TRIBBLE Maintenance and Release Notes - July 3, 2012

zer0niusrex · July 2012

We will be bringing the Tribble server down for maintenance to apply a new update.
ST.20.20120701a.2

General:

Research and Development mission updated:
- This mission is now now undroppable.
- If there are any items remaining after the mission, players can turn all of them in to T'Pren
Updated the Accolade text for the Starbase Incursion.
War is Good for Business updated so that scanning Nandi doesn't interrupt on move.
Updated audio in order to resolve an issue with Logitech headsets.
Removed superfluous Escape Forcefield buttons from Power Plant boxes in the Borg Defera invasion.
Updated some text in Of Bajor to resolve some minor typos.
Bat'leths and Lirpas now are visible when holstered.
Interactible items should no longer have more than one interact FX on them.
Updated the Miranda available in the Dilithium store.
- It's now correctly the version that players receive as their first spacecraft.

Duty Officers:

Energy Weapons Officers updated:
- Subsystem Targeting version has had its reduction effects restored to -15/-20/-25/-30, while its chance has remained at 25%
- Beam Overload/Fire-at-Will version has had its reduction effects reduced to -2.5/-5/-7.5/-10, while its chance has been increased to 50%
- Cannon Volley/Rapid-Fire version has had its reduction effects reduced to -2.5/-5/-7.5/-10, while its chance has been increased to 50%

Environment:

Filled a hole outside the Warrior's Hall in First City.
The nebulae in the Vega system are less wobbly now.
Floating NPC icons now show properly through all transparent materials.
It's no longer possible to get stuck inside lamps on ESD.
The Exchange is now present on the map for First City.
Toned back the brightness/bloom on several maps.

Fleets:

Officer of the Watch missions are available.
- No fakies.
Starbase Alerts are now available!
Provisioning has been enabled.
- Functional Operational Assets are coming soon.
The KDF Bridge Officer trainer on starbases now works as expected.
Starbase stores now include Operational Assets tabs.
Redecorated the starbases again to rearrange items and consoles.
Disbanding a fleet while inside a starbase map no longer causes the map to get all weird.
Players can no longer invite other players with different allegiances to their Fleet maps.
The Contribute button for projects is now disabled if a player doesn?t have contribution permissions.
The project selection list now displays the completion time of the project.
There is now a new tab in the Holdings window that displays the Fleet's current provision counts.

Foundry:

Added three new door props for Foundry use:
- Door - Opening - Tan
- Door - Opening - Blue
- Door - Opening - Red
Table - with Chairs 03 no longer has its chair backs in the middle of the table.
After selecting an object to use for a map transfer, it's now possible to change that object to one of a different type or to Whole Map, when applicable.
Resolved several issues with the custom Costume creator.

Systems:

Reduced damage on Borg Cutting Beam by 20% per tick
Borg Tractor Beams can now be resisted
Nanite Health Monitor will use its FX less frequently now, only once per jump to a new target.
Nanite Health Monitor is now capable of curing Nanite Infestation.
FX caused by the refresh of IDIC team buffs should be far less spammy now.
"Synergy" buff will now only be obtained once when applicable, instead of 4x as it previously was.
Summoned pets and allies have been adapted for hostile environments:
- Security Escorts will now beam in wearing EV Suits if the player has their EV Suit on and Activated.
- Quantum Shadows summoned by the Shard of Possibilities will now appear wearing EV Suits if the player has their EV Suit on and Activated.
- Horta Combat Allies are immune to the effects of hostile environments.
- Mugato Combat Allies will still suffer damage and eventually perish if summoned in a hostile environment.
- The rare summons that occasionally occur when using Devidian Pattern Enhancers do not function in hostile environments.
- All ground Vanity pets are disabled while in a hostile environment.
- The psychic images called by Aenar and Reman are now immune to hostile environments.
Increased damage for Quad Phaser and Disruptor Cannons.

UI:

The stores are no longer empty.
Updated the max price of one Zen on the Dilithium exchange to 750 Dilithium.
- This is part of the conversion to Zen.
- The valid price range is now 50 to 750.
The Klingon Bridge Officer trainer now displays the correct career icons.
The Fleet Vault button no longer displays for players not in a fleet.
Added the new small craft "No UI reticle" mode to Web Nodes on the Tholian Web, and the Tholian Web Wall.
Resolved an issue that prevented reopening a private PvE queue window after changing maps.
The PvP queue window now properly closes when entering a PvP map.
The Fleet Activity Log now displays a player's new rank after promotion.
A player's summoned pets will now display as green on the minimap.

ussberlin · July 2012

1. take down server
2. post release notes
3. post that servers will go down

or what ? even if its only the testserver but ....

matthew486dx · July 2012

Some really great updates. Can't wait to check out provisions and our starbase alerts.

