General

• Beam: Fire-at-Will no longer drains more Weapon Energy than intended.
• Resolved an issue that prevented some players from acquiring Aid the Planet exploration missions.
• Numeric rewards with 4+ digit values will now be displayed with a K, like 10K or 50K.
• Players with the Bortas will no longer see an unrelated shipyard from their bridge.

Crystalline Castastrophe

• The Crystalline Entity is back!
• Further details can be found here: http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=859041

Systems

• The Reputation system has a new category: Event!
  • This reputation allows players who participate in the Crystalline Entity event to earn special rewards.
    • The Event Reputation has 2 tasks associated with the Crystalline Entity special event.
    • The first requires 14 Crystal Shards to award 50,000 Dilithium Ore, 1,000 Fleet Marks and a Crystalline Shard Space Non-Combat Pet.
    • The second becomes available after the first is completed.
      • Completing this project requires a single Crystal Shard and awards 100 Fleet Marks.

General

• The cutting beam FX will now show up for all players, regardless of graphics quality.
• Updated the the visual appearance of the Tholian Ground Boss.
• People beaming from the shipyard in Qo'noS back to the First City should no longer wind up at the shipyard again.
• Resolved an issue that occasionally made some persisted FX stop showing up.
  • In other words, Borg and other torpedoes will no longer mysteriously disappear.
• All variants of "Field Test Biogenic Weaponization…" duty officer assignments have been moved from their previous availability onto a Rare Medical availability.
  • They should now properly begin appearing on available assignment lists around the galaxy.
• Added Liberated Borg Duty Officer Store Unlocks to description of the Omega Reputation Tier 1 and Tier 3 unlocks.
• Updated the icon for the Starbase project "Contract for Ship Customization Officer on Starbase".

Foundry

• Updated the display names of the Federation Shuttles so they are more accurate now.
• Updated the display name of the Mirror Universe dreadnought so it no longer thinks it's Fek'ihri.
• Removed Klingon TOS as an option for space NPC Groups species, since there are none.
• Removed ability to sort by FX for exterior backdrops, since doing so did nothing useful.
• Removed type Klingon for interior backdrops, since there are none.
• Cardassian and Dominion are now options in the Species dropdown for space NPC Groups.
• Updated the description for the Timid Creature behavior to reflect its updated tactics.
  • This is a text change only.
• New objects added to the Detail tab in the Foundry:
  • Rock – Gold Ore L 01
  • Fish Tank 03
  • DJ Booth
  • Trophy – Bajoran
  • Table – Poker
  • Table – Pool
  • Pool Balls
  • Pool Cue Stick 01
  • Pool Cue Stick 02
  • Gold – Lots
  • Gold – Some
  • GPL – Slip
  • GPL – Strip
  • GPL – Ingot
  • GPL – Bar
  • GPL – Brick
  • GPL – Pile
  • GPL – Table
  • Isolinear Chip – Yellow
  • Isolinear Chip – Blue
  • Isolinear Chip – Green
  • Isolinear Chip – Red
  • Isolinear Chip – Pink
  • Trophy – Q Throne
  • Trophy – Starbase
  • Trophy – DS9
  • Trophy – Ship Base
  • Trophy – Gold Miranda
  • Trophy – Gold Cruiser
  • Trophy – Gold Heavy Cruiser
  • Trophy – Gold Exploration Cruiser
  • Trophy – Gold Assault Cruiser
  • Trophy – Gold Star Cruiser
  • Trophy – Gold Escort
  • Trophy – Gold Heavy Escort
  • Trophy – Gold Tactical Escort
  • Trophy – Gold Advanced Escort
  • Trophy – Gold Fleet Escort
  • Trophy – Gold Science Vessel
  • Trophy – Gold Research Science Vessel
  • Trophy – Gold Long-Range Science Vessel
  • Trophy – Gold Deep Space Science Vessel
  • Trophy – Gold Recon Science Vessel
  • Wall Shelf
  • Table – Mess M 01
  • Table – Mess S 01
  • Mess – Bowl 01
  • Mess – Bowl 02
  • Mess – Bowl 03
  • Mess – Pot 01
  • Mess – Pot 02
  • Mess – Pot 03
  • Mess – Pot 04

Gateway

• Ships now only display the Bridge officers that are currently assigned to them.
  • The Bridge Officer Powers are now displayed in the correct order, and if a power is unavailable the slot is darkened.
• Correcting the time and date display for guild events when viewed on a mobile device.
• Account Guard will now sending players to their destination if they came in on a specific URL, like a bookmarked character.

