Release notes/20141014

Level Cap Increase

 * Captains can now rank up to level 60!
 * This includes new titles, new captain powers, and new rewards for each faction.
 * The Delta Quadrant story arc has been added to the Episodes tab in the journal.
 * Upon logging in with a level 50 Captain, players will be able to accept the mission “Escalation” to begin the journey through the Delta Quadrant.
 * For more details, please view the Raising the Level Cap blog post here: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/6009103

Captain Specializations

 * Captain Specializations are a new system that allows captains to earn new abilities once they reach level 50.
 * Upon attaining level 50, this system can be found between the Skills and Traits tab of the Status window.
 * Currently, the available Trees are Intelligence Officer, Commander, and Pilot.
 * Players will gain one Captain Specialization Point for each level they gain from 51 – 60, 10 points in total.
 * After reaching level 60, captains will continue to gain Captain Specialization Points.
 * Each time the bar is filled, 1 point will be earned.
 * Captains may earn up to 50 additional points in order to obtain all the available Captain Specialization abilities.
 * For more details please view the Captain Specializations blog post here: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/7007273-captain-specializations

Ship Upgrading

 * Players can now upgrade most Tier 5 ships to Tier 5-U.
 * Upgrading a ship allows the ship to level as Captains progress through content.
 * This includes an increase in base stats as it levels up.
 * This unlocks access to 4 Starship Mastery powers that unlock as the ship levels up.
 * To upgrade, go to a Ship Select Contact, choose an upgradable ship, and click on the Upgrade Ship button.
 * Tier 5 Ships purchased from the C-Store require a Ship Upgrade token which can be found in the C-Store.
 * Tier 5 Ships found in lockboxes, purchased in the Lobi store, and special ships such as the Jem’Hadar Attack Ship do not require a token to upgrade.
 * Upgrading a ship which has a Fleet version will upgrade the Fleet version for free.
 * Similarly, upgrading a Fleet ship will upgrade its corresponding standard version for free.

Expanded Item Upgrade System

 * The recently-released Upgrade System allows players to increase the stats and rarity of their existing ground and space items.
 * Items can now be upgraded to Mark 14!
 * The initial release only allowed players to upgrade gear to Mark 13.
 * For more details, please view the Gear Upgrade System blog post here: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/7005783-gear-upgrade-system

Intelligence Bridge Officers and Powers

 * There is a new type of Bridge Officer available: Intelligence Specialists!
 * Intelligence Specialists are available for all three Professions: Tactical, Engineering, and Science.
 * These are hybrid officers that have ground and space powers both from their Specialization and their Profession.
 * Players can recruit Intelligence Bridge Officers at any Requisition Officer upon reaching level 50.
 * They can be found in the Intelligence Specialists tab.
 * These Bridge Officers have access to brand new space and ground abilities that focus on undermining the effectiveness of enemies.
 * Intelligence Bridge Officers can be retrained at any of the Bridge Officer Trainers.
 * Only Intelligence Specialists can be trained in the Intelligence Abilities.
 * For more details, please view the Intelligence Officers blog post here: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/7004643-intelligence-officers

Delta Alliance Reputation

 * This new reputation is available in the Reputations panel of the character status window.
 * The Delta Alliance Reputation System offers high-end rewards for Captains at level 50 and beyond.
 * Delta Marks are required to progress through the Delta Alliance Reputation and obtain powerful items.
 * Earn Delta Marks by completing any of the following:
 * New Delta Quadrant episodes
 * Borg Disconnected Queue
 * Bug Hunt Queue
 * The Battle of Korfez STF Queue
 * In addition to Delta Marks, Mk XII set gear requires Ancient Power Cells.
 * Earn Ancient Power cells through higher difficulty versions of any queued event which offers Delta Marks.
 * These power cells can also be sold for Dilithium Ore.
 * For more details, please view the Delta Alliance Reputation blog post here: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/7005483-delta-alliance-reputation

Borg Disconnected

 * This is a brand new 5-man space PVE queue for level 50+ Captains.
 * There are Normal, Advanced, and Elite versions of the queue.
 * After the events of Hive Onslaught, the Borg Queen was vanquished, and the Collective dissolved.
 * Now, the Borg Queen has been revived in another Unimatrix in the Delta Quadrant and has contrived a plan to reunite the divided Borg into a Collective once again.
 * The Borg Cooperative need the Alliance’s help to keep the Borg free and put a stop to the Queen.
 * For more details, please view the Borg Disconnected blog post here: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/7003293-borg-disconnected