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askray · July 2012

Players can no longer invite other players with different allegiances to their Fleet maps.

Can I ask why?

I get the point from a war point of view, but dang it this cuts into Subspace Radio parties and that's just not acceptable! :P

ssargon · July 2012

lowestlvl wrote: »

more typos?

More than likely typed up in a document editor that converts ' symbols to a special curved ' symbol that the forum doesn't recognise. Word does that all the time.

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robinsonfamily · July 2012

It would have been nice if there was a warning that the server was going down, I was in an Colony Invasion. Would have been nice to have an in game warning, was not paying attention to the forums!

askray · July 2012

robinsonfamily wrote: »

It would have been nice if there was a warning that the server was going down, I was in an Colony Invasion. Would have been nice to have an in game warning, was not paying attention to the forums!

Test servers go down randomly at any given time. Thus the nature of them :P

darkstarkirian · July 2012

zer0niusrex wrote: »

We will be bringing the Tribble server down for maintenance to apply a new update.
ST.20.20120701a.2

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Still don't see anything about KDF 4th tier marauding getting their outfit yet.
Still don't see anything about KDF getting visible body armors yet.

robinsonfamily · July 2012

A courtesy in game would have been nice! Just saying.

cpthawk · July 2012

Any word on the USB headphone sound bug in the fleet spaces?

also there are still quite a few Interaction icons for linked objects.

toiva · July 2012

Umm, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the price range for one CP 50-500 dil? And shouldn't 100 Zen equal to 80 C-Points? That would lead to beleive that the current valid range should be 40-400 dil per Zen.

Apparently, players can expect dilithium to continue losing value.

daveyny · July 2012

"The Contribute Button for projects is now disabled if a player doesn't have contribution permissions."

Ummm...

Does this essentially mean that a Fleet Leader can effectively lock out any member of a fleet from getting SB-xp's any time they want for any reason...
(or does this just block Non-Fleet members?)

If it's the former..., I don't see this ending well...

My Solo+Alt's Fleet, is increasingly looking better and better with each new patch.

Can't this be set to be on, until turned off.???

My Tribble Fleet Leader hasn't been in-game for over a week now and as a lower fleet member I can no longer donate to fleet projects.

Not much sense in me testing anything to do with Star Bases anymore. :rolleyes:

sparhawk · July 2012

daveyny wrote: »

"The Contribute Button for projects is now disabled if a player doesn't have contribution permissions."

Ummm...

Does this essentially mean that a Fleet Leader can effectively lock out any member of a fleet from getting SB-xp's any time they want for any reason...
(or does this just block Non-Fleet members?)

If it's the former..., I don't see this ending well...

My Solo+Alt's Fleet, is increasingly looking better and better with each new patch.

Indeed. Things get curiouser and curiouser. I may have to get an solo + alt fleet setup myself.

jhighfill · July 2012

The exclusion of non fleet members on SB takes a element of fun out. Fleets should be able to invite visitors to the SB

anazonda · July 2012

daveyny wrote: »

"The Contribute Button for projects is now disabled if a player doesn't have contribution permissions."

Ummm...

Does this essentially mean that a Fleet Leader can effectively lock out any member of a fleet from getting SB-xp's any time they want for any reason...
(or does this just block Non-Fleet members?)

If it's the former..., I don't see this ending well...

My Solo+Alt's Fleet, is increasingly looking better and better with each new patch.

Let's be honest Dave... If a fleet leader is that level of a douche, he dosen't deserve a fleet, and people should leave.

daveyny · July 2012

anazonda wrote: »

Let's be honest Dave... If a fleet leader is that level of a douche, he doesn't deserve a fleet, and people should leave.

Agreed... but you know this is going to happen...

People get PO'd at each other all the time...

IMO..., This shouldn't be designed from the beginning, to Create Rage & Acrimony among players.

Also, as I said above, my Tribble Fleet Leader hasn't been in-game for a week now...

How the Hell am I supposed to continue to TEST this new stuff if I can't Donate to the projects??

It seems that this new system is mostly going to be a Fleet Destroyer...

That's very disturbing and sad.

crypticarmsman · July 2012

askray wrote: »

Can I ask why?

I get the point from a war point of view, but dang it this cuts into Subspace Radio parties and that's just not acceptable! :P

Because opposing faction players could kill Starbase vendor NPCs would be my guess

(Was interesting as that's how Ship Bridges worked in the oriinal STO beta, IE An oppossing faction player beamed in, was immediatly attacked by oppossing NPCs and it was kill or be killed.)

lorddave997 · July 2012

Not only can they restrict people from donating, but they can restrict people from purchasing too.

