General:

• The Skill Points and Expertise rewarded for defeating NPCs below the player’s current level have been updated.
  • They now correctly scale starting at one level below the player.
  • Defeating NPCs that are 5 levels below you now properly award far less Skill Points and Expertise to prevent exploitive gameplay.
• After earning all 60 Captain Specialization points, Dilithium is no longer rewarded when filling the Skill Points bar.
  • This reward may be reinstated in a later update.
• The Skill Point bonus for teaming has been corrected.
  • The team bonus with the launch of Delta Rising was incorrect and it has now been reduced.
• All Patrols and Deep Space Encounters in the Tau Dewa Sector now spawn NPCs at the correct level.

• Map loading screens have been updated.
  • Resolved an issue that caused some female Human and Caitian captains to have invisible legs while wearing skirts.
  • The Small XP Boost in the C-Store has been reverted to its previous value of 3,000 Bonus Skill Points.

 

Content:

• The following PVE queues are now available:
  • Khitomer Vortex
  • No Win Scenario
  • Spire Assault
  • The Vault Shuttle Event
• The rewards for many of the PVE Space queues have been updated.
  • Normal Mode:
    • 35 Marks for completion.
    • 10 Marks for completing the Optional objective.
  • Advanced Mode:
    • 50 Marks for completion.
    • 25 Marks for completing the Optional objective.
  • Elite Mode:
    • 80 Marks for completion.
    • 20 Marks for completing the Optional objective.
  • These changes affect the following queues:
    • Atmosphere Assault
    • Borg Disconnected
    • Infected: The Conduit
    • Khitomer Vortex
    • Storming the Spire
    • The Breach
    • The Cure Found
    • The Vault: Ensnared
    • Undine Assault
    • Viscous Cycle
• The rewards for many of the PVE Ground queues have been updated.
  • Normal Mode:
    • 45 Marks for completion.
    • 10 Marks for completing the Optional objective.
  • Advanced Mode:
    • 65 Marks for completion.
    • 25 Marks for completing the Optional objective.
  • Elite Mode:
    • 95 Marks for completion.
    • 20 Marks for completing the Optional objective.
  • These changes affect the following queues:
    • Infected: Manus
    • Into the Hive
    • Khitomer in Stasis
    • The Cure Applied
    • Undine Infiltration
• Updated several PVE queues and their rewards.
  • No Win Scenario:
    • NPCs now spawn at the correct difficulty level.
    • Advanced and Elite modes now award the correct crafting pack for beating wave 8 or higher.
  • Crystalline Catastrophe:
    • The HP of the Crystalline Entity has been significantly reduced in Advanced mode.
    • The regeneration rate of the Crystalline Entity has been reduced and no longer scales during the later stages of the battle.
  • “Atmosphere Assault” Advanced mode now correctly places players into the Advanced difficulty map when queued.
  • “Vault Shuttle Event” now grants all the listed rewards instead of forcing only one to be chosen.
  • “Khitomer Vortex” now correctly awards players 10 Marks for failing.
  • “Nukara Prime: Self-Destructive Tendencies” Advanced mode now correctly rewards 10 Marks for failing.
  • Resolved an issue which would sometimes cause the shield to not drop at the beginning of “Undine Infiltration”.
  • “Into the Hive” Advanced mode now correctly sets the player to level 60.
• The mission “Infiltrating the Infilitrators” in the Kobali Adventure Zone now has a 20 hour cooldown.

Systems:

• Resolved an issue that resulted in the XP earn rate for skill points to be incorrect.
  • This update will set the skill point earn rate to 2.0x normal.
    • Prior to Delta Rising the earn rate was 1.75x normal.

• Reduced the Skill Point requirement for each Starship Mastery level by 33%.
  • No earned Ship Mastery Skill Points will be removed from player’s ships.
  • Players who are in the process of leveling up a Starship Mastery level will have the Mastery level of the ship increase to match the 33% decrease in points required.
• The Tal Shiar Adapted Warp Core now upgrades to the correct Mk 12 version of the core.
  • Previously, this was turning in to a Plasma Beam Array when upgraded.
  • The Tal Shiar Adapted Warp Core can now be reclaimed in the Dilithium reclaim store.
    • Reclaim of this item will only be available if the player does not have the item but does own the Tal Shiar Adapted Destroyer or the Tal Shiar Adapted Battlecruiser.
    • If the core was accidently transformed into a Plasma Beam Array, it can also be reclaimed in the Dilithium reclaim store.
  • The hull repair bonus improves as the item gains Marks.
• Added upgrade functionality to the old Aegis crafting set.
  • This includes the following Aegis items:
    • Deflector
    • Impulse Engines
    • Shields

• The difficulty of space NPCS has been updated for the 50-60 level range.
  • In Normal mode, all space NPCs have had their Hull and Shields slightly reduced.
  • In Advanced mode, all space NPCs have had their Hull and Shields slightly reduced.
    • Shields are reduced more than Hull.
  • In Elite mode, all space NPCs have had their Hull increased and Shields reduced slightly.
  • These changes apply to all space NPCs in:
    • All level 50-60 content episodes.
    • All level 50-60 patrols missions.
    • All level 50-60 PVE queues.
• Resolved an issue which caused the Kazon Raider to have very weak Hull and Shield healing rates.
• Ship Upgrading:
  • All in-game store purchases that require a specific T5 ship will now register their T5-U versions.
    • Previously, some stores would not allow the purchase of special ship items if it did not recognize the upgraded version of the ship.
  • This includes purchasing ship items in:
    • Dilithium Reclaim Store
    • ESD Vendors
    • Fleet Stores
    • Qo’Nos Venders
    • Special Dilithium store items
• The special traits of the Xindi and Talaxian Bridge Officers are now properly able to be activated.

Foundry:

• The Scientist Jacket is now available for females in the Costume editor.
• Added NPC contacts wearing multiple variants of EV suits.
• There are now additional holographic NPC Contacts.
• Resolved an issue with duplicate display names for Ocampa and Octanti NPC Contacts.
• The Noncombat NPC Groups now properly display as Allegiance Neutral.

Known Issues:

• Fleet projects that require items such as Photon Torpedoes will not accept the required items to complete the project.
• The Starbase in the Fleet Starbase queue does not scale correctly to the difficulty level.
• The “Azure Nebula Rescue” queue is not available.
• The episode “Takedown” can become blocked from completion if Gaul is defeated while in the hallway attached to the arena.
  • When this occurs, the players will be locked behind the door unable to progress.
• The Vaadwaur missile in “The Battle of Korfez” has incorrect art.
• Some text does not match the VO.
• The new Intel power “Kinetic Magnet” does not function properly on all items.