General:

• Sector Space:
  • Adjusted the Corwin planet so it does not look like Earth.
  • The lighting has been adjusted throughout Sector Space.
  • Borg Universal Console Geometry Effects are no longer extremely large on the Federation Intel Escort and the Undine Nicor.
  • Duty Officer assignments have returned to the Rolar Nebula.
  • Players are now sent to the correct Sector map location when leaving a Borg Red Alert.
  • Updated Sector Space FX for speed lines, slipstream, and fireworks.
    • Speed lines and Slipstream were not always lining up correctly.
    • Fireworks were too big in Sector Space.
  • Resolved an issue causing the drop out of lens flare on distant stars.
  • The Academy Traffic Controller now correctly refers to the new Sector Space layout.
• Resolved an issue which was occasionally causing a crash when transferring maps.
• Resolved an issue which was causing some lag when logging in.
• Resolved an issue which caused KDF Captains to not appear on the scoreboard at the end of a PvP match.
• Resolved an issue with the Skill Respec window which would sometimes show debug text and cause a crash.
• Grace Lee Whitney has been added to the memorial plaque.

Systems:

• Research and Development Traits:
  • Resolved an issue that was preventing the effects of any of the R&D Traits, except for “Particle Manipulator”, from accurately applying their benefits when triggered.
  • The duration of the buffs granted by “Deft Cannoneer” and “Beam Barrage” have been increased from 20 seconds to 30 seconds.
  • Added a Buff icon to the effects of “Give Your All”.
  • Reduced the Penetration granted by “Penetrating Rounds” from 10% to 5%.
  • Updated the descriptions on all R&D Traits to more accurately reflect their mechanics.
  • Placed a hard-cap of +50% on the +CritChance gained by “Particle Manipulator”.
  • Reduced the Critical Chance benefit per point of “Particle Generators” from .25 to .20.
    • Added a Critical Severity buff.
  • Each point of “Particle Generators” will grant .1% Crit Severity for Exotic Damage abilities, and there is no cap on this benefit.
• Research and Development:
  • Vaadwaur Tricobalt Cluster Torpedo, the reward from “Revelations”, can now be upgraded.
  • The Solanae Secondary Deflector now gains a
    [PG/SE] mod at Gold quality.

    • Existing gold versions will have the mod added to them.
  • Plasma-Disruptor Hybrid Dual Heavy Cannons are now upgradable.
• Iconian Resistance Reputation:
  • Radiant Subatomic Pulse now increases Flight Speed by 20%, up from 10%.
  • Iconian Resistance Shotgun:
    • Removed the blinking glow from the metal surface.
    • The reflection on the gun should be visible on low end graphic machines.
    • Added audio to this weapon.
  • Added a Reclaim Store Tab to the Iconian Reputation Store for reclaiming the Encoded Data Receiver if it has been lost.
    • This store tab will not display unless the player has both earned the Encoded Data Receiver and lost it.
  • Removed Kit Damage, Debuff, and Buff categories from Iconian Reputation Kits.
• Players may no longer equip two different “Ancient Omni-Directional Beam Array” by Upgrading one and leaving the other un-Upgraded.
  • Only one of this weapon is intended to be equipped at a time.
  • Players that have more than one currently equipped will not have their items removed, but will be unable to replace them if removed for any reason.
• Global drop rates of different types of ground gear have been adjusted relative to one another, for Ground drops only.
  • This should result in more Kit Modules appearing on a regular basis, with a relative decrease to most other gear options.
• Slotting Elite Nusuti Heavy Fighters will now correctly allow the player to launch Elite Heavy Fighters instead of Advanced Heavy Fighters.
• Duty Officers:
  • Ultrarare and Epic Duty Officers will now correctly apply a Reward Scalar when used on Assignments, in addition to the odds bonus they already offer.
  • Resolved an issue that was causing all assignments with durations between 12 hours and 15.9 hours to scale their rewards more aggressively than intended.
    • The Skillpoint, Expertise, and CXP bonuses from these Assignments will be reduced accordingly.

