Indy

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[–] Indy@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

Depending on the play/engagement of the new patrols, I'd recommend ReSB1 on solo private queue for its AFK potential. However, if the new content is fun to play OR can be fast/rewarding (like the Red Alerts), then I'll do those instead.

[–] Indy@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

So, basically, character-bound non-reclaimable. Like the shotgun in that one Zen bundle.

[–] Indy@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

From September 17th at 8am PT to October 17th at 12pm PT, you can participate in the “Dimensional Typhoon” event. This new event will find you facing all three variants of the Multiversal Borg.

You will receive two daily progress for completing a TFO, and one daily progress for completing a patrol. They are as follows:

  • TFO: Royal Flush (NEW)
  • TFO: Battle of Wolf 359
  • TFO: Resistance of Starbase One
  • Patrol: “Out of Control“ (NEW)
  • Patrol: “Unwanted Guests“ (NEW)

Pulse Phaser Weapon Pack

....

This pack is account bound, and not reclaimable. It will be granted to the character who claims the Grand Prize.

~Indy's note: Emphasis in bold is my own~

[–] Indy@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

Agreed. You sum up the more reasonable aspects of my actual "complaints" well. Uninteresting.

However, I do still play daily. Now, more recently, that's been no more than 30 minutes, simply to do the daily checkbox and leave. There's (currently) nothing "interesting" for me; I hope the new team and arc will introduce a change for the better. I grew weary of the new coat of paint on the old grind TFOs. Worse still, the odd movement of the game further from science and exploration.

What I want is the Foundry and puzzle-solving. What I have is a pew-pew DPS chase and there are much better (free/cheap) games out there which can do that. Still, I continue to log in daily because I want this game to explore the new direction they conclude the post with. :)

[–] Indy@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Just adding here that I hope the sarcasm and humor in my commentary above is well-received by this Fediverse community. Typically, I just summarize and move on with life, but I thought I'd be a bit more editorial when I read this post.

[–] Indy@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Other highlights from the post: (with my own commentary added for flair)

... there will be new content heading your way before then. Tomorrow, we’ll be announcing our newest Event, where we will be adding new activities! You’ll be able to participate in a new TFO and two new Patrols, and work your way towards earning a new T6 Starship!

So, new event and new activities? Hope so!

... the DECA Games team are working closely with Cryptic’s team...

Yeah, I would hope so, considering you're taking it over from them and trying to keep it running. Just try not to pick up any bad habits, like typos.

... and we’re excited to finish the story arc that we began with Unraveled.

Yes, please end that story arc. Please, I'm begging you, not for its conclusion, but simply so it's out of the way.

We’re also in the process of planning and pitching our next multi-year story arcs - which has been well-received.

Well-received by whom? The same people that liked the previous arc? I hope not.

We understand it might be disappointing...

We're used to that feeling.

...not to have a new episode coming this month

Oh, you weren't finished yet. Sorry about that. No, it's fine. They did this stuff all the time, like missing First Contact Day and the like.

but we hope you understand that we would rather give you the best content possible than rush something out the door.

OK, that's actually new.

We are committed to producing content of the highest quality possible as we carry the Star Trek Online torch forward, so you, the players, have many more years of quality content to enjoy. The future is bright for the Final Frontier!

Yeah, definitely a new approach. Just be careful not to have typos and errors in dates in your posts.

[–] Indy@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

Hahaha. I'm now thinking of my question in that context and it makes this whole thing so much funnier.

[–] Indy@startrek.website 19 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Source, please?

[–] Indy@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago

From September 12th at 8am PT to September 19th at 12pm PT on all platforms

[–] Indy@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

From September 9th at 8am PT until September 20th at 12pm PT, on all platforms, there will be a special Starfleet Museum in orbit above Deep Space Nine and Earth Space Dock. The museum contains the starring ships from Star Trek movies, television, and more. Hailing each ship will give you words from their crew, and both in universe and behind the scenes facts about the ship and show. Hailing all ten of the ships will grant you a special title: Historical Documents Expert.

Emphasis in bold is my own.

[–] Indy@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago

PC Patch Notes for 8/29/24

General:

  • Resolved an issue that prevented the Flagship Celebration event from being listed as an eligible event in the Campaign window.
  • Resolved an issue that prevented the Flagship Celebration daily event timer from displaying properly.
  • Resolved an issue that prevented the Vovin Obelisk Carrier from having the correct subsystem targeting abilities.
  • Resolved an issue that prevented the Achillies Miracle Worker Heavy Destroy from having the correct Cyclical Quantum Slipstream Drive power.
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Patch Notes for 7/25/24 (www.playstartrekonline.com)
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edited for some brevity

Console

2024 Event Campaign – Part III:

  • Demon Hunting Event:
    • Event TFOs:
      • Herald Sphere
      • Gateway to Gre'thor
      • Brotherhood of the Sword
    • Participating in this Event will give all players the opportunity to win the Herald Defiler Mace, the Omni-Directional Herald Antiproton Beam Array and the Wide Arc Herald Antiproton Dual Heavy Cannons.