Missions

• Ground Zero: Hobus system and surface now have waypoints for various mission steps.
• Saturday's Child:
  • The princess is now menaced by a mugato at the start of the map.
  • Removed the extraneous boulder on Aelas that was right in the middle of the escort path.
• Friend of my Enemy:
  • Added a waypoint to the Romulan doctor on Rashana.
  • Adjusted sick civilians so they should always appear on the map.
• Ultimate Klingon:
  • Added waypoints to various maps in H'atoria and Korvat.
  • Korvat is now called the Korvat System, not the Korval Solar System.
• War is Good for Business:
  • Scientific Mission: The Celes nebula now has separate waypoints for the various asteroids, rather than one big waypoint over the whole map.
  • Scene of the Crime: The first step on arriving at Starbase 114 is now to take the turbolift, which has a waypoint on the map.
    • After taking the turbolift to the cargo bay, the map now has waypoints for the four cargo bays to scan.

Systems

• Borg will now adapt more slowly to damage over time effects.
• Powers such as Mine Dispersal Patterns and Eject Warp Plasma will now properly reroll their chance to Critical Hit for each pulse of damage they inflict.
• Updated Tholian Thermionic Torpedoes:
  • The base duration for the Weapon and Engine Subsystem Drain has been decreased to 8 seconds.
  • Tholian Thermionic Torpedos procs no longer stack with Polaron procs.
  • The Weapon and Engine Subsystem Drain no longer increases in magnitude based on Flow Capacitors skill.
  • The Weapon and Engine Subsystem Drain now increases in duration based on Flow Capacitors skill.
• Players who own the Tholian Recluse Carrier may now purchase Tholian Mesh Weaver Carrier pets.
  • Normal quality Mesh Weavers are available for Energy Credits.
  • Advanced Mesh Weavers are available in the Dilithium Store under the Special category for Dilithium.
  • Elite Mesh Weaver Carrier Pets are available from Fleet Starbases that have unlocked carrier pet stores.
• Slightly improved the AI for Jem'Hadar Attack Ship Carrier Pets.
  • In addition, these pets now have a shorter global cooldown.
• The Deflector, Engines and Shield from the Jem'Hadar Space Set are no longer Unique.
• The Omega Force Personal Shields will no longer proc an expose on the wearer rather than the attacker.
• Resolved some issues with expose:
  • Smoke Grenade will no longer expose the player rather than the target.
  • Battle Strategies will no longer expose the player instead of the target.
  • Overwatch will no longer expose the player instead of the target.
  • The M.A.C.O. set bonus Tactical Readiness Network will no longer expose the player with its proc instead of the attacker.
  • Reroute Power to Shields will no longer expose the player rather than enemies that were firing at the user.
• Battle Strategies will now remove the debuffs from Suppressing Fire.
• Updated the description of Tractor Beam.
  • This is a text change only.
• The description for the Advanced Research Vessel's turn rate has been updated so it displays the same value everywhere it is mentioned.
  • This is a display change only.
• Updated the Tachyon Mine Launcher:
  • Reduced Shield Debuff from 5% per Mine to 2.5% per Mine.
  • Updated tooltips to display accurate information regarding the effects of these weapons.
    • This is a display change only.
  • The Shield Drain from Tachyon Mines can now be properly resisted using Power Insulators skill.
• Mines from Mine Barrier abilities should no longer despawn sooner than intended.
• Romulan Space NPCs should no longer shoot themselves in the face with Plasma Torpedoes.
• Updated Fire at Will:
  • Beam: Fire at Will is now capable of benefiting from weapon modifiers such as [Acc], [CrtH], etc.
  • The energy drain inflicted by Fire at Will activation now only happens if you are actually able to fire upon an enemy.
• Updated the description of Power Cell devices.
  • This is a text change only.
• Cover Shield will now properly benefit from the Generators skill.