Powers:

• Resolved an issue that was causing the Slow component of “Suppression Barrage” to ignore resistances/immunities.
• Resolved an issue that was causing Frictionless Particle Grenade IV to apply the effects of Rank I.
• Duration of the Disable can now be resisted with Inertial Dampers skill for the Viral Torpedo.
• Quick Draw:
  • Changed tooltip from “Non-Weapon Abilities” to “Kit Abilities”.
  • Resolved the issue where many Kit Modules were not properly benefiting from the recharge reduction offered by Quick Draw.
• Commando Specialization – Juggernaut Systems:
  • Resolved an issue that was causing the lockout period to be removed from the target when the owner of the ability stopped Sprinting.
  • This ability now only has a 50% chance to Knock when used in PvP.
    • If it does not Knock, it will instead apply a Repel to the target.
    • Both effects cause the same 12 second lockout period to apply.
• Commando Specialization – Juggernaut Shielding: Resolved an issue that was preventing Shield Capacity from automatically updating when this Specialization Ability was active.
• Resolved an issue where the Blood of the Warrior set bonus from the Klingon Honor Guard and Adapted M.A.C.O. sets were not applying Critical Chance and Critical Severity.
• Resolved an issue that was preventing Predictive Algorithms from correctly clearing 1 Debuff from the owner when triggered.
• Resolved an issue that was preventing the Xindi Armory Officer from reducing the cooldown of Seeker Drone.

Content:

• Gateway to Gre’thor:
  • Advanced now has a performance failure condition.
    • Advanced now fails if the team does not save a single transport in phase 2.
    • Numbers have been adjusted to provide the same as, or rewards greater than previous.
    • The net total of marks should be the same as previous, or slightly higher.
  • Updated the Contact to give version specific instructions on the transport phase.
    • Normal has no added information.
    • Advanced mentions player must save one to pass.
    • Elite mentions player must save the required number to pass.
  • Added Skillpoints to the rewards for optional objectives.
• Brotherhood of the Sword:
  • Mark rewards have been scaled down as they were initially set too high.
  • Advanced no longer has required objectives.
    • Instead, all potential objectives will be present during Advanced and each is able to be completed for rewards.
• Herald Sphere:
  • Stage 1: Advanced version can no longer be failed here.
  • Stage 2: Optional bonus for Normal AND Advanced can be failed.
    • The whole mission does not fail when this happens.
  • Stage 3: Advanced no longer fails if timer expires
  • Stage 4: Optional bonus for defeating the boss before time runs out for both Normal AND Advanced.
    • Advanced does not fail when timer expires.
  • Resolved an issue where optional objectives were not being included in the reward in Advanced mode.
• Resolved an issue where Blood of Ancients was not rewarding the weekly refreshed upgrade kit.
• Una System Patrol: Resolved an issue where when selecting “Not Now” when offered the contact to depart system would remove this option to leave the map.
  • The contact pop-ups will also no longer disable active cloak
• Tazi System Patrol: Resolved an issue where this patrol would display a “Warp to Sector” button at all times, and after completion of patrol would display two buttons for leaving the map.
  • There is only one “Depart System” button, and it only appears after the patrol is completed.
  • The contact pop-ups will also no longer disable active cloak.
• Culver System Patrol: Enemies that spawn on the ground map now match player level.
• The Auto-navigate option works for the episode “Blood of Ancients”.

Foundry:

• Added Solanogen-Based Lifeforms as NPC Contacts.
• Added Iconian Heralds ground NPC Group.
• Added Iconian space NPC Group.
• Corrected the display names for some Vaadwaur ships.

Character:

• Iconian Resistance Armor:
  • There are now two versions of the body suit:
    • One with a pulsing glow,
    • One with a solid metallic color.
  • Proper tints are now available.
  • Added compatibility with many badges and ranks for all factions.
• Implemented some Klingon faction asset improvements.
  • Improvements to male boots.
  • Improved overall body proportions.
  • Minor changes to Klingon Bortasqu, Standard Uniform Uppers, and arm attachments to accommodate these changes.
• Resolved an issue which was allowing KDF Photonic Bridge Officers to have access to stances that should not be available.
• The Holographic Medical Bridge Officer for both Federation and KDF captains now has customization options for their outfits.
• Added Hologram effects to the Photonic Bridge Officer rewards from the Delta Recruit Event.
• Resolved an issue which caused Reman males to lose their chest when wearing the Romulan Fed Uppers.
• Resolved an issue which was causing the “Braided” hairstyle to look incorrect for aliengen characters of KDF alignment.
• Added more eye attach tech options to wear for Talaxians for a total of 4.
• Scar options added to Talaxian heads.

Known Issues:

• Foundry Edit and Foundry Review are not available.
  • Also, some published missions in the Beta Quadrant cannot be accessed.
• Dismissing Epic Quality Duty Officers does not grant any rewards.
• The Photonic Bridge Officer for Federation and Klingon Captains cannot be altered in the tailor without dismissing the current Photonic Officer if already claimed.
  • We are working on a fix to make this automatically work without needing to dismiss it first.
• Many of the Herald Squad NPC Groups are actually Bluegills in the Foundry.
• Occasionally, when accepting a new Episode, the sub tasks under the episode name will not initially appear in the mission tracker.
• Gravity Well powers are not restricting use of the Tactical Maneuvers for Pilot ships.