TRIBBLE Maintenance and Release Notes - March 5, 2014

coldsnapped

We will be bringing down the Tribble server for maintenance to apply a new update: ST.36.20140207a.18

General:

• The Cloaking Device Console can no longer be used on the Exploration Cruiser Retrofit and Fleet Exploration Cruiser Retrofit.
  • This console was not meant to be usable on these ships.
• The Galaxy Dreadnought Saucer can now fire its mini lance when separated.
• All Special Fleet projects will run from 3/6/14 - 4/29/14.
  • If your fleet has already completed a special project, it will not be a choice to slot.

Known Issues:

• There is no error explaining that loadouts and quick equip will not work if the captain’s inventory is full.
• Powers granted by a space set are not remembered in the power tray when using the loadouts feature.
• Warp trails are not consistently the same color for Romulan captains.

wast33

could u tell us if there are any plans to alter the (fleet) gal-x description in the shipyard?

it may sounds a bit too enthusiastic about the differencies layoutwise referring to gal-r. ("built for battle; complete refit"; check out here)

thx. (also 4 saucer-sep, though lt tac and lt uni had been nice. will work with it ).

reximuz

Fleet Mogai when killed doesn't die with a singularity like Romulan ships should. This has been broken forever and I've bugged it and made a post ages ago. Any chance of this getting on the fix list sometime soonish?

starkaos

coldsnapped wrote: »

• All Special Fleet projects will run from 3/6/14 - 4/29/14.
  • If your fleet has already completed a special project, it will not be a choice to slot.

Season 9 on April 29. Limited Projects usually start and finish on Thursday while Seasons usually start on Tuesday.

druhin

The Galaxy Dreadnought "Revamp" (and I use that word extremely lightly), is probably one of the laziest jobs I've seen from Cryptic yet.

A few examples:

• There are no model differences, aside from the ability to saucer separate. Which uses the same tech that has existed since the Odyssey Pack was released.
• The model (and textures) are still just as inaccurate as they've always been, with little or no touch-ups.
• The Galaxy Dreadnought "phaser lance" uses the same audio and visual effect as the Doomsday Device weapon (guess you guys haven't seen All Good Things for the proper look and sound)
• The Bridge Officer seating is unchanged, aside from the Ensign Tactical becoming an Ensign Universal (which will still be used for a Tactical Officer)
• The Fleet Galaxy Dreadnought has a grand total of four (4) Tactical Consoles, and yet you remain adamant in keeping it with a single Lieutenant officer slot (and Ensign "Tactical"). What's the point of having so many Tactical Consoles, and no real tactical ability?

And what prey tell, was "revamped" on the regular (Tier 4) Galaxy Class (or Tier 5 Exploration Cruiser Retrofit) ? From the looks of it, absolutely NOTHING. And the canon Galaxy bridge which is often requested by the players? Nowhere to be found.

Lastly, to Mr Borticus: Players requested a Lt Commander Tactical seat for the Galaxy Classes. Yet you somehow managed to make a rather incorrect statement thinking we've been asking for a Commander Tactical seat (on a Cruiser). That is incredibly inaccurate, and I do believe you peeps should reconsider your choice in officer seating for these ships, if you want players to actually BUY them.

Sorry but; lazy, lazy and more lazy. That's really my tl;dr version of the above. But I suppose the extra Hangar Bay on the Dreadnought makes all the difference :P

sfc

druhin wrote: »

The Galaxy Dreadnought "Revamp" (and I use that word extremely lightly), is probably one of the laziest jobs I've seen from Cryptic yet.

A few examples:

• There are no model differences, aside from the ability to saucer separate. Which uses the same tech that has existed since the Odyssey Pack was released.
• The model (and textures) are still just as inaccurate as they've always been, with little or no touch-ups.
• The Galaxy Dreadnought "phaser lance" uses the same audio and visual effect as the Doomsday Device weapon (guess you guys haven't seen All Good Things for the proper look and sound)
• The Bridge Officer seating is unchanged, aside from the Ensign Tactical becoming an Ensign Universal (which will still be used for a Tactical Officer)
• The Fleet Galaxy Dreadnought has a grand total of four (4) Tactical Consoles, and yet you remain adamant in keeping it with a single Lieutenant officer slot (and Ensign "Tactical"). What's the point of having so many Tactical Consoles, and no real tactical ability?