• Emergency Power to Weapons will now grant the appropriate amount of bonus damage.
  • This change will increase the damage bonus provided by this ability.
• Improved the tooltip for Cover Shield to indicate that it gains increased Hit Points from the Generators skill.
  • This is a text change only.
• The Multi-Vector Advanced Escort will no longer display inconsistent turn rate values in the Ship Store.
• The Armitage class will no longer display inconsistent Hull rating values in the Ship Store.
• Decreased the torpedo damage of borg Spheres, Cubes, and Transwarp Gateways in STFs.
  • Their energy damage is unaffected by this change.
  • Tactical Cubes and other STF borg are unchanged.
• Updated description on Transphasic Torpedo Spread to reflect the proper bleedthrough amount, 40%.
  • This is a text change only.
• Starship Sensors now also reduces the duration of the Screen Static FX overlay associated with powers like Antimatter Spread.
• Nadion Inversion description now reads "Resistance Rating" instead of "Resistance"
  • This is a text change only.
• Nadion Inversion is no longer cancelled if your Weapons system is brought offline.
• Tricobalt Mines can now potentially deal damage to their owner if the owner is too near the target when they detonate.
• Improved movement behavior for many Space NPCs.
  • They should be less likely to fly directly next to your ship, and should generally be more interesting to engage with in space combat.
• The Scimitar's behavior has been extensively reworked to create a more dangerous and unpredictable encounter.
  • This also resolved an issue that caused it to not re-cloak for extended periods of time.
• Dampening Field now reduces Environmental Damage, such as Cold, Fire, and Radiation, in addition to Energy Damage.
• Weapons Malfunction no longer eliminates the Damage Immunity portion of the Stasis Pistol's secondary attack.
• Updated the Tholian EV-Suit Captain:
  • The damage and damage variance on his "Violent Discharge" ability have been reduced.
    • It is now less prone to one-hit kills against you and your Bridge Officers.
  • NOTE: You can potentially prevent him using this ability by switching to Melee weapons when he goes into Absorption Mode.
    • Watch for his helmet stalks to animate!
• Updated Bridge Officers with Subterfuge:
  • Resolved an issue where having multiple Bridge Officers with Subterfuge, Basic Subterfuge, or Superior Subterfuge was stacking improperly.
  • Using a Bridge Officer with Subterfuge on a ship using Enhanced Battle Cloak will no longer result in the ship no longer decloaking while it fires.
  • Resolved an issue in the description of the Bridge Officer Subterfuge traits that was causing them to display an inaccurate tooltip in stores.
• The Cooldown on Photonic Shockwave Torpedo can no longer be reduced using Photonic Studies duty officer abilities.
• Clarified the error message when attempting to purchase Jem'Hadar Attack Ship Carrier pets without owning both the Jem'Hadar Attack Ship and the Jem'Hadar Dreadnought Carrier.
  • This is a text change only.

UI

• Added the following new keybinds:
  • Roll Need on Loot: Defaults to Crtl+Q
  • Roll Greed on Loot: Defaults to Ctrl+A
  • Pass on Loot: Defaults to Ctrl+Z
  • These keybinds will also be displayed on the Need or Greed loot window near their respective buttons.
• Updated the Fleet Recruiting Message UI to display its character limit.
  • The character limit has been unchanged and is still 500.
  • This is only a change to add an error message if the limit is exceeded.
• Updated the Lobi Store:
  • Separated the inventory of the Lobi Store into multiple categories.
  • The actual inventory has not been altered, nor any prices changed.

General

• Resolved an issue that caused latency problems when using certain ship powers.
• Resolved an issue that caused some costumes and costume slots to appear incorrectly in the tailor

General

• General server stability improvements.