Bug Hunt

 * This is a brand new 5-man ground PVE queue for level 50+ Captains.
 * This story-related queue will be available to captains who have completed “The Dragon’s Deceit”.
 * Once unlocked, the queue will be available to all characters on a player’s account level 50 and higher.
 * This queue will have Normal, Advanced, and Elite difficulty settings.
 * Elite difficulty is only available to captains at level 60.
 * The Elite difficulty is highly difficult ground combat, and will require top-level gear and highly-coordinated teams.
 * Players will venture into the hive of a dangerous insectoid foe, combat its guardians, and topple its leadership.
 * For more details, please view the Delta Rising Queue – Bug Hunt blog post here: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/7007283-delta-rising-queue-bug-hunt

The Battle of Korfez Special Task Force

 * This is an Elite queue available for captains who reach level 60.
 * This STF is available to captains of all allegiances and is a 15 minute event.
 * Team up with various Delta Quadrant species to fight the Vaadwaur as they attempt to take control of the Korfez System.
 * The Battle of Korfez will require all of a captain's strategic acumen and top-of-the-line equipment.
 * For more details, please view the Battle of Korfez blog post here: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/7007883-the-battle-of-korfez

New PVE Queue Difficulty Options

 * Many of the standard PVE queues have been updated to fit the new queue difficulty settings.
 * Standard Difficulty is unchanged.
 * Players level 51 – 60 will be scaled down to level 50 for this difficulty.
 * Advanced Difficulty replaces what was previously called Elite.
 * Players level 51-60 will be scaled to level 60 for this difficulty.
 * Elite Queues are now level 60 versions of PVE queues.
 * Only level 60 players can queue for this difficulty setting.
 * Rewards are still commensurate with difficulty level.
 * The chances of acquiring blue Rare and purple Very Rare drops have increased further with these updates.
 * For more details, please view the Queue Revamp blog post here: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/7006643-queue-revamp

General

 * The main login screen has been updated.
 * Traits can now be changed on a captain’s bridge.
 * Resolved and issue that caused clipping on some female boots.
 * TOS Mirror Universe Knee Highs
 * Reman Boots
 * Dyson Boots
 * Made 7 of 9’s shoes and boots a more natural shape.
 * The Odyssey Badges are now available on all existing Federation Upper Uniforms and Jackets.
 * Previously, these Odyssey Badges were only usable on Odyssey Uppers.
 * The Credits have been updated to include our latest Star Trek Online contributors.
 * The old Dilithium store has been removed from K7 and Ganalda.
 * Mouths on Reman females will no longer become deformed when doing the Khan emote.
 * The XP Boosts in the C-store have been updated.
 * They are now available in 3000 and 10,000 skillpoint versions, with no increase in price.
 * The former 1000 and 6000 versions are no longer available for purchase.
 * Any existing Large and Small XP Boosts remain unchanged.

Missions

 * Level caps have been added to several level 50 PvE Adventure and Battle Zones.
 * Players who enter these zones will be automatically adjusted to level 50 while in the zone.
 * Players will see level 50 to the right of their real level.
 * Once the player has left the zone, they will be set back to their real level.
 * This is similar to when players zone in to Nimbus III and are set to level 26 while in the zone.
 * This change affects the following zones:
 * Defera
 * Dyson Sphere Allied Zone
 * Dyson Sphere Contested Zone
 * Dyson Sphere Ground Battlezone
 * Dyson Sphere Undine Space Battlezone
 * New Romulus
 * Nukara Prime
 * Resolved an issue on the Order Bridge that allowed players to see into space.

Foundry

 * Female Changelings are now actually female.
 * Resolved an issue which was causing Bridge Olympic 01 to have the front half of its floor below the bottom of the map.
 * Updated the display names for the ship costumes in the Foundry costume editor.
 * They now include the allegiance or species name.
 * Resolved an issue that caused some NPC Contacts in swimsuits to have grey legs.
 * Added the following NPC Contacts:
 * Females and males in EV suits
 * Holograms
 * Tutorial EMH
 * Prison Warden
 * Orion female
 * Klingon male
 * M.A.C.O. female
 * Beachgoers from Risa
 * All Delta Quadrant species
 * All Delta Quadrant species ships
 * Added the following NPC Groups:
 * Space
 * Benthan
 * Kazon
 * Federation-Allied Klingon
 * KDF-Allied Federation
 * Borg Cooperative
 * Vaadwaur
 * "Noncombat" KDF and Fed NPC groups
 * They will not engage in combat with any groups.
 * "Rogue" KDF and Fed NPC groups
 * They will attack any groups regardless of allegiance.
 * Ground
 * Bluegill
 * Kobali
 * Federation-Allied Klingon
 * KDF-Allied Federation
 * Borg Cooperative
 * Vaadwaur
 * "Noncombat" KDF and Fed NPC groups
 * They will not engage in combat with any groups.
 * None of the enemy groups will engage in combat with them.
 * "Rogue" KDF and Fed NPC groups
 * They will attack any groups regardless of allegiance.
 * Added the following outfit options to the Costume Editor:
 * Xindi uniform pieces
 * Kobali soldiers
 * Kobali civilians
 * Hazari uniform
 * Ocampa clothing
 * Talaxian clothing
 * Delta Alliance Combat Armor
 * Intel Uniforms
 * The Wrath of Khan rank pips
 * Scientist Jacket
 * "Salt Vampire" male hairstyle
 * Bajoran Combadges
 * Elachi S'golth Escort
 * Yellowstone Shuttle (variant of Federation Runabout)

