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Anniversary Event (PC) blog

westmetalswestmetals Member Posts: 8,479 Arc User
edited July 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11506883

Takeaways:
- start date is January 25 (end of current Red Alert event)
- ship to be announced separately (as usual)
- Consoles to be scheduled separately
- 12th anniversary party popper is Mirror Terran themed
- blog also announces Omega particle and upgrade changes from last year as "new". (obligatory error)
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  • gaevsmangaevsman Member Posts: 3,190 Arc User
    keepcalmchiveon wrote: »
    the popper looks ok. not overdone.

    and i hope they also reveal the ship via the homepage and not just FB or whatever. seriously disliking them for stuff like that.

    They are going to reveal the ship in the Ten Forward Weekly today.. then it will be published on the web, with stats and all... i'll tune in, if i remember to do so..
    The forces of darkness are upon us!
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  • husanakxhusanakx Member Posts: 1,609 Arc User
    edited January 2022
    It wouldn't be a Cryptic announcement without at least one copy and paste error.
    As funny as it is at this point... if I was a MMO developer with a reputation deserved or not for copy and paste content. (lets be honest Cryptic built their company on rapid copy and paste development its deserved) I would be a little vigilant about the press copy. I for sure would make a point of putting and end to it long before it became a running joke.

    Does this guy not have a boss ? How do you let someone continue to post a min of one copy and paste error into every single announcement. Has no one above him ever bothered to point it out... or even notice. Its starting to be more sad then funny at this point.
    Or I don't know... ever see James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal act together ? Perhaps the errors are on purpose ?
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  • gaevsmangaevsman Member Posts: 3,190 Arc User
    westmetals wrote: »
    keepcalmchiveon wrote: »
    gaevsman wrote: »
    keepcalmchiveon wrote: »
    the popper looks ok. not overdone.

    and i hope they also reveal the ship via the homepage and not just FB or whatever. seriously disliking them for stuff like that.

    They are going to reveal the ship in the Ten Forward Weekly today.. then it will be published on the web, with stats and all... i'll tune in, if i remember to do so..

    hope you can. i dont have FB or twitch, and will be at work anyway...lol. i just am not a huge fan of half posts anymore. honestly, they should have waited until the reveal to post the anni details. my opinion...ymmv.

    They have always announced the ship separately, and in a written blog, usually later the same week. (Though that is not always the first method, true)

    You are correct, i only hope the ship is nice.. and pretty... :lol:
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  • szerontzurszerontzur Member Posts: 2,724 Arc User
    Beginning with this year’s update, all Omega materials will be changed to Bind-to-Account-on-Pickup, rather than being tradeable with other players.

    Not sure how I feel about this one. On one hand, it'll be nice to not see as many farmers clogging up system space. On the otherhand, that's one less option for free players to be able to participate in the Exchange. Wording is a bit unclear whether the final product/upgrade kits will be bound or not.
  • tom61stotom61sto Member Posts: 3,676 Arc User
    edited January 2022
    szerontzur wrote: »
    Beginning with this year’s update, all Omega materials will be changed to Bind-to-Account-on-Pickup, rather than being tradeable with other players.

    Not sure how I feel about this one. On one hand, it'll be nice to not see as many farmers clogging up system space. On the otherhand, that's one less option for free players to be able to participate in the Exchange. Wording is a bit unclear whether the final product/upgrade kits will be bound or not.

    Omega Upgrades are Account Bound. They did the change to the Omega Particles and Omega Upgrades to be Account Bound some time back, despite the blog saying it's new. Didn't seem to help with the lag much, which was the key player facing issue. :(
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  • szerontzurszerontzur Member Posts: 2,724 Arc User
    tom61sto wrote: »
    szerontzur wrote: »
    Beginning with this year’s update, all Omega materials will be changed to Bind-to-Account-on-Pickup, rather than being tradeable with other players.