And what prey tell, was "revamped" on the regular (Tier 4) Galaxy Class (or Tier 5 Exploration Cruiser Retrofit) ? From the looks of it, absolutely NOTHING. And the canon Galaxy bridge which is often requested by the players? Nowhere to be found.

Lastly, to Mr Borticus: Players requested a Lt Commander Tactical seat for the Galaxy Classes. Yet you somehow managed to make a rather incorrect statement thinking we've been asking for a Commander Tactical seat (on a Cruiser). That is incredibly inaccurate, and I do believe you peeps should reconsider your choice in officer seating for these ships, if you want players to actually BUY them.

Sorry but; lazy, lazy and more lazy. That's really my tl;dr version of the above. But I suppose the extra Hangar Bay on the Dreadnought makes all the difference :P

I agree with you, I would have atleast wanted a Visual upgrade.

rybaksix

http://pl.tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2i7prib&s=8#.UxfFefkhDzM

According to your own description ...

"Dread-Not" is built for battle, it is a complete refit of Galaxy class.

Btw it is the ONLY T5 cruiser (correct me if I'm wrong) that is capable of equipping DC's that doesnt't have the option to slot lt commander tac (including the Vesta line - seriously ???)

Also it is no longer the only fed cruiser capable of using DC's.

Lt com tac, ens uni. That is what is missing. This setup is a missing link between Excelsior, Avenger and Regent.

It is only logical for this ship to fill in the gap.

maxvitor

I guess it was expecting too much with this so-called "Revamp" for them to spend a little time to center the frappin lance and other parts on the model. This is like getting last years fruitcake for Christmas, only there's a price tag on it.

trinitycompleted

coldsnapped wrote: »

We will be bringing down the Tribble server for maintenance to apply a new update: ST.36.20140207a.18

Known Issues:

• Warp trails are not consistently the same color for Romulan captains.

Hey! That's a change from "Romulan ship warp trails are not consistently the right color based on chosen faction," and a very good one at that!

Thanks for listening!

bughunter357

What's the point of having so many Tactical Consoles

I would say it is for the spinal lance people tend to go overboard on phaser relays to get that little more damage if they are using phasers and this is no exception it will give the lance that extra kick.

And the canon Galaxy bridge which is often requested by the players?

The galaxy bridges we have now are as close as your gonna get to the original from TNG get use to it.

Although I did not agree with giving the dreadnought saucer sep, bcuz the lance should not have made that possible, I will deal with it and use it when the need arises, I have the ship but it really don't appeal to how I play my cruisers it was more a collectors thing for me but maybe I can squeeze it in to one of my engineers setups and use it again.

druhin

bughunter357 wrote: »

The galaxy bridges we have now are as close as your gonna get to the original from TNG get use to it.

I've played the game since before launch, i'm very much "used to it". And as a matter of fact, the "Origin" bridge is closer to the Galaxy in terms of size, so it's not like it's impossible to get a more accurately scaled/more canon Galaxy bridge. Just that Cryptic are too lazy to make better bridges (because there's nothing to do there, there's no incentive to make bridges, beyond the "unique for lockbox" type bridges).

doffingcomrade

rybaksix wrote: »

Btw it is the ONLY T5 cruiser (correct me if I'm wrong) that is capable of equipping DC's that doesnt't have the option to slot lt commander tac (including the Vesta line - seriously ???)

Only? Try just about every single non-Tork, non-Mogh KDF Cruiser. There's a reason all those ships sucked.

zntech

3th year with same bug I really don't understand , but I understand that people will or won't do something. Evidently that Cryptic won't do anything about this bug . We steel can't change outfits on both servers that we payed for.

This is what I get in 2013.
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This is 2nd year that my Klingon toon have stupid cant change outfit bug.

With this Klingon toon i have 5 outfits to choose but non of them are working/showing and only 1 the first one i can change,modify at the tailor shop.
So the problem is not on my comp , it is on the Cryptic Server system.
This is very odd that you left something like that unresolved and I think that I am not only one with that problem.

So are you gonna ever fix this problem or not?

Can anyone help with this BUG?
This is a very nasty, yet rare bug that we've only recently been able to reproduce in QA. Our software team is still looking for the root cause of the problem so a fix can be implemented.

I fully understand the extreme frustration that this must cause, and I wish I had better news for you but we are aware of the problem and a fix is being worked on. That's all the information I have on the matter. I'm sorry I don't have anything more for you.

Cryptic Frost
STO QA