Release Notes: February 28, 2013

By PWE_BranFlakes @ February 27, 2013 at 7:34pm

30 Comments »

• obliquidens @ Mar 14th, 2013 7:13AM

  bringing the game down the tubes with your fking greed cryptic

• breadandcircuses @ Mar 12th, 2013 10:58PM

  "The "Sell" options have been disabled on all the tabs in the Dilithium store." Booooooo!!! Sorry folks, but that was a simple convenience item that I'll really miss. Now if you had a Replicator efficiency upgrade in the store so that we could trash stuff at the same rate, I'd be more understanding... but seriously, why focus on removing little conveniences like that rather than fixing more of the bugs that interfere with actual gameplay?

• breadandcircuses

  Case in point, I just got booted from the server loading an Azure Nebula Rescue PvE... though if you didn't appreciate my feedback, I suppose it could be intentional?

• usstasker @ Mar 7th, 2013 7:16AM

  Always makes me nervous when the patch notes have not been released before the Shard maintance cycle has started. March 7th.

• kvet @ Mar 7th, 2013 6:26AM

  I play cats on both factions exclusively. However, it is a little funny that lung and pounce weren't on a shared cooldown. I always assumed this was the case because Pounce does so little damage (it's really only good for it's knockdown, the damage is minimal unlike Lunge). So, if they share a timer, it's only fair then that they do more or less equal damage.

• ruttager1 @ Mar 6th, 2013 8:58PM

  My Feresian and catian are not good enough to go melee in ground stf now, also the 6 sec shared cooldown is actually 10 sec. this change may have improved the chances in ground pvp for those few that do that, but it has spoiled it for those looking to do pve with a decent melee approach. maybe a refund or better decision based off a pve view would be appropriate. good luck hope things work out:)

• kvet

  If you want melee, go with the Sweeping Strikes kit, and melee boosting armor (preferably HG). Sweeping strikes along with all the physical damage bonuses cats get is superior in every way unless you have an extremely rare melee weapon (and even then I wouldn't be sure). In PvE, this is even more the case -- you can 2-hit (1-hit on crit) many enemies. The only draw back is it takes a second to throw the first hit, but after that they come pretty fast. Point is, this one little change isn't remotely enough to make your cat "not good enough to go melee" -- in truth, it should have always been this way, and lunge should have hit harder from the beginning.

• ruttager1 @ Mar 1st, 2013 12:45PM

  nerfing a paid character ability (caitian faresian) shared cooldown on lunge pounce wasnt awsome, being the entire reason i had paid for this item (no more decent ninja cat) is there a legit reason for this? and do we get reimbursed if we got tac version?

• benkenobi09 @ Mar 1st, 2013 11:30AM

  It also states that the level is normal, but it really is at my lvl at admiral 50, instead of lieutenant lvl 6

• benkenobi09 @ Mar 1st, 2013 11:29AM

  Right now there is a problem in which when you team up with another member who is of low level, when they ask you to join in on the mission, the lvl is on ur lvl such as Admiral lvl 50 instead of their level like my friend who is at level 6 currently. Is there a way you can fix that problem?

• wraith2727 @ Mar 1st, 2013 9:16AM

  Fixing ''Mine Trap'' revards woud be nice. Since sometimes people miss them because leawe screen appears much sooner than we get rewards

• wraith2727

  Miss rewards i mean...

• anelk2 @ Mar 1st, 2013 3:59AM

  I'm one of the people hat paid for kitties to have that slight advantage in ground combat on a furrball TAC. I don't do PvP but I am also dissapointed in this. Why not chop off the legs and arms on all races as well? Catians/ferasans are supposed to have that slight edge. It's was never overpowered to begin with and not any more annoying then elite fleet gear and low health vaporising instant-death is. Not to mention the rediculous cooldown on hypos and shield recharges having them useless since the beginning of time. All I can say about Andorian ships is: Where the hell are the new ships and costumers for KDF? I never play my fed chars, only KDF but this is getting tiresome. Now I know how all the racial groups feel that are constantly frowned upon by the "white" man all over the world. Sieg Cryptic! >:(

• theindefatigable @ Feb 28th, 2013 6:25PM

  Could you guys fix the REAL bugs instead of "sneaking" in nerfs that will enrage the player base YET AGAIN? Give us a freaking break! I don't have a cat, but come on let them have their lunge-pounce fun. Ophidian Cane? Aw, it was fun popping that thing out in colony invasion over and over. The hidden "fix" to the dil store trade-in option and such...yeah it's fixing a bug but it's telling you didn't put it in the patch notes...ya thought we wouldn't notice? Whatever happened to the "carrot and stick" approach? It seems what you guys do is hit us with a stick and then after the inevitable outcry dangle a carrot. How about introducing the relief along with the nerfs next time; or, better yet, putting away the nerf axe...

