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Tribble Maintenance and Release Notes - May 30, 2014
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We will be bringing down the Tribble server for maintenance to apply a new update: ST.40.20140525a.2
General:
Systems:
Content:
Foundry:
Known Issues:
General:
- Alienware keyboards and mice glow red when your character is in a Red Alert state.
- This applies to when the player is on ground or space maps.
- The keyboard and mouse will remain red until the player is out of a Red Alert state.
- This applies to all Alienware keyboards and mice which have this interactive backlight function.
- Kit pieces in the tailor are now accessible to bridge officers regardless of bridge officers rank.
- This only applies to bridge officers whose uniform can be edited.
- Resolved an issue which prevented combo buttons from closing when clicking on the button directly.
- Resolved an issue that could cause Bridge Officers to become trapped in the Overflow Bag.
- For those players experiencing this, the Bridge Officers will be able to be removed from the Overflow Bag upon logging in.
- Update to Dyson Shields, from the reputation system, to be partially transparent while stealthed, instead of completely opaque.
- Resolved an issue causing the neck line to be incorrect for Gorn wearing Dyson jackets.
- The trim now correctly tints for Romulan Republic Upper - Undershirt 1.
- Klingon Males can now correctly equip the Honor Guard Quv Helmets, provided they have the correct unlock.
- Federation affiliated Klingon females no longer has a missing torso when wearing the Mirror Universe midriff shirt.
- Starfleet Personnel on Memory Alpha are wearing the newly standard Starfleet Uniform.
- Starfleet Personnel on Deep Space Station K-7 are now wearing Odyssey-type Starfleet uniforms.
- Starfleet Personnel on Starbase 39 Sierra are now wearing updated Starfleet uniforms.
Systems:
- Reputations 8472 Counter-Command:
- Added a mission that is automatically granted upon completing Tier 5 of this reputation that will grant a large Dilithium, Experience, Energy Credit, and Undine Mark reward.
- If the player has already reached tier 5, they will automatically receive the mission upon logging in
- Powers:
- Bio-Molecular Fluidic Space Counter Blast:
- Resolved a potential fault that was allowing Fluidic Puddles to ignore this ability being used in its proximity.
- This ability should more reliably destroy fluidic puddles when used.
- Resolved a potential fault that was allowing Fluidic Puddles to ignore this ability being used in its proximity.
- The Jem'Hadar Transporter Officer "Etak'Kas" no longer summons engineering generators at very low levels.
- They will now be the appropriate level for the character that has him on Active Duty.
- The damage dealt by Omega Graviton Amplifier is now correctly increased when inflicted on the Borg.
- Hyperonic Radiation now has a minimum cooldown of 15 seconds.
- It cannot be reduced below this threshold.
- Exothermic Induction Field now has a minimum cooldown of 15 seconds.
- It cannot be reduced below this threshold.
- Nanite Health Monitor will no longer consume charges attempting to remove Debuffs that it cannot cleanse.
- Weapons Malfunction now correctly grants 30 seconds of resistance on expiration, instead of only 5 seconds.
- Thalaron Pulse:
- While charging, this power will no longer instantly trigger if interrupted by offline subsystems.
- This applies to both Player and NPC versions.
- The version used by Donatra in Khitomer Accord is different, in that it cannot be interrupted under any circumstances.
- Shield Absorptive Frequency Generator:
- The effects of the Shield Absorptive Frequency Generator console will no longer become active until the user has at least one shield facing below 90% maximum capacity.
- Updated all descriptions and tooltips to reflect these changes.
- Replaced the [Acc] mod on Tricobalt Mines that were incorrectly using it, with the [Radius] mod that increases their explosion size.
- This will automatically update all existing versions of the item, and any new ones obtained going forward.
- Advanced Fleet Polaron Sniper Rifle Mk XII [Dmg]x3 [CritX] now properly have both Crit Chance and Crit Severity, instead of only Crit Severity mods.