    Not sure how I feel about this one. On one hand, it'll be nice to not see as many farmers clogging up system space. On the otherhand, that's one less option for free players to be able to participate in the Exchange. Wording is a bit unclear whether the final product/upgrade kits will be bound or not.

    Omega Upgrades are Account Bound. They did the change to the Omega Particles and Omega Upgrades to be Account Bound some time back, despite the blog saying it's new. Didn't seem to help with the lag much, which was the key player facing issue. :(

    Oof.. shows how long it's been since I've interacted with the system..
  • zedbrightlander1zedbrightlander1 Member Posts: 14,782 Arc User
    When do the Giveaway days start?

    I ask because every year I miss a least one of them. :(
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  • zedbrightlander1zedbrightlander1 Member Posts: 14,782 Arc User
    westmetals wrote: »
    szerontzur wrote: »
    tom61sto wrote: »
    szerontzur wrote: »
    Beginning with this year’s update, all Omega materials will be changed to Bind-to-Account-on-Pickup, rather than being tradeable with other players.

    Not sure how I feel about this one. On one hand, it'll be nice to not see as many farmers clogging up system space. On the otherhand, that's one less option for free players to be able to participate in the Exchange. Wording is a bit unclear whether the final product/upgrade kits will be bound or not.

    Omega Upgrades are Account Bound. They did the change to the Omega Particles and Omega Upgrades to be Account Bound some time back, despite the blog saying it's new. Didn't seem to help with the lag much, which was the key player facing issue. :(

    Oof.. shows how long it's been since I've interacted with the system..

    from original post:

    "blog also announces Omega particle and upgrade changes from last year as "new". (obligatory error)"

    I noticed that, too.
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  • lnbladelnblade Member Posts: 410 Arc User
    corinthalas wrote: »
    I'm waiting for ship info. Kael teased an upcoming carrier, but it was unclear if he meant a new lockbox ship from the current Discovery season or if he was referring to the anniversary ship.
    Well, they've already done an Alliance cruiser and a raider/escort. Next ship will most likely be science focused. Most of the time, when they do an event sci ship, it ends up being a carrier. So I think it's a pretty safe bet that this'll be Kael's teased carrier.
  • doctorstegidoctorstegi Member Posts: 1,226 Arc User
    lnblade wrote: »
    corinthalas wrote: »
    I'm waiting for ship info. Kael teased an upcoming carrier, but it was unclear if he meant a new lockbox ship from the current Discovery season or if he was referring to the anniversary ship.
    Well, they've already done an Alliance cruiser and a raider/escort. Next ship will most likely be science focused. Most of the time, when they do an event sci ship, it ends up being a carrier. So I think it's a pretty safe bet that this'll be Kael's teased carrier.

    Let it be the first Science Carrier with Secondary Deflector and I'm all in lol

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  • strathkinstrathkin Member Posts: 2,671 Bug Hunter
    edited January 2022
    I don't think it has a secondary deflector, yet it is quite maneuverable given it's size; and it does use Warp Drive not Singularity... ...Kael said nobody figured out his clue yet, as usually he said they figure it out fairly quick. Perhaps it's the reference to lower shield power as the Starship Trait, restores each facing the second they hit 0; likely good for those who need better shields with lower power levels.

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    The squadron pets also resolve a few minor issues, that makes them more effective too at the 1h mark--so go watch it.

    https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1265205/focused-assault
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  • sterex2016#5689 sterex2016
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    HI, will the Khitomer uniform be available again? and is there a way to get the Khitomer battlecruiser?
  • lnbladelnblade Member Posts: 410 Arc User
    strathkin wrote: »
    I don't think it has a secondary deflector, yet it is quite maneuverable given it's size; and it does use Warp Drive not Singularity... ...Kael said nobody figured out his clue yet, as usually he said they figure it out fairly quick.