• captainkragg @ Feb 28th, 2013 4:31PM

  There is no mention of the reason why the "sell"" option has been removed from the dilithium store, just that it has been disabled. So now I ask why? It is now very inconveinent to clear out my full inventory. If Cryptic thinks I am going to pay out more zen to upgrade my inventory capacity, they are sadly mistaken. In fact, I'm going to hold off buying more zen until the issue is resolved.

• tophtoyosaki @ Feb 28th, 2013 2:58PM

  where are the rest of the notes?

• mikefl @ Feb 28th, 2013 9:30AM

  Not a fan of nerfing of pounce. People pay extra to unlock the caitian species. As few people that play pvp in this game and then the even fewer people that play a caitian and pvp this should not have been changed. You can't even re-trait your cat for some other power.. but it's the same thing that happened to the borg neural trait as well basically making them worthless. Kits should not negate traited powers especially on c-store unlocks.

• cidevant @ Feb 28th, 2013 9:27AM

  There is no mention of removing the sell tab from the dilithium store hanger. I don't like how you only only report "the good stuff" you've fixed.

• saxfire

  it is listed, as last, above the kumari updates

• mikefl @ Feb 28th, 2013 9:25AM

  Added notes to patch... not posted here: PvP Queue updates: Private PVP Challenge matches that use settings below the default settings will no longer count towards PVP daily mission objectives. The Challenge UI has been updated to display a warning to this effect when players use settings below the defaults

• mutualcore @ Feb 28th, 2013 9:24AM

  why don't you add the rest of the notes on here too?

• connas @ Feb 28th, 2013 8:29AM

  I like the Andorian ships. But I think the consoles that come with it are still.......meh. Maybe this will help, which I'll try once the servers come back up. I'd rather see the ships have a bonus when using Andorian Weapons or such. I would have liked to see the Ensign slot be changed to a Universal Slot though.

• thebumble @ Feb 28th, 2013 5:43AM

  Tachyon Drones and Marauding Force hangar pets can now be fitted on Escort Carriers. -For KDF, this currently applies to the Jem'Hadar Heavy Escort Carrier. Again the KDF takes it with no lube. Why do I feel afraid of whats supposedly coming in May? The huge KDF update will be we'll finally be able to cloak and get a pop up at the same time..XD I wonder if they feel remorse at the abuse...

• kirk2390 @ Feb 28th, 2013 3:48AM

  Wonder when they going to repair the duty officer system !!!

• eskiss766 @ Feb 28th, 2013 12:18AM

  "Tachyon Drones and Marauding Force hangar pets can now be fitted on Escort Carriers" Arf, nothing for Advanced orions interceptor :(

• hootenite

  I hope that they did include Advanced Orion Interceptors and that this is just a Typo... but we all know that typos and description mistakes are reserved for in-game use only and that feeling in the pit of my stomach is the growing dissapointment at not being able to use the fighters that I paid Zen and dilithium for on the ship that I want, which I also invested a lot in, the Jem'hadar HEC.

• saxfire

  interceptors can be fitted, it just isnt listed in the notes

• polie05 @ Feb 27th, 2013 11:16PM

  I want my 500 zen back now that you changed the racial traits I chose for coincide with the tac kit. Delete my farsian and ciatian characters and refund my 500 zen please.

• theindefatigable

  Exactly. They should really be careful before nerfing paid content like that. Much better to release said content slightly underpowered and then buff it soon after (but not so long after people don't buy the item/ship) like they did here with the Andorian ships.

• ghqcommand @ Feb 27th, 2013 8:32PM

  Nice one on the "Lunge and Pounce now share a 6.0sec Category Cooldown.". Ground PvP was a little annoying with ninja cat movement being so good. As for the Andorian, this the sort of patch I wait for before buying, nice changes but I'm betting there is more to come what you think?