Fleet Leader: Just donated 10,000 dilithium? Great! I'll buy everything now thanks.

daveyny · July 2012

lorddave997 wrote: »

Not only can they restrict people from donating, but they can restrict people from purchasing too.

Fleet Leader: Just donated 10,000 dilithium? Great! I'll buy everything now thanks.

...Very, Very Disturbing...

jkstocbr · July 2012

This made me giggle a bit ...

Updated the Miranda available in the Dilithium store.
- It?s now correctly the version that players receive as their first spacecraft.

... how long have people been asking for their Miranda back?

daveyny · July 2012

jkstocbr wrote: »

This made me giggle a bit ...

Updated the Miranda available in the Dilithium store.
It?s now correctly the version that players receive as their first spacecraft.

... how long have people been asking for their Miranda back?

Quite some time now... though infrequently over the last several months...

I just wish They had let it keep the tiny extras the Z-Store one had...

Would have actually made it worth 8000 Dilithium.

superherofan · July 2012

For the new holstering things, I think a new shoulder strap needs to be added to the character creator, because it just looks like this huge thing is floating on the back now.

Also, a repeat for the T4 Maurading BOFF: is that EVER going to get fixed?

dariusmajere · July 2012

askray wrote: »

Can I ask why?

I get the point from a war point of view, but dang it this cuts into Subspace Radio parties and that's just not acceptable! :P

I called this a while ago...

superherofan · July 2012

Also, I think some signs should be added to the Officer of the Watch and the turbolift. I have a hard time figuring out where they're at.

The Officer of the Watch was kinda interesting, even if it felt like something an Ensign should do cataloging the ground weapons.

eristhevorta · July 2012

Funny that the Borg tractor beam resistance update has had to wait for such a long time. This will improve STF functionality a lot. Same with less damage of the Borg cutting beam. I noticed that some of the fleet starbase content hasn't even been released on Tribble yet, so I guess we have to wait for August until it's moving to Holodeck, right (due to testing purrposes)? An official announcement with a new official release date for Season 6 would be really nice, so players know what to expect in terms of delays.

I see it's going into the right direction, but only just recently. I hope we'll see a lot more progress from now on.

I like what I've seen on Tribble the last few days.

By the way, there are other objects (not only the Nandi) that can't be interacted properly if they move or you move, such as the freighters in the first space bit of "Under the Cover of Night" or the asteroid in "Saturday's Child" where you get an accolade from scanning it. Especially the freighters can be a pain in the back to be scanned, since you need to scan them before getting to the next part in the first place.

~ Eris

PS: And it's ' ... not ?.

shantavi · July 2012

eristhevorta wrote: »

PS: And it's ' ... not ?.

Blame the board software not being able to tell that the fancy ' that Word uses is just a ' mark. The old boards could...

lilchibiclari · July 2012

daveyny wrote: »

Quite some time now... though infrequently over the last several months...

I just wish They had let it keep the tiny extras the Z-Store one had...

Would have actually made it worth 8000 Dilithium.

Extras? What extras?

tebsu · July 2012

"Increased damage for Quad Phaser and Disruptor Cannons."

so does that mean, its the first time they are actually useful?

webdeath · July 2012

zer0niusrex wrote: »

We will be bringing the Tribble server down for maintenance to apply a new update.
ST.20.20120701a.2

Duty Officers:
Energy Weapons Officers updated:
Subsystem Targeting version has had its reduction effects restored to -15/-20/-25/-30, while its chance has remained at 25%

Beam Overload/Fire-at-Will version has had its reduction effects reduced to -2.5/-5/-7.5/-10, while its chance has been increased to 50%

Cannon Volley/Rapid-Fire version has had its reduction effects reduced to -2.5/-5/-7.5/-10, while its chance has been increased to 50%

Systems:
Increased damage for Quad Phaser and Disruptor Cannons.

Not sure if better or worse.. :rolleyes:

zer0niusrex wrote: »

UI:

Updated the max price of one Zen on the Dilithium exchange to 750 Dilithium.

This is part of the conversion to Zen.

The valid price range is now 50 to 750.

:eek: Well gee... as if the Skyrocketing prices on the Dilithium Exchange wasn't bad enough.. now you can go up to 750 Dilithium per "Zen" point? Wonderful...:mad: Make it harder on the F2Pers to grind out Zen points and eaiser for those with Zen to make Dilithium in order to manipulate the market.. Wonderful Idea.

TRIBBLE Maintenance and Release Notes - July 3, 2012

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