf the old one.
i totally agree ,
I tested em on tribble , and i think all the whining that is going on is for nothing . You will be pleasantly surprised on how much it is improved
For the love of Bob PLEASE TURN IT OFF!!!
in all seriousness please make this an option*
not a default