Tribble Maintenance and Release Notes – October 15, 2015
Coldsnapped posted on the official forums: We will be bringing down the Tribble server for maintenance to apply a new update: ST.55.20151013a.2.
New Feature:
Badlands Battlezone:
- The Badlands Battlezone is a new area for all level 60 captains and is accessible from the Alpha Quadrant.
- Fight the Terran Empire who is opening portals into the Badlands to stage an invasion into our universe.
- Completion of objectives in the Badlands Battlezone will award new Terran Empire marks, used for advancing through the Terran Task Force reputation.
- Participation also awards Expertise and Dilithium.
- This is still a work in progress.
- For more information, please visit the Badlands Battlezone blog at: http://www.arcgames.com/en/gam…ine:-badlands-battlezeone
New Dawn:
- Admiralty:
- UI has had further streamlined updates.
- Overview page Admiralty buttons are now disabled below level 52.
- Assignment timers count down correctly.
- Added more description to empty maintenance page, and adding a tooltip to the maintenance header.
- Added icons and updated information on incorrectly labeled ship cards.
- Added failure messages to Colonist and Prisoner rewards that will tell you if you are out of Brig/Passenger space.
- Base skillpoint rewards reduced by 25% on all assignments.
- Base reward increases (earned at Campaign Tiers 2, 4, 7 and 9) increased to 5% per improvement (total of 20% increase, at Campaign Tier 9+).
- Assault on Terok Nor and Counterpoint:
- Final environment art and audio is in.
- Rewards have been updated to match current queues.
- These queues now have standard cooldown timers.
- Cutscenes are not final.
- Cardassian Arc Revamp
- “Through the Looking Glass” has been retitled to “Jabberwocky”.
- Resolved numerous blocking issues throughout all 4 episodes.
- Final art and audio has been implemented into the episodes.
- Cutscenes are not final.
- Added most of the remaining icons and art throughout the Terran Task Force Reputation.
General:
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Updated the level scaling for the Delta Quadrant and Iconian War episode arcs:
- The Delta Quadrant episode arc is now scaled to be level range 50 – 56.
- The Iconian War episode arc is now scaled to be level range 56 – 59.
- Resolved an issue where some Bridge Officers could not be commissioned and were missing some information such as ones from the Federation, Romulan, and Klingon tutorials and Fleet Embassy.
- Resolved an issue which was causing collision to be missing in non-spherical zones on maps.
- Resolved an issue which made the Rock and Roll Animation look incorrect when used on ships which can saucer separate.
- Ground/Space filter now only filters Personal Traits and Active Reputation groups in the Traits window.
- Removed a duplicate Federation Minefield queue which was appearing for the KDF faction.
- Resolved an issue in the Away Team select where if a captains had no Bridge Officers and was in a team, it allowed both players to select their own set of Bridge Officers.
- Resolved an issue which was causing Temek in the episode “Cutting the Cord” to speak an incorrect line.
- Resolved an issue where the torpedo nodes for the Constellation class Heavy Cruiser were not appearing in the correct place.
- Resolved an issue where maximum shield capacity didn’t reflect modifiers until damage was taken.
- Added a new set of nacelle options for the Constellation class named “Constellation Beta”.
- These nacelles are available for players who own the Constellation Class Heavy Cruiser Refit.
- Resolved an issue which was causing the grenade explosion FX to be missing on some weapons such as the:
- Klingon Honor Guard Pulseweave Rifle
- Phased Biomatter Burst Rifle
- Adapted MACO Phaser Pulsewave Rifle
- Resolved an issue in the Dyson Sphere Space Battlezone that would cause a Federation capture point to not drop back to 2/3 completion if players failed to activate the rift-destroying device after it powered up.
- Resolved a small “bump” under female noses that was visible with some of the complexion options in certain lighting.
- Iconian Vests are now showing properly for Reman Females.
- Implemented a new loading screen for New Dawn.
- Traits are now sorted alphabetically.
- Traits can now be filtered by region.
- The Showfps 1 command once again functions.
Systems:
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All T1 through T5 Starships which cost Dilithium to obtain have had their prices reduced:
- T1 (Lt) reduced from 8,000 to 5,000
- T2 (LtC) reduced from 15,000 to 10,000
- T3 (Cdr) reduced from 40,000 to 20,000
- T4 (Capt) reduced from 80,000 to 40,000
- T5 (RA-LH) reduced from 120,000 to 80,000
- Updated Omega Task Force reputation starship shield reward project names and descriptions to correctly reference the name of the item that is awarded.
- Prototype Bateret Sedative and Prototype Ketracel Stimulant now correctly trigger cooldowns on other ground devices when used, and can no longer be used during combat.
- Added a disclaimer to all Specialization scaling passives: “Must have at least 1 point spent in this Specialization, to gain this bonus.”
- This is a text change only.
- Ferengi Rapid Fire Missiles now correctly trigger both “Overwhelming Force” and “Torpedo Barrage” Starship Traits, when using High Yield.
- Resolved an issue that was preventing Timely Intervention, a Command Kit Module, from ever becoming available for use, regardless of teammates’ health values.
- Corrected an issue that would cause the starship trait Weapon System Synergy to trigger on the 11th stack of Weapon System Synergy instead of on the 10th as intended.
- Resolved an issue with Sensor Analysis that was causing Shield Drains against affected foes to be diminished once 6 stacks had been reached.
- Shield Drains should again be properly enhanced by Sensor Analysis, regardless of number of stacks on the foe.
- The “Install Replicator” Duty Officer Assignment on Nimbus will no longer take up a Duty Officer Assignment slot.
- Updated description of Subspace Fold power to match actual distance travelled.
- Updated description of Torpedo Spread 2/3 templates to now display the correct number of targets the powers hit in the long description.
Known Issues:
- Cutscenes and VO are still a work in progress for:
- Counterpoint
- Assault on Terok Nor
- The Cardassian Arc Revamp
- The Badlands Battlezone
- Admiralty is still a work in progress.