    3BAdDdP.png

    The squadron pets also resolve a few minor issues, that makes them more effective too.
    *sigh* Yeah, a carrier. Disappointing, but as expected. IIRC the previous two Alliance ships were command spec, so I expect this will be as well. They tend to come with antiproton weapons, I think it's a safe bet that the squadron pets will too.
  • strathkinstrathkin Member Posts: 2,671 Bug Hunter
    edited January 2022
    Yea they showed the seating, I think it was Lt Cmdr Command Spec if memory served which I'm fine with, with a Ensign Tac as other Specialist option. It would have been great to see perhaps MW instead, yet the surprise is their adherence to Command for all 3 Anniversary Alliance ships thus far.

    Still I really liked how this Saucer works with Warbird option, and was surprised it used a Warp Core. Perhaps that's what kael was eluding to given the power levels hinted at earlier; not a possible revised singularity with less special power abilities.

    https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1265205/focused-assault
    The one exciting surprising element is it's not bad maneuverability given it's size; and that it's it's a carrier. And the fix they made to Squadron's focused assault which I showed (edited) above.

    Still I'm not going to go back and look at what the 2nd specialist ability is, I'll wait for the official blog likely tomorrow or friday.
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  • faelon#8433 faelon
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    edited January 2022
    lnblade wrote: »
    strathkin wrote: »
    I don't think it has a secondary deflector, yet it is quite maneuverable given it's size; and it does use Warp Drive not Singularity... ...Kael said nobody figured out his clue yet, as usually he said they figure it out fairly quick.

    3BAdDdP.png

    The squadron pets also resolve a few minor issues, that makes them more effective too.
    *sigh* Yeah, a carrier. Disappointing, but as expected. IIRC the previous two Alliance ships were command spec, so I expect this will be as well. They tend to come with antiproton weapons, I think it's a safe bet that the squadron pets will too.
    I think it is Lyt Commander/Intel spec with a Universal/Command Ensign. The Command Ensign is probably just intended to pop in Overwhelm Emitter's or similar to proc the trait.

    Edit Lt Commander Temp Op spec
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  • vegeta50024vegeta50024 Member Posts: 2,336 Arc User
    strathkin wrote: »
    Yea they showed the seating, I think it was Lt Cmdr Command Spec if memory served which I'm fine with, with a Ensign Tac as other Specialist option. It would have been great to see perhaps MW instead, yet the only surprise is their adherence to Command for Anniversary thus far.

    Still I really liked how this Saucer works with Warbird option, and was surprised it used a Warp Core. Perhaps that's what kael was eluding to given the power levels hinted at earlier; not a possible revised singularity with less special power abilities.

    https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1265205/focused-assault
    The one perhaps surprising element is it's not bad maneuverability given it's size; and that it's it's a carrier. And the fix they made to Squadron's focused assault which I showed (edited) above.

    Still I'm not going to go back and look at what the 2nd specialist ability is, I'll wait for the official blog likely tomorrow or friday.

    So, it's Commander Science, Lt. Commander Engineering, Lt. Commander Universal/Temporal, Lt. Science, Ensign Science/Command.

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  • tom61stotom61sto Member Posts: 3,676 Arc User
    edited January 2022
    The console from the new carrier certainly looks fairly worthy of grinding for the passives alone (well, unless you're at Critical Hit=Yes on all your toons).
    Passives:
    +2.9% Critical Hit Chance (This would place it third in the highest amount of Critical Hit from a single console, IIRC)
    +7.5 Aux power (OK. This is more handy for Sci and carriers than everyone)

    Active:
    "To Self and Allied Players within 20km:
    * 20% Critical Hit chance for 5 seconds
    * Resets Hangar Bay Recharge Time
    To Player Hangar Pets and Summons within 20km:
    * 30% Critical Hit chance for 20 seconds
    * Placate Foes within 10km for 20 seconds
    1 Min 40 Sec Recharge"

    Seems a very nice console for carriers, and mild utility for the active on a non-carrier.

