Release Notes: April 21st 2015
By LaughingTrendy | Mon 20 Apr 2015 05:58:13 PM PDT
New Features:
New Featured Episodes:
- Episode “Blood of Ancients”:
- “Blood of Ancients” can be found in the Featured Episode tab of the journal.
- This episode is available for Captains level 10 and up.
- Episode “Delta Flight”:
- Complete the episode “Blood of Ancients” to begin “Delta Flight”.
- “Delta Flight” can be found in the Featured Episode tab of the journal.
- This episode if available for captains level 10 and up.
- For more details, please visit the Prelude to the Iconian War blog at: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9132533-prelude-to-the-iconian-war
The Herald Sphere:
Brotherhood of the Sword:
Gateway to Gre’thor:
- Gateway to Gre’thor is a brand new PvE Space 5-player cross faction queue.
- All factions join together to stop the Heralds of the Iconians from invading the Qo’noS System.
- Gateway to Gre’thor will have Normal, Advanced, and Elite difficulty options.
- For more details, please visit the Brotherhood of the Sword blog at: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9109433
Iconian Resistance Reputation:
- This new reputation is available in the Reputations panel of the character status window.
- The Iconian Resistance Reputation System offers high-end rewards for Captains to use against the Heralds of the Iconians.
- Iconian Marks are required to progress through the Iconian Resistance Reputation.
- Earn Iconian Marks by completing any of the following PvE queues:
- The Herald Sphere
- Brotherhood of the Sword
- Gateway to Gre’thor
- Bug Hunt
- The Battle of Korfez
- In addition to Iconian Marks, Mk XII set gear requires Iconian Probe Datacores.
- Earn Iconian Probe Datacores through higher difficulty versions of any queued event which offers Iconian Marks.
- For more details, please view the Iconian Resistance Reputation blog post here: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9129383-iconian-resistance-reputation
Captain Specialization Tree: Pilot
- The Pilot Specialization has been expanded to include a Tier 3 and Tier 4 to make it a full primary specialization.
- The Pilot Specialization continues to focus on adding abilities to space combat and maneuvering.
- The expansion to Tier 3 and Tier 4 will add 7 new abilities as well as upgrades for these abilities for a total of 15 additional abilities to purchase.
- The cap on Captain Specialization Points has been increased by 15 to accommodate these new additions.
- Currently purchased abilities in the Pilot Specialization will not be altered or removed.
- For more details, please visit the Pilot Specialization blog at: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9080973
Bridge Officer Specialization: Pilot
- The new Pilot Bridge Officers are available to go along with the new Pilot Specialization expansion.
- Pilot Bridge Officer powers focus on space combat and will include 12 new powers.
- These Bridge Officers will not have any new ground powers.
- After purchasing 10 abilities in the Pilot Captain Specialization, players will have the ability to create Specialization Qualifications for the Pilot Bridge Officer Specialization by accessing the Officer Training R&D School.
- White/Common Quality Pilot Specialist Bridge Officers are also available at the standard Officer Requisition stores.
- For more information, please visit the Bridge Officer Specialization: Pilot blog at: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9111383-pilot-bridge-officers
Sector Space Revamp:
- Sector Space has been revamped into three Sector maps:
- Alpha Quadrant
- Beta Quadrant
- Delta Quadrant
- The Alpha and Beta Quadrants are separated by the Traffic Controller contact in the same fashion the previous Sector map transfers functioned.
- The Delta Quadrant can be accessed in the same way through the Gateway in the Japori Sector.
- This revamp also includes additions to:
- A different feel of flight through Sector Space as ships are now more maneuverable in Sector Space.
- Many art updates and additions throughout the environment.
- Sector Space specific Duty Officer Missions will still be available.
- The transwarps to these locations will still bring the player to the correct spots to start these Duty Officer missions.
- Foundry missions will have minimal impact.
- If a door in a Foundry mission is connected to an old Sector door, it will be re-directed to the new Sector Space map.
- For more details, please visit the Sector Space Revamp blog at: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9078783-sector-space-revamp
General:
- Command Officer, Intelligence Officer, and Pilot Specialization trees have all been updated to be set as Primary or Secondary.
- This means players can have any two of these active at the same time.
- When a full Specialization tree is set to Secondary, players have access only to the abilities in Tier 1 and 2 of that tree.
- Commando Specialization has not changed and is still a secondary specialization only.
- Klingon captains can now switch ships in the Qo’noS System.
- The Dynamic Reinforced EV Suit is now levelless.
- Resolved an issue where on some graphic settings lens flare would not be visible when looking directly at the light source.
- The “Earn for Next Grade” in the progress tab of the character window now updates information up to level 59.
- Updated the “What’s New” text to add information on the Iconian War.
- Added new login screen art, logo, and loading screens.
Systems:
- All Mark and Elite Mark conversion projects now only take 5 seconds to complete instead of 15 seconds.
- Reordered all Upgrade Slot reputation projects so they will display in this order:
- Claim Tier Rewards
- Mark and Elite Mark Conversion Projects
- Sponsorship Projects
- Miscellaneous Projects
- Added a project to exchange 100 Reputation Marks for 1 Elite Mark.
- This project has a 5 second duration and a 20 hour cooldown.
- This project does not exist in Reputations that do not have an Elite Mark.
- Added higher-denomination Mark-to-Dilithium conversion projects to all reputations.