For more information, please visit the “The Demon Hunting Event!” blog.

General:

  • Resolved an issue preventing the Vovin Obelisk Carrier from having templates in the ship tailor.

PC

2024 Event Campaign – Part IV:

  • A Good Day to Die!:
    • Event TFOs:
      • Defense of Starbase One
      • To Hell with Honor
      • Battle of the Binary Stars
      • Remain Klingon
      • Operation Riposte
      • Best Served Cold
    • Participating in this Event will give all players the opportunity to win the Console – Universal – Temporal Disorder.

For more information, please visit the “A Good Day to Die!” blog.

General:

  • The Aurora and Quasar variants of the Science Vessel family have been totally remastered!
  • Resolved an issue that was preventing the Herald Defiler Mace's tertiary attack from triggering the Tenavik's Counsel ground trait.
  • Resolved an issue on the Janeway Command Science Vessel regarding some mirrored Starfleet insignias on the bottom part of the nacelles.
  • Resolved an issue that was preventing the Dimensional Hypermass Torpedo from being upgradeable.
  • Resolved an issue with the Emissary Star Cruiser causing one of the pylons to appear inverted.
  • Resolved an issue causing long names on the Princeton Miracle Worker Cruiser to be cut off on the engineering hull and also made the name more visible against the livery.
  • Resolved an issue with the Starfleet Insignia on the side of the hull of the Constitution III Miracle Worker Cruiser being mirrored.
  • Resolved an issue causing the Constitution III Miracle Worker Cruiser's starboard nacelle to be missing the "United Federation of Planets" text.
  • Made the impulse engine glow within the main housing of the Constitution III Miracle Worker Cruiser symmetric.
  • Resolved an issue with the mirrored Starfleet insignias on the Merian Command Science Dreadnought saucer and left nacelles.
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[PC] A Good Day to Die! (www.playstartrekonline.com)
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July 25, 2024 (8 AM PT) - August 15, 2024 (12 PM PT)

  • Event: Participate in 6 different space Task Force Operations (TFOs) to earn progress towards the Event Campaign Grand Prize.
    • Defense of Starbase One
    • To Hell with Honor
    • Battle of the Binary Stars
    • Remain Klingon
    • Operation Riposte
    • Best Served Cold
  • Grand Prize: Temporal Disorder Console (unlocked after 14 days of event progress)
    • The splinter of a Boreth time crystal located at the heart of this console draws four duplicates of your vessel from different timestreams. As they appear they automatically move to defend their progenitor, taunting the enemies around them. When they expire they explode in a cascade of deadly radiation which holds enemies caught in the blast for a number of seconds and provides your impulse engines with a valuable boost. This technology can make your ship temporarily Immune to All Damage, by causing a massive tachyon surge that causes your ship to briefly flicker in the space-time continuum. This effect is triggered when your ship's Hull Capacity drops below half, but may only occur once every 60 seconds.

  • Event Campaign VI Participation: This event contributes to the overall Event Campaign VI.
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Patch Notes for 7/10/24 (www.playstartrekonline.com)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Indy@startrek.website to c/startrekonline@startrek.website
 

^Copy-paste:^

CONSOLE

General:

  • Resolved an issue that caused captains to crash when attempting to rename a ship that did not have a prefix available.
  • Resolved an issue that caused the new Vovin Obelisk Carrier parts and materials to not be available in customizing the ship.
  • Resolved an issue on the Credence Miracle Worker Dreadnought Cruiser regarding a missing registry texture.

Known Issues:

  • Currently Risan Birds can accidentally be sold to the Bird Exchange Contact even if they have 'Protection" on.
  • Currently changing window options for the Vovin Obelisk Carrier does not change the windows on the ship.

PC

General:

  • Resolved an issue that was causing the Duty Officer reward from the Romulan version of the duty officer assignment "Special Deal on Entertainment Provisions" to always reward a KDF-aligned duty officer. It can now reward FED-Aligned duty officers when appropriate.
  • Resolved an issue that could cause Freelance Security Detachment to spawn zero allies, but still go on cooldown, if used at long range.
  • Resolved an issue on the Inquiry Battlecruiser regarding a mirrored registry texture.

Known Issues:

  • Currently Risan Birds can accidentally be sold to the Bird Exchange Contact even if they have 'Protection" on.
  • Currently changing window options for the Vovin Obelisk Carrier does not change the windows on the ship.
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PC Patch Notes for 7/5/24 (www.playstartrekonline.com)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Indy@startrek.website to c/startrekonline@startrek.website
 

~Copy-paste~

General:

  • Resolved an issue that caused captains to crash when attempting to rename a ship that did not have a prefix available.
  • Resolved an issue that caused the new Vovin Obelisk Carrier parts and materials to not be available in customizing the ship.
  • Resolved an issue on the Credence Miracle Worker Dreadnought Cruiser regarding a missing registry texture.