    Carrier seating: Lt. Comm Uni/Temporal, Lt. Tac, Lt. Comm Eng, Commander Sci, and Ensign Sci/Command
    3/3 weapons
    4 device slots
    4 Eng, 4 Sci, 3 Tac consoles
    2x Hangars with Alliance Fighter Squadrons
    Standard Shields/Deflector/Engine slots, nothing new to carriers.
    Cloak (non-Battle) *Edit

    Other stats I didn't see. Not gonna set the world on fire for the carrier itself, though it did seem somewhat maneuverable for a carrier on stream.
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  • solidshark214solidshark214 Member Posts: 347 Arc User
    Does the ship have cloak? Both prior Alliance ships do, and with the obvious Romulan influences I'd be surprised if this one didn't, but it'd be nice to have confirmation.
  • tom61stotom61sto Member Posts: 3,676 Arc User
    edited January 2022
    solidshark214 wrote: »
    Does the ship have cloak? Both prior Alliance ships do, and with the obvious Romulan influences I'd be surprised if this one didn't, but it'd be nice to have confirmation.

    I don't recall them hitting cloak on the stream for the carrier, but it does look like it had standard cloak (i.e. out of combat only) on the hot bar.
  • solidshark214solidshark214 Member Posts: 347 Arc User
    tom61sto wrote: »
    solidshark214 wrote: »
    Does the ship have cloak? Both prior Alliance ships do, and with the obvious Romulan influences I'd be surprised if this one didn't, but it'd be nice to have confirmation.

    I don't recall them hitting cloak on the stream for the carrier, but it does look like it had standard cloak (i.e. out of combat only) on the hot bar.

    Good to know, thanks. Pity only standard--given the Romulan half of it, I'd have expected at least battle cloak, like the Temer--but I'll take what I can get.
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  • strathkinstrathkin Member Posts: 2,671 Bug Hunter
    edited January 2022
    vegeta50024 wrote: »
    strathkin wrote: »
    Yea they showed the seating, I think it was Lt Cmdr Command Spec if memory served which I'm fine with, with a Ensign Tac as other Specialist option. It would have been great to see perhaps MW instead, yet the only surprise is their adherence to Command for Anniversary thus far.

    Still I really liked how this Saucer works with Warbird option, and was surprised it used a Warp Core. Perhaps that's what kael was eluding to given the power levels hinted at earlier; not a possible revised singularity with less special power abilities.

    https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1265205/focused-assault
    The one perhaps surprising element is it's not bad maneuverability given it's size; and that it's it's a carrier. And the fix they made to Squadron's focused assault which I showed (edited) above.

    Still I'm not going to go back and look at what the 2nd specialist ability is, I'll wait for the official blog likely tomorrow or friday.

    So, it's Commander Science, Lt. Commander Engineering, Lt. Commander Universal/Temporal, Lt. Science, Ensign Science/Command.

    Oh very good then, so they did mix it up then with a focus more on Temporal instead. I remembered Command was in their yet misplaced if it was the main or secondary ability. :)
    keepcalmchiveon wrote: »
    so is there an actual link for the ship? i mean...it seems nothing got updated to reflect the 'big' reveal

    I suspect we'll probably see something tomorrow regarding the Ship, unless they focus on the new episode that's coming.
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  • smokebaileysmokebailey Member Posts: 4,668 Arc User
    lnblade wrote: »
    strathkin wrote: »
    I don't think it has a secondary deflector, yet it is quite maneuverable given it's size; and it does use Warp Drive not Singularity... ...Kael said nobody figured out his clue yet, as usually he said they figure it out fairly quick.

    3BAdDdP.png

    The squadron pets also resolve a few minor issues, that makes them more effective too.
    *sigh* Yeah, a carrier. Disappointing, but as expected. IIRC the previous two Alliance ships were command spec, so I expect this will be as well. They tend to come with antiproton weapons, I think it's a safe bet that the squadron pets will too.

    Pretty. :)
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