- The existing project, 50 Marks = 500 Dilithium, remains available and unaltered.
- Two new projects are now available:
- 250 Marks for 2500 Dilithium
- 500 Marks for 5000 Dilithium
- Each of these higher-input projects will only appear in the player’s list if the player has at least enough Marks to complete them.
- Updated the description on Concussive Tachyon Emission from the T5 Delta Reputation to indicate that it is a Ground Active Trait.
- Resolved an issue where the Armor Penetration ground trait from the Delta Alliance Reputation was giving players 50% Armor Penetration instead of the 5% advertised.
- Also, the Armor Penetration value has been increased to 10%.
- Each of the following projects for Fleet Starbases now provide 5 Buff Provisions at Tier 0, instead of zero, and an increasing number for each Tier after that instead of 5 at all tiers:
- Support Local Systems
- Reinforce Local Systems
- Ongoing Research Projects
- Resolved an issue where the Commander Bridge Officer ability on the Dyson Destroyer would not update when changed.
- Sensor Analysis and Gather Intelligence no longer lock players in combat while active.
- Resolved an issue that was causing "Expose Weakness" to sometimes apply the Expose effect to the owner of this ability, instead of the target.
- Resolved an issue with Temporal Backstep that was causing portions of this console's effects to not properly apply to Romulan Timeships.
- Resolved an issue with the Red Matter Capacitor that was preventing this device from repairing Weapons Offline status when activated.
- Resolved an issue that was causing drops of Secondary Deflectors to go directly into players' inventories without needing to interact with them.
- Resolved an issue that was preventing Predictive Algorithms from properly clearing debuffs.
- Removed extra copy of Stun Grenade I from the Bridge Officer Trainer Store.
- The [Run] Mod is now for crafting only.
- Renamed the Crystalline Entity's death explosion to be more thematically appropriate
- Crystalline Core Shatter instead of Warp Core Breach.
Ships:
- Updated the lighting on ships to better show off more details.
- This applies to most player and NPC ships.
- The Mirror T’Varo properly unlocks the Mirror material.
- Resolved an issue where some Dual Cannons and Dual Heavy Cannons were not equippable on Warbirds, Multi-mission Science Vessels, and other appropriate ship types.
Foundry:
- Added Earth Spacedock as a UGC Map.
- Added a new indoor template map: Diplomacy Room.
- Added numerous Earth Spacedock Map Support Objects including:
- Turbolift
- Club 47 Doors
- Ops Holographic Consoles
- Ship Markers
- Added Ground Scale Ship models for use in the ESD Docking Bay and other maps.
- Added a number of Space Stations.
- Updated the UGC Version of the Bajor Planet to use the proper material.
- Galaxy Ground Scale ship has been updated to match the new Galaxy Class visuals.
- Foundry functions will temporarily not be available when Season 10: The Iconian War goes to Holodeck on 4/21/15.
Content:
- Iconian Marks have been added as a reward option for the queues “Bug Hunt” and “The Battle of Korfez”.
- Iconian Marks have been added as a reward option for two open missions in the Kobali Adventure Zone:
- "At the Gates" which is a requirement of "Breaking the Wall".
- "The Last Stand" which is a requirement of "With Our Last Breath".
- Updated "Inspired" accolade so that it can be completed.
- Resolved an issue which was preventing players from obtaining the +damage vs. Bluegills power when reaching the third tier accolade for Bluegill kills.
- Players who already have the third rank kill accolades on Vaadwaur and Bluegills will get the +damage perk power now.
- Resolved an issue which was causing the walls to disappear while leaving the jail and walking into the coliseum in the episode “Coliseum”.
Character:
- Resolved clipping issues when wearing the Romulan Republic Female Uppers.
- The chest on the Female Delta Alliance Armor has been adjusted for better animation.
- The Male Romulan Lower Pants have been changed to have 2 color options instead of 3 as was intended.
- New “Slim” versions of the Romulan Shoulder Pads are now available.
- Resolved an issue causing cropped Winter Jackets on Female Klingons to look incorrect for the chest.
- The Wells Badges no longer float above the Wells Uniform.
- Resolved an issue which was causing the toes of the Female Honor Guard Boots to point inward while running.
- Resolved a clipping issue on the sides and back for the Female Upper Mirror Universe uniform.
- Overlay costumes for new players appearing in the "Fed Academy graduation cutscene" should now properly override skirts with pants on female Federation characters.
UI:
- Added a Bloom Intensity slider button to the Advanced options in the Options menu.
- Resolved an issue where the powertray overlay would not properly update when moved in shooter mode.
- The order that Reputations are listed in the Reputation Tab now matches the order in which Marks are listed in the Inventory: Assets Tab, with Events sitting at the very bottom.
Known Issues:
- Foundry functions will temporarily not be available when Season 10: The Iconian War goes to Holodeck on 4/21/15.
- The Radiant Antiproton Pulsewave Assault Weapon is missing audio effects.
- Occasionally, when accepting a new Episode, the sub tasks under the episode name will not initially appear in the mission tracker.
- In order to make these appear, the player can open the journal and either clear or make the episode the primary mission or transfer maps.
- The crafting nodes in the Delta Quadrant are in incorrect locations.
- Leaving the Jenolan Dyson Sphere for the Beta Quadrant temporarily puts the player on the old Tau Dewa sector block map.
- KDF players do not appear in the scoreboard at the end of a PVP match.
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