- Bio-Molecular Mine Launchers:
- All [Acc] modifiers on these Mines have been replaced with [Radius] modifiers.
- For each [Radius] enhancement attached to the mine, its detonation explosion will be expanded by 0.5km, above its base range of 1.0km.
- Enhanced Bio-Molecular Photon Torpedo Launcher Mk XII:
- Resolved an issue that was causing Torpedo Spread 2 and 3 to yield more explosions than intended.
- Increased the damage dealt by High Yield 3.
- Updated long description on Ferengi Missile Launcher to clarify bridge officer ability interaction.
- Tachyon Detection Grid:
- Target cap on initial activation is now set to 10.
- This was previously unlimited.
- Target cap on chained effect is now set to 5.
- This was previously unlimited.
- Both activation and chained effect will no longer affect Torpedoes, Mines, and Hangar Pets.
- Target cap on initial activation is now set to 10.
- Enhanced Plasma Manifold (Oberth Console):
- No longer shares a cooldown with Batteries.
- Now effects Engine subsystems in the same manner as existing Aux/Shield bonuses.
- Now grants immunity to Shields, Engines, and Aux offline for full duration.
- Now grants +10 Maximum Shield, Engine, and Aux power for full duration.
- Increased base power bonus from 33 to 50, and gains additional benefit from the Starship Batteries skill.
- Base duration reduced from 20 seconds to 15 seconds, but now gains more benefit from the Starship Batteries skill.
- Bio-Molecular Fluidic Space Counter Blast:
- Reputation Traits:
- Omega Kinetic Shearing:
- Changed the damage from this power so that it will no longer cause a player with this trait equipped to re-appear when their torpedoes or mines detonate when using a ship with Enhanced Battle Cloak.
- Resolved an issue where the Enhanced Personal Shields Trait was causing shields to be zeroed out.
- Improved the tooltip text for all of the following Traits:
- Conduit
- Covert
- Creative
- Crippling Fire
- Disassembler
- EPS Manifold Efficiency
- Field Researcher
- Firearms Specialist
- Fleet Physicist
- Fleet Tactician
- Fleet Technician
- Inspirational Leader
- Intimidating Strikes
- Medical Vanguard
- Mental Discipline
- Photonic Capacitor
- Physical Strength
- Precise
- Singularity Specialist
- Strike Team Specialist
- Stubborn
- Sure Footed
- Tactical Vigilance
- Resolved an issue where slotting the Fleet Technician trait was incorrectly granting access to the Fleet Physicist enhancement.
- The knockback proc added by the Physical Strength trait can now be resisted, and is subject to immunity.
- Omega Kinetic Shearing:
- A new Featured Project has been made available to Fleets that have already completed their Tier 5 Starbases.
- This project requires no other inputs than 2000 Fleet Marks.
- It is specifically designed to supply large fleets with a steady stream of Fleet Credits in return for surplus Fleet Marks.
- The Fleet Credits received from this project are *HALF* of what is received from all other projects.
- This project completes in 5 minutes after all inputs are filled.
- Undine Marks are now a valid choice from All Mark Choice Packages.
- Romulans that use Very Rare / Purple Armory Duty Officers that have a chance of spawning additional turrets will now see two turrets instead of one when the officer activates.
- Resolved a few issues involving the Hirogen version of Photonic Fleet:
- Photonic Hirogen vessels no longer have a chance to drop loot.
- Photonic Hirogen vessels no longer have access to special bridge officer abilities such as Boarding Party, Tractor Beam, and Subnucleonic Beam.
- Photonic Hirogen vessels no longer cause a Warp Core breach when they are killed.
- The odds of spawning a Photonic Hirogen Battleship were incorrectly set higher than intended.
- Frigates and Escorts should now be more commonly seen when this power is used by the Hirogen.
- Resolved an issue that was causing all Even-Mark Kit Frames (Mk II, Mk IV, etc) to have a higher rank requirement than intended.
- Resolved an issue that was causing all Kit Frames to be slightly lower level than intended.
- This will cause their passive bonuses to increase very slightly, but should have no impact on the potency of equipped modules.
- Owners of the Fleet Atrox or the Fleet Kar'Fi can now purchase their appropriate ship-restricted hangar pets, even if they do not own the C-Store versions of these ships.
- Uras'Kalan, the Unique Jem'Hadar Assault Squad Officer, will now cause your Boarding Parties to have point defense turrets with a frequency that more closely matches the odds listed on the description.
- Counter Command Ordnance: "Degenerative Wave Signature" will now populate a condensed version of the set bonus' tooltip on your Energy Weapons.
- Romulan Drone Ships now use the updated Undine Ship art, introduced with Season 9.
- Removed the word "Bonus" from the Honor Guard 2 piece Space Set bonus.
- The Kinetic damage increase is not classified as bonus damage.
- This is a text change only.
Content:
- Rai can now be obtained as a duty officer for Romulan Borg captains in the episode Mine Enemy.
- Resolved an issue which would occasionally block progression in the Klingon episode Alpha.
- The Jouret System Patrol can now be completed.
- All repeatable PVP missions for Fed and Klg (arena and scenario) are now set to a 20 hour cooldown.
- Resolved an issue that was causing players to get stuck in the starbase during Starbase Fleet Defense.
Foundry:
- Added all of the props from New ESD to the Foundry.
Known Issues:
- New kit modules do not have their own search category in the Exchange.
- Kits in your inventory cannot be equipped by double-clicking on them.
- You can drag and drop slot them.
- Occasionally, bridge officer and captain powers are removed from the power tray when transitioning to another map.
- Cannot create private queues for Undine Assault.
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^^^ KUDOS to the dev team...
Nicely done Guys!!!
a) a change to the currently random dailies, in which case it is good
or
b) a nerf to the previously repeatable PVP missions?
If it is b), then shame on you.
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Yeah, I was reading through...going nifty, going awesome, going great job...and then read that...er...yeah, clarification on that would be helpful.
It would have been one thing had they made a planned change to all torps to increase the number of torps with the Spreads, but with it only happening with the E-Bio torp it was obviously a bug.
As previously said, this probably won't have any effect on the numbers seen. Wait, that means all old boxes from say the Mirror event can now drop undine marks? That'd be great. Those are some really old known issues. I can understand the loadout/tray/... bug being hard to squash, but the messed up exchange? Less so.
Not to mention the lowest price per unit and highest price per unit are switched (since season 9).
Toi'Va, Ti'vath, Toivia, Ty'Vris, Tia Vex, Toi'Virth: Add Tier 6 KDF Carrier and Raider.
Tae'Va, T'Vaya, To'Var, Tevra, T'Vira, To'Vrak: Give us Asylums for Romulans.
Don't make ARC mandatory! Keep it optional only!
Will the KDF equivalent get an update too?
Totally missed this, WTF cryptic?
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I can see a pretty big part of the secret community crying out in pain at a certain pvp repeatable nerfing...i mean...ouch
My PvE/PvP hybrid skill tree
The lack of Ker'rat could have been an oversight; but it does point more to limiting Defeating and Storming rather than opening up the dailies to be dailies rather than random dailies...meh.
Yeah, that popped into my head - but I forgot about it getting down to the stuff Hilbert brought up.
With the EPM getting that kind of boost, will the EIC get something like it as well?
It would be one thing for them to make sure it was normalized against other possible returns - this comes off more along the lines of...meh.
Clarification would be really helpful from Cryptic on this...
edit: Meh, I keep reading it - and I think that I'm just deluding myself that it needs any clarification. It's pretty straightforward... Don't get me wrong, I'm all for them fixing any potential exploits in the game, but this goes above and beyond fixing any sort of exploit...meh.
Trust me on this...this is a case of pvpers being in the crossfire
My PvE/PvP hybrid skill tree
I'm not sure what this refers to.
I'm glad something is finally being done about this. I have long complained that the trait tooltips were inaccurate or out of date. I hope the new tooltips are not just generic descriptions, but actually contain stats.
Someone once suggested a fleet mark / fleet credit exchange that would work like the dilithium exchange. I think that is a better solution, since it helps both big fleets in need of fleet credits and small fleets in need of fleet marks. It also allows the price of fleet marks and fleet credits to respond to changes in supply and demand instead of being fixed by Cryptic.
Other kit bugs:
Some trade-in kits contain the wrong modules:
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1112131
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=16871631&postcount=26
Mk XII modules cannot be found on the Exchange:
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1112601
What is the purpose of this change? Is it simply to reduce the supply of dilithium?
Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Can't wait to get in there and take a look!
"all of the props" ????
*double faints.
Floors? A carpet, any carpet? A roof?
Thank you, Taco, or whoever did this. I really hope this patch note is somewhat accurate. Thank you.
The nerf bat has swung when nobody asked for it to swing. All the Romulans and Klingons cloakers are now laughing all the way to Ker'rat. Now to restore balance back, give the AA console to the Fed side.
They are probably doing this to mask the fact that their engine can't handle drawing the grid with all the pets and stuff that are in the game these days.
Um...that's the TDG they're changing. Not to be confused with the TDF. The TDG's been complained about by folks all over the place because of the massive lag/latency spike it causes by folks dropping it all over the place as a form of griefing.
edit: Lol, "all over the place" twice? I guess it's just a case that it is one of those "all over the place" visuals when folks drop it in Crystalline or the Undine SBZ while fighting PKs.
I do not think you realise a lot of your income comes from this type of farming. You will be hindering your income if you go ahead with this particular update.
One. people who can't buy zen due to finances or country! won't be buying Zen to Dilithium as often as they are now.
I'm not sure you realise how much this boost's your own revenues as it is. It encourage's people to buy zen to exchange for Dilithium. Do this change and it'll cut off a lot of dilithium income, stumping the purchases on Zen. which will effect how much people will buy zen to get Dilithium.
And it won't encourage people to buy zen. If this is your hope.
All of the props, means props, not all of the all of it. I don't think I included any of the structural parts (roofs/floors/supports). My hope is to get the ESD map in one of these days, but it's a bit of a bigger task, and I need design help for that.
Edit: Just confirmed that there is some other stuff* that got in and avoided patch notes. I've informed our patch master, and the extras should be noted in the Holodeck Patch notes next week.
Sorry about that.
*Cue Kirkfat triple fainting. . .
Just for the record, as someone who HAS requested the ESD map...
Maybe it would be best to wait until Club 47 is on that map.
As it stands, people would like SFA's shuttle area (granted, we don't have SFA yet) and the absence of Quark's from the DS9 Foundry map (or from the Foundry altogether) has been a limiting force.
This patch is full of good and bad things. This is probably the worst one. If you thought the "rewards" for PvP matches were bad, it has just been changed to complete and utter garbage. Thanks for giving people one less incentive to PvP in this game.
Sarcasm warning!
Thanks to whatever brilliant developer thought of this change.
Yeah, I completely missed that as well. Considering it takes 15-60 minutes per match the rewards are well earned. This completely kills any incentive to do more than three PvP matches per day if it hits the normally repeatable PvP missions. I realize some people abuse the missions to farm dilithium, but that could have been curbed by initiating a one hour cooldown upon picking up a PvP repeatable mission.
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Is a piece of glass or a window part of the structure? We have a rough time trying to make a window.
It sounds like we're talking mostly about benches, plants, consoles, and stuff.
Anyway, thank you. I can't wait to check them out. Getting anything makes us happy.