Ships

 * Updated the Aquarius Destroyer.
 * It has been renamed Aquarius Light Escort.
 * Improved its base hull value from 24,000 to 25,500.
 * Improved its shield modifier from 0.85 to 0.9.
 * Improved its turn rate from 17 to 20.
 * Improved its impulse speed from 0.15 to 0.22.
 * Added Raider Flanking, allowing it to gain a damage bonus when attacking a target's rear arc.
 * +25% Damage vs. NPCs, +8.33% Damage vs. Players.
 * It can now equip Console - Universal - Cloaking Device.
 * All seats, except Commander Tactical, have been upgraded to be Universal.
 * Updated the Fleet Aquarius Destroyer.
 * It has been renamed Fleet Aquarius Light Escort.
 * Improved its base hull value from 26,400 to 28,050.
 * Improved its shield modifier from 0.935 to 0.99.
 * Improved its turn rate from 17 to 20.
 * Improved its impulse speed from 0.15 to 0.22.
 * Added Raider Flanking, allowing it to gain a damage bonus when attacking a target's rear arc.
 * +25% Damage vs. NPCs, +8.33% Damage vs. Players.
 * Can now equip Starfleet Cloaking Device.
 * All seats, except Commander Tactical, have been upgraded to be Universal.
 * [T5-U] versions of this starship will benefit from the improvements above.
 * Updated Vesta Multi-Mission Science Vessels.
 * Improved its base hull value from 27,900 to 29,040.
 * Improved its shield modifier from 1.35 to 1.4.
 * [T5-U] versions of this starship will benefit from the improvements above.
 * Updated the Advanced Research Vessel Retrofit.
 * Improved its turn rate from 9 to 10.
 * Improved its inertial from 40 to 45.
 * Added a +accuracy bonus on the Console - Universal - Tachyon Grid to both the passive and active effects.
 * The Fleet and [T5-U] versions of this starship will also benefit from the improvements above.
 * Updated the D'Kyr Science Vessel
 * Improved its turn rate from 10 to 11.
 * Improved its Inertia from 30 to 45.
 * Upgraded the Ensign Science bridge officer seat to Ensign Universal.
 * [T5-U] versions of this starship will benefit from the improvements above.
 * Halved the recharge time on ship separation consoles to 90 seconds.
 * Previously it was 180 seconds.
 * Reduced the recharge time of all console abilities that had a 3 minute or greater recharge time to 2 minutes.
 * This applies to the following console abilities:
 * Ablative Generator
 * Activate Aceton Mode
 * Antimatter Spread
 * Call Hazari Shielding Device
 * Call Repair Ship
 * Call Xindi Weapon Platform
 * Cascade Resonance Emission
 * Chromoelectric Pulse
 * Cloaked Barrage
 * Create Fluidic Rift
 * Deploy Sensor Probe Swarm
 * Deploy Spatial Charges
 * Destabilized Proton Beam
 * Disruptor Autocannon
 * Disruptor Lotus
 * EMP Burst
 * Enhanced Induction Coils
 * Enhanced Plasma Manifold
 * Fermion Field
 * Fluidic Space Jump
 * Focused Fluidic Beam
 * Focused Singularity Beam
 * Grappler --Singularity Projectile
 * Graviton Pulse
 * Ionized Particle Beam
 * Isometric Charge
 * Launch Subspace Rupture
 * Magnetometric Overload
 * Manheim Effect
 * Molecular Phase Inversion Field
 * Multidimensional Graviton Shield
 * Nadion Saturation Bomb
 * Particle Conversion Matrix
 * Particle Synthesizer
 * Phase Shift
 * Phaser Lotus
 * Plasma Lotus
 * Photonic Decoy Swarm
 * Photonic Displacement
 * Point Defense System
 * Projected Statis Beam
 * Protonic Shielding
 * Quantum Field Focus Phaser
 * Reflective Immunity Matrix
 * Secondary Shields
 * Shield Destabilizer
 * Shield Inversion
 * Shrapnel Torpedo Barrage
 * Singularity Collapse
 * Structural Integrity