Event:

• The Crystalline Cataclysm Event has returned for 3 weeks with a new reward and gameplay updates!
  • The Entity shards that it deploys are now immune to control effects.
  • Small Shards will no longer buff the Entity’s damage for the entire queue but instead, they will give the entity buff stacks towards a more powerful Energy Release after its Absorption Phase.
    • This change results in a potentially stronger Energy Release attack.
    • In response to that, we’ve added a growing AoE indicator to show the area of the Energy Release and how long it will be before it goes off.
    • The Entity Beam attacks no longer apply a Flight Speed debuff to players.
      • Instead, Large Shards on Advanced Difficulties will apply a Flight Speed debuff if they are able to explode on a player.
  • The Entity is now entirely immune to damage while in its Absorption Phase.
    • The Entity Absorption Phase is now 15 seconds long rather than 30 seconds in Normal.
  • Once the Entity has been destroyed it will explode into many Small Salvageable Crystal Fragments.
    • These fragments can be destroyed to gain 1-5 Salvage from each of them!
  • These changes will not affect the Crystalline Catastrophe non-event queue with the initial rollout.
  • For more details, please visit the Crystalline Cataclysm blog at: https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/xbox/star-trek-online/news/detail/10998873

General:

• The critical severity of Enemy ships on Normal difficulty has been reduced from 100% to 50%.
  • This does not affect the values for Advanced and Elite difficulties.
  • This is subject to further change as we continue to monitor late game difficulty.
• Resolved an issue that could prevent players from starting the missions "Melting Pot," "Scylla & Charybdis," and "Renegade's Regret."
• Resolved and issue where Reputation projects can sometimes get in a state where the player is unable to contribute towards the project.
• Resolved an issue which would occasionally cause queues in the Gamma Battlezone to not start if a previous attempt to start one was declined by a player.
• Resolved an issue which would occasionally cause queues in the Gamma Battlezone to not start from a player timing out while waiting for a queue to start.
• "Stranded in Space" is once again turned off for Romulan Captains.
• Added names to the Memorial Plaque including:
  • Doug Grindstaff
  • Dan Uhrich
• Added short description to Fleet Mark Bonus Pool, Reputation Mark Bonus Pool, and R&D Research XP Bonus Pool items.
• Added glows to "crystals" on top of the saucer for Excelsior and Enterprise B.
• Resolved an issue that was causing the Species description to not display for Jem’Hadar space Duty Officers.

Character Art:

• The Temporal Battle-suit Helmet is now available for Jem’Hadar Captains who have unlocked this uniform.
• The Lukari Helmet is now available for Jem’Hadar Captains who have unlocked this uniform.
• Klingon Honor Guard outfit is now available to Jem’Hadar Captains.
• Hirogen Armor is now available for Jem’Hadar Captains.
• Sphere Builder outfit is now available for Jem’Hadar Captains.
  • The Head Covering is not available at this time.
• Resolved an issue where the Omega Upper Body Armor neck and Helmet clipped with the head of Jem’Hadar Captains.
• Resolved an issue where the the Nol-Enis Helmet clipped with the head of Jem’Hadar Captains.
• Resolved an issue that was causing Jem’Hadar Captains to not have access to Undine reputation EXO suit pieces.
• Added additional color options to Discovery Starfleet Upper Uniforms.

Systems:

• Resolve and issue that was causing low level players to receive a MKXII Agony Phaser Torpedo instead of MKII.
• Reclaim store will now only show Singularity Cores for Romulan characters.
• Resolved an issue which caused some NPC's to have significantly higher than intended resistances to power drains.
• Added the ability to reclaim "Warp Shadow Decoy" Starship Trait if you have purchased the Aelahl Light Warbird Battlecruiser, and are not a Romulan captain.
• Resolved an issue that was causing the Lead Foot trait to not increase speed and turn while in Slipstream.
• The Slipstream Turnrate boost from the Obelisk Subspace Rift Warp Core and Polaric Modulator Engineering Console has been increased to 100%, from 20%.
• Resolved an issue that could cause the Talaxian Loyal trait to fail to apply to your teammates in some cases.
• Duty Officer Mission Buffs:
  • The Duration of the buff only counts down while on the correct map type (space or ground).
  • The mission text now correctly displays what buffs will be received on critical outcomes.
  • The buff that previously gave Long-Range Targeting Sensors now gives Targeting Expertise.
• Resolved and issue that was causing the Kentari Excessive Development set bonus power, Residuum Reactant Deployment, to not appear in player’s power wheel.
• Resolved an issue where Co-Opt Energy Weapons could cause excessive amounts of healing in some cases.
• The Slipstream Turnrate boost from the Obelisk Subspace Rift Warp Core and Polaric Modulator Engineering Console has been increased to 100%, from 20%.
• Resolved an issue that could prevent players from changing the registry number on the Fleet T5-U Avenger.
• Resolved an issue that could prevent players from changing the registry number on the Peregrine Fighter.
• Resolved an issue that where Warp Cores would sometimes have their Warp Speed overriden by an Impulse Engine that has a slower Warp Speed.
• Resolved an issue that was causing the Gamma Reputation Wide-Arc Torpedo Launcher icons to not display properly.
• Resolved an issue that was causing the registry name to not appear properly on the standard Excelsior ship.
• Updated description on Bajoran racial trait description to match functionality.
  • It now correctly indicates +Kit Performance instead of generic healing increases.