Release Notes: November 20th, 2014

pwlaughingtrendy · November 2014

New Feature:

Join DJ Zuza in the new Club 47 on Earth Space Dock!

From 9:00 AM November 20 to 10:00 AM November 24, players can access any GPL store and claim two new items:
- A free Club Wear outfit for males and females.
  - The Club Wear outfits can only be worn in the following zones:
    - Earth Space Dock
    - Drozana Station
    - Risa
    - Federation and Klingon Fleet Starbases
- A free Emote: The Shuffle Dance.
- Both of these rewards unlock for the account so players only need to claim them once.
- GPL Stores can be accessed on Drozana Station and on ESD in the Club.
After the event ends, the Club Wear and Shuffle Dance Emote will cost 250,000 GPL each.
Though KDF Captains and KDF-allied Romulan Captains cannot visit Club 47, they still have access to the Club Wear and Shuffle Dance Emote during and after the event.
For more information, please visit our Club 47 blog post here: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9004943-club-47-opening-soon%21

General:

Resolved an issue which would occasionally cause a crash during cutscenes.
Resolved an issue which was causing Bridge Officers to continue to perform CPR after the captain was already revived.
Pet cats have updated run animations.

Missions:

Updated the Battle of Korfez PvE Queue.
- Added a failure reward for completing the gate check but then failing at any other part of the queue.
- Resolved an issue where a required ship to defeat became stuck in an asteroid and could not be destroyed.
Updated rewards for Fleet Actions queues to the following:
- 720 Dilithium for completion
- Normal Crafting Pack
- 20 Fleet Marks
- Skill Points and Expertise Points have been slightly increased in scale.
- This applies to the following queues:
  - Gorn Minefield
  - Starbase 24
  - Klingon Scout Force
  - Breaking the Planet
  - The Big Dig
When speaking with Tuvok in Fluid Dynamics the window background now shows him on the Voyager bridge.
Updated Stranded in Space so an Orion Dreadnought spawns if a five-player team enters the mission.
- Previously it was a Nausicaan Dreadnought.
The Doctor will now heal more actively and effectively in All That Glitters.
Updated Whats Left Behind:
- This mission can now be played in a team.
  - This was previously a single player episode.
- The Doctor no longer congratulates the player for finding a breathing apparatus if the player did not find one.
Resolved an issue that could sometimes cause players to become stuck in the Federation tutorial in the Vega colony while reconfiguring the last satellite before a Borg cube arrives.
Delta Quadrant Patrol Systems:
- Teammates can now play together on the same Delta Quadrant patrol maps.
  - Previously, players could only team together if they had the Delta Quadrant mission associated with the patrol system.
- Resolved an issue where the wrong name of the bridge officer contact in the Trakia patrol system would be displayed.
The Federation, Klingon, and Romulan tutorials now award the proper kits and module packs when the tutorial is skipped.
Resolved an issue where players could sometimes get stuck on Starfleet Academy while on the mission Welcome to Earth Spacedock.
- Starfleet Academy can no longer be accessed without completing the mission Welcome to Earth Spacedock unless skipping the tutorial is chosen.
- For players currently stuck on Starfleet Academy, players will have the option to beam to ESD if on the mission Welcome to Earth Spacedock.
The Federation tutorial missions can no longer be shared.
- These were not intended to be shared.

Systems:

Skill Points earned via completing missions and defeating NPCs have been updated.
- The Skill Points earned from playing episodes with captains at levels 50 to 60 have been increased.
  - Previously, if a player completed a mission at level 49 and was rewarded 3,000 Skill Points, that same mission completed at level 51 would reward much lower than 3,000 Skill Points.
  - This update makes it so the player, in this scenario stated above, would earn at least 3,000 Skill Points at level 51 instead of the much lower number.
- The amount of Skill Points earned via defeating enemy NPCs will now scale upwards with a players level.
- A captains level will not be altered upon logging in.
  - For example, if a captain is level 53 that captain will still be level 53 upon logging in to Holodeck.
- For more information, please visit this post about the updates to earning Skill Points at: http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1302021
Updated Crystalline Catastrophe:
- Large Crystalline Fragments - Hit Points reduced by 20% on Basic and 50% on Advanced.
- Small Crystalline Fragments - Hit Points reduced by 40% on Advanced.
- Re-Crystalize Buff - Damage Bonus per stack reduced from 2% to 1% for all difficulties.
  - Damage Bonus now caps at 100 stacks.
- Shatter, Fragment Explosions - Deals approximately 15% less damage.
- Resolved an issue where Small Fragments were causing Physical Damage instead of Kinetic Damage.
Failsafe Scrambler:
- Internal cooldown changed from 60 seconds to 90 seconds.
- Screen Flash FX replaced with Glitchy Screen FX, if hit by this effect.
- Being affected by these grants Placate Immunity for 15 seconds after the effect expires.
Surgical Strikes:
- Resolved an issue that was preventing this Intel Ability from interacting correctly with Omni-Directional Beam Arrays and Wide Arc Cannons.
- The Experimental Proton Weapon cannot benefit from this firing mode.
- Resolved an issue that was causing many weapons to deal Phaser damage while this ability was active.
- Added icons to weapons while under Surgical Strikes mode.
Resolved an issue where the Bio-Neural Gel Pack console was not properly giving the correct amount of Subsystem power boost.
Resolved an issue that was causing Dual Corrosive Plasma Beam Bank weapons to not have their appropriate chance-on-hit effects.
Resolved an issue that was restricting the Transport Warhead version of the Wide Angle Quantum Torpedo to a 90-degree firing arc, instead of 180-degrees.
Attached the correct FX to many Thoron Infused Polaron space weapons which were previously using incorrect FX.
The Corrosive Plasma Torpedo Launcher in the Lobi Store can now correctly apply a Plasma DOT in all firing modes.
Resolved an issue that was preventing Resonant Tachyon Stream from appearing on the Bridge Officer Trainer.
All Plasma Dual Beam Banks now correctly have their associated special effects attached.
- This includes Romulan Plasma, Corrosive Plasma, and any others that may have previously been absent.
Changed the scaling of all carrier fighters damage, shields, and hit points so they scale relative to the player and not the NPCs.
- Previously, the fighters were scaling at too high of a rate of damage, shields, and hit points.
Updated tooltip for Attack Pattern Expertise to indicate that this ability is triggered by Bridge Officer attack patterns only, not Attack Pattern Alpha.
- This is a text change only.
Resolved an issue that was causing the Jem'Hadar Polaron Full Auto Rifle to be downgraded to Blue Mk XII when attempting to upgrade from Purple Mk XII.
Vaadwaur Ships:
- Vaadwaur Heavy Artillery Vessels will no longer get stuck fleeing in a straight line during their combat routines.
- Vaadwaur Heavy Artillery Vessels no longer gain a +Defense bonus while in Mobility Mode.
- Vaadwaur Heavy Artillery Vessels have had their resistances in Siege Mode slightly reduced.
Zefram Cochrane Shotgun
- Claiming this will now always apply [CrtD] and [CrtH] to the shotgun.
- [CrtD]x2 [CrtH]x2 [Dm/CrD] will always be applied to a fully upgraded version of the shotgun.
- Existing Zefram Cochrane shotguns will be updated to reflect these changes.

Ships:

Resolved an issue that caused a number of [T5-U] carriers to receive incorrect starship mastery passive abilities despite the UI displaying that they were getting the correct ones.
- This affects the following [T5-U] carriers:
  - Advanced Obelisk Carrier
  - Atrox Carrier
  - Fleet Atrox Carrier
  - Fleet Karfi Carrier
  - Fleet Voquv Carrier
  - Karfi Carrier
  - Tholian Recluse Carrier
  - Voquv Carrier
- These carriers will now gain the displayed passive abilities.
Starship Traits:
- Predictive Algorithms:
  - Updated description to list Subsystem Targeting as triggering the effect.
    - This is just a text update.
  - Increased duration of Accuracy buff from 20 seconds to 30 seconds.
- Added an icon for Ablative Field Projector.
- Resolved an issue that was causing the Demolitions Team Starship Trait to never reach the required number of stacks it needed to detonate.
A new free material has been added to all Tier 5 Upgradable ships as well as Tier 6 ships.
- This material is titled Upgrade in the ship tailor.
- This material will be unlocked on all current and future upgraded ships.
- The material is immediately available for all Tier 6 ships.
- This material is not available on a Tier 5 Upgradable ship until the ship is upgraded.
Scryer Intel Science Vessel:
- This starship now has a secondary deflector slot.
  - Players who own the Scryer may purchase a generic secondary deflector from the Dilithium Store in the special tab.
- This starship now has the Sensor Analysis ability.
Resolved an issue where the Bellerophon costume was not unlocking correctly after purchasing the Bellerophon Science Vessel Refit.
Resolved an issue where parts of a ship would disappear when the camera was zoomed out while using the Counter-Command Covariant Shield Array.
Resolved an issue that caused the Fleet Tactical Escort Retrofit and Fleet Tactical Escort Retrofit [T5-U] to have less Shield Hit Points than intended.
Kazon ships no longer use the blue phasers usually associated with TOS ships.
The Benthan bridge console screen has been updated.
Resolved an issue where Photonic Displacement and Mask Energy Signature FX were not displaying on the entire hull of some ships.

Character:

Odyssey Jacket:
- Minimized clipping when wearing badges.
- Resolved an issue with female long coat textures and color tints on the collar.
- Minimized neck and waist clipping.
- Resolved an issue with clipping on wrists when holding rifles.
Resolved clipping on most female and male footwear and pants.
Resolved a number of clipping issues on female leg attachments.
Resolved an issue with some swimsuits which occasionally caused clipping issues in certain stances and animations.
Leetas face is more symmetrical.
Resolved an issue which was causing Trill necks to appear incorrect on some male and female upper pieces.
Resolved an issue where Fleet Admiral pips would not appear in the tailor for Federation Captains.
Resolved an issue where Romulan Bridge Officers which were traded ended up with missing body parts.
- Costume pieces available for all factions can be worn by these Bridge Officers.
- Faction-based uniforms cannot be worn by these Bridge Officers.

UI:

Resolved an issue in the UI which would occasionally cause the game client to crash.
The Use, Info, Upgrade, Discard, Cancel options which appear when right-clicking on an item will now be aligned to the right of the window.
Increased the width of the First Officer department head selector to eliminate text truncation.
Equipped upgradable items can no longer be dragged and dropped into the Upgrade item slot.
- These must be placed into the inventory before they can be slotted to upgrade.
Added an icon and tooltip message on the Ship Status window while in space that states the ship name cannot be changed.
- This is a text change only.
- Updating the name of the ship currently in use while in space is not intended.
Resolved an issue which prevented some colors from being used in the Fleet Emblem editor.
The Show All check box in Skill-Based Stats: Space in the Status window now functions.
Resolved an issue which would occasionally not display the tooltip when the mouse was placed over a Bridge Officer slotted power in space.
Resolved an issue which was causing a [NULL MESSAGE] to appear in the tailor above a saved costume set for Reman Captains.
Removed the word Usual from the title of the minimized form of the reward choices from queues.
It is now possible to drag and drop traits into the chosen slots from the list on the side as well as swap the order of the traits around.
Resolved an issue where color changes would not apply in the ship tailor unless the Randomize button was used.
Powers which are able to stack, such as the M.A.C.O. Shield passive power, now display the stack amount in their descriptions.
The Coupon button has been removed from the C-Store since currently it is non-functional.

Known Issues:

KDF aligned Romulans will see duplicate powers when training Bridge Officers.
- One set of the powers are invalid.
An issue is present near the ship vendor on ESD where it appears a ceiling covers the top of the screen when standing near Malcolm Sissel.
- This does not block anything and is an art issue.
Gold and Ultra Rare Duty Officers do not correctly improve Success and Critical Success chances on assignments.
Gamepads are not functioning as they previously did before the launch of Delta Rising.