Known Issues:

  • Currently Risan Birds can accidentally be sold to the Bird Exchange Contact even if they have 'Protection" on.
  • Currently changing window options for the Vovin Obelisk Carrier does not change the windows on the ship.
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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Indy@startrek.website to c/startrek@startrek.website
 

You've heard of the "Bechdel-Wallace test" and its potential value to some people in measuring various media in a given context.

I propose a measure we'll call the "Captain and Crew Test"....

I was enduring -- yes, that's the word I'll choose -- an episode of a certain Trek show and found myself thinking that I seem to enjoy Star Trek shows where the captain isn't the center of attention for the continued story, rather the crew as a whole (including the captain as professionally and relatively required) works together on the story of the day or is portrayed in multiple dimensions without the commanding officer present.

So, here's my attempt at codifying this "Captain and Crew Test":

  • The episode/show has to have at least two crew members (i.e. not the captain) essential to the story,
  • who interact with each other without the captain,
  • about the story without specific direction from the captain

I think these "rules" could use some adjustment and addition, but I think you get what I'm proposing/suggesting/inciting.

UPDATE 2024-07-04 04:35:34 UTC: Check out the quick and amazing work by @danielquinn@lemmy.ca to compile a subset of the percentage of lines for each character in a few Star Trek shows.

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The Sale of the Summer! (www.playstartrekonline.com)
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Sales:

  • All Platforms: Save 25% in the entire Zen Store! - July 2nd at 8am PT - July 8th at 12pm PT
  • All Platforms: Enjoy 20% off in the Lobi Store! - July 2nd at 8am PT - July 8th at 12pm PT
  • PC Only: Get 15% off Keys and the Key Ring Bundle returns! - July 2nd at 8am PT - July 8th at 12pm PT

Bonuses:

  • PC Only: 20% Bonus Zen from July 2nd at 9am PT until July 9th at 9am PT
  • Xbox & PlayStation Only: Save 20% on all packs of Zen until July 3rd!
 

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PC & CONSOLE

  • Summer Event:
    • The Annual Lohlunat Festival returns with all your favorite activities!
    • Carry yourself to Summer with the Vovin Obelisk Carrier Ship!"
    • All of the following new store offerings can be purchased using Lohlunat Favors, earned by participating in various events around the island: - Risian Terraformer Universal Kit Frame - Tactical Kit Module - Storm Strike - Science Kit Module – Static Slam - Engineering Kit Module – Electrical Overcharge - New Uniforms – The London Kings! - Sub Aqua Suits - Rainbow Mellanoid Worm
    • For more information, please visit the “Return To Risa” blog.

General:

  • Resolved an issue that caused some captains who bought out the 2023 Lohlunat Festival event to not be able to reclaim the Hysperian Intel Battlecruiser.
  • Resolved an issue that caused some ships to not be visible when active.
  • Resolved an issue with the Alliance Rex Pilot Escort that caused impulse engine visual attachments (such as the Borg or Competitive engines) to appear too large in Sector Space, or not appear at all.
  • Resolved an issue within the Constitution-Class family of ships that caused usage of the Constitution Refit pylons to disallow the use of the Odyssey hull material.
  • Adjusted the decals on the Duderstadt Miracle Worker Science Spearhead's saucer section such that the Starfleet insignias are no longer mirrored (the thicker side of the delta is now correctly on the left).
  • Updated the Avenger Battlecruiser so that the registries that display on the sides of the hull (with the darker colored pattern) are now in white to improve visibility.
  • Resolved an issue that caused certain Borg Cubes (like the Derelict Cube in the mission "Sleepers") to appear completely white.
  • Fixed some gaps in the geometry of the Kirk Temporal Heavy Battlecruiser's saucer.

Known Issues:

  • Currently Risan Birds can accidentally be sold to the Bird Exchange Contact even if they have 'Protection" on.
 

June 25th, 2024 at 8am PT to July 2nd, 2024 at 12pm PT on PC

Research and Development

  • Earn 25% more R&D Materials from R&D Packs.
  • Harvest Nodes give 2 extra R&D Materials, 10 Dilithium Ore, and a chance for a R&D Catalyst.
  • Research and Development projects reward 50% more R&D XP.
  • Research and Development Packs are 20% off (240 Zen each).
  • Research and Development Pack Bundle is 20% off (800 Zen).

Duty Officers

  • Earn 50% bonus Commendation XP from assignments.
  • Earn a FREE Purple Duty Officer (Exocomp for Starfleet/Romulans, Reman for KDF/Romulans).
  • Duty Officer Packs contain an extra Green quality or better officer (C-Store purchases only).
  • Duty Officer Packs are 20% off.
  • Participate in the Junior Officer Appreciation Event to earn Duty Officers by scanning particles at Starfleet/Klingon Academy.
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