PC Patch Notes for 2/20/20

ambassadorkael · February 2020

Star Trek Online will have PC maintenance tomorrow, 2/20, at 7am PT. Estimated downtime is 2.5 hours. You can find the patch notes here:

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11373733

legendarylycan · February 2020

Resolved an issue that caused Transcranial Sensor Link to reward less Shield Penetration than intended.

Now rewards 10 per stack.

while it's too late for this patch...next patch, can you please make the orbs that give these stacks travel a LOT faster? i don't like having to slow down to a crawl to pick them up

actually, that goes for EVERY drop item that gives any kind of buff - like the ones from that one MW cruiser console and the supply pods from the kamikaze maru device

meimeitoo · February 2020

"Resolved an issue that caused the Legendary Pilot Warship to have the Escort Mastery package, instead of the Warship Mastery package."

Please, don't tell me you changed its Mastery from under me. Or worse, that I have to level the ship again.

fred26291 · February 2020

still waiting.

redwren89 · February 2020

Just happy they updated the best diplomat! it seemed pretty weak.

Personally though, would love another look at make it so - i know that bridge officer abilities stack but do they also multiply with multiple captain abilities or just 1 captain ability? - Really these ability descriptions need a proper look at, maybe with fresh eyes.

legendarylycan · February 2020

a look at temporal anchor would be nice too...the recharge is useless against NPCs, and 20% extra damage isn't impressive when it's only cat1 - i'd like to see it bumped up to bonus damage like they did for diplomat's damage bonus, even if the number needs to be adjusted down for it, or if it stays cat1, at least bump it up to like 50-60% extra damage

siotaylor · February 2020

Um, is the downtime running late? The launcher says 14:00 UTC, and it's currently 14:20 and still up.

sennahcherib · February 2020

Reduced the damage output of all enemies (including the mini-boss) during the first mini-boss fight of the final ground act of "Measure of Morality, Pt 2".

this is sad. this mission was interesting because it was challenging.

sthe91 · February 2020

Thanks for the updates and fixes, Cryptic!

evilmark444 · February 2020

sennahcherib wrote: »

Reduced the damage output of all enemies (including the mini-boss) during the first mini-boss fight of the final ground act of "Measure of Morality, Pt 2".

this is sad. this mission was interesting because it was challenging.

It would only be challenging if encounters reset after death, since they don't it was just a respawn simulator.

sennahcherib · February 2020

evilmark444 wrote: »

sennahcherib wrote: »

Reduced the damage output of all enemies (including the mini-boss) during the first mini-boss fight of the final ground act of "Measure of Morality, Pt 2".

this is sad. this mission was interesting because it was challenging.

It would only be challenging if encounters reset after death, since they don't it was just a respawn simulator.

I don't see where is the problem?

crypticarmsman · February 2020

sennahcherib wrote: »

Reduced the damage output of all enemies (including the mini-boss) during the first mini-boss fight of the final ground act of "Measure of Morality, Pt 2".

this is sad. this mission was interesting because it was challenging.

Agreed.

foppotee · February 2020

sennahcherib wrote: »

Reduced the damage output of all enemies (including the mini-boss) during the first mini-boss fight of the final ground act of "Measure of Morality, Pt 2".

this is sad. this mission was interesting because it was challenging.

You can always change the game difficulty in Options, if not already done for yourself.

foppotee · February 2020

Did I miss Cryptic saying anything about the Legendary Crossfield visuals for different deflectors & the visual placements?

The different deflectors' visuals are way back behind the actual deflector & inside the ship.

maxref1 · February 2020

RESOLVED????are u sure ???? LAG...SERVER NOT RESPONDIG continuously, impossible to move, go to the academy ... and you find yourself on the spacedock you make an infected and you take the penalty because the ship does not move an inch ... and if you do it then go back for the lag! !! guys ......... evaluate well when you write that you solve the problems !!!

enterprise · February 2020

Any fixes for Holographic Bridge officers (La Forge, EMH, TOS Crew, Leeta) from the Zen Store (Mudd's Market) not visually showing up on any bridge and being replaced by various template bridge officers instead?

In a similar vein, it would be nice if bridge officers would actually show up for TOS captains on the Constitution 2267 bridge (they show up fine for 25th Century Starfleet and Discovery captains on that bridge for some reason, but not TOS even though it's THE TOS bridge...).

evilmark444 · February 2020

sennahcherib wrote: »

evilmark444 wrote: »

sennahcherib wrote: »

Reduced the damage output of all enemies (including the mini-boss) during the first mini-boss fight of the final ground act of "Measure of Morality, Pt 2".

this is sad. this mission was interesting because it was challenging.

It would only be challenging if encounters reset after death, since they don't it was just a respawn simulator.

I don't see where is the problem?

The problem is when you die the enemies health doesn't refill, and often times they follow you to the respawn point as well. This makes death meaningless, and by extension makes challenging content meaningless. When you can infinitely respawn while chipping away at the enemy's health with no possibility of failure what's the point of making things super challenging?

Something I've wanted done the game was released is for encounters to completely reset after a death / wipe, like what happens in other MMOs. In WoW if an instance boss kills everyone it respawns with full health and you have to stay the encounter over from the beginning which makes difficult content feel rewarding, but in STO if something like the giant elachi walker at the end of To Hell With Honor keeps killing everyone then you just keep respawning and chipping away until it finally dies which is just boring imo.

shield309 · February 2020

So is it Bonus XP, or Bonus CXP, or both, or neither? The site says Bonus XP, the overview tab in the mission journal on my PC says Bonus CXP.

eazzie · February 2020

siotaylor wrote: »

Um, is the downtime running late? The launcher says 14:00 UTC, and it's currently 14:20 and still up.

Maintenance is always 15:00 - 17:30 UTC. This changes to 14:00 - 16.30 UTC during periods of when the clocks change.

crypticarmsman · February 2020

evilmark444 wrote: »

sennahcherib wrote: »

evilmark444 wrote: »

sennahcherib wrote: »

Reduced the damage output of all enemies (including the mini-boss) during the first mini-boss fight of the final ground act of "Measure of Morality, Pt 2".

this is sad. this mission was interesting because it was challenging.

It would only be challenging if encounters reset after death, since they don't it was just a respawn simulator.

I don't see where is the problem?

The problem is when you die the enemies health doesn't refill, and often times they follow you to the respawn point as well. This makes death meaningless, and by extension makes challenging content meaningless. When you can infinitely respawn while chipping away at the enemy's health with no possibility of failure what's the point of making things super challenging?

Something I've wanted done the game was released is for encounters to completely reset after a death / wipe, like what happens in other MMOs. In WoW if an instance boss kills everyone it respawns with full health and you have to stay the encounter over from the beginning which makes difficult content feel rewarding, but in STO if something like the giant elachi walker at the end of To Hell With Honor keeps killing everyone then you just keep respawning and chipping away until it finally dies which is just boring imo.

Actually, a MOBs health will refill IF you don't come back in a certain amount of time/don't have something that keeps damaging the MOB until your group returns. That said, the timer is pretty long. Also, IDK how long you've been playing MMOs; but I prefer the current paradigm most now use - as back in the early days of MMOs like EverQuest (circa 1999-2003 or so) - you LOST EXP on each death and it was cumulative so you might lose a level you just gained, etc.
^^^
To players who experienced THOSE days, everything else (whether a MOB regens to full health or not) is considered a 'respawn simulator'. [And don't ask about 'Hell Levels' or 'Pixel Tease' from those bygone days of MMOs either.]

where2r1 · February 2020

sennahcherib wrote: »

Reduced the damage output of all enemies (including the mini-boss) during the first mini-boss fight of the final ground act of "Measure of Morality, Pt 2".

this is sad. this mission was interesting because it was challenging.

Agreed. Definitely did NOT need more dialogue, either. The Voice Acting took over the entire show with those speeches.

drunkflux · February 2020

I agree with statements about infinitely respawning with zero penalties being a problem. Trouble is its not a fun way to play the game. Im always if I do get my bridge off team wiped always reloading the map since the game is otherwise dull.

Dying 10 times to the same mob and respawning that many times to "defeat" them is still rage inducing for most players. Its just unfun and not a good experience nor does a player learn anything like that. I dont want a holy trinity grindfest but as someone said, respawn simulator is also just as unfun.

anodynes · February 2020

I honestly can't tell the difference in the difficulty after the patch. I play episodes on normal, for various reasons, and I was only dying before this change once in a blue moon. In the Assimilated T'Ket/Secundus fight, I often just let myself get killed once to get my away team officer into the room with us, since it almost always gets locked out behind the force field. Other than that, I would die when I got knocked backed or dragged into an active plasma-fied floor panel occasionally, but almost never due to NPC damage.

maxref1 wrote: »

RESOLVED????are u sure ???? LAG...SERVER NOT RESPONDIG continuously, impossible to move, go to the academy ... and you find yourself on the spacedock you make an infected and you take the penalty because the ship does not move an inch ... and if you do it then go back for the lag! !! guys ......... evaluate well when you write that you solve the problems !!!

Good thing that it doesn't say anywhere that the lag/rubberbanding issue is resolved, then. If what most of us believe to be the root of the problem is is true, then no patch is actually going to resolve it.

foppotee · February 2020

Updated Memorial plaque to include Kevin Conway: Nice of Cryptic to keep updating this when unfortunately appropriate.

TNG Enterprise NPC’s updated to use the correct costumes: Hadn't noticed but good for continuity.

Minor visual updates to the DSC Constitution: Nice for any piloting the good starship about.

Adjusted the firing nodes on the Kelvin Constitution Beyond Refit so that phasers in the 5th node fire from the correct spot on the hull: Good for visual eye-candy & continuity.

The Columbia Class Light Escort Nacelles are now correctly paired when selected in the ship customization screen: Very good as well with the new good ship skins. I mixed up the options usually a bit anyways.

Resolved an issue that caused most Legendary Ships to display an incorrect description of their Starship Traits: Very good to clear-up any possible confusion.

Good overall various changes/improvements/fixes for over a handful of the new Legend starships.

alyxvixen · February 2020

foppotee#4552 wrote: »

Updated Memorial plaque to include Kevin Conway

https://youtube.com/watch?v=XtTUkpY4jmo

(Yes, I know that's was for Kor but it's still fitting for the loss of Kahless)

sthe91 · February 2020

@baddmoonrizin @darkbladejk @wingedhussar#7584 @ambassadorkael#6946 Please close and move this thread to the Release Notes. In fact all patch notes pertaining to Star Trek Online if they are still in the Galactic News Network section should be in the Release Notes subsection of the Galactic News Network to archive them properly for historical purposes. Please someone at Cryptic or one of the mods hunt them all down and move them there. Thanks.

PC Patch Notes for 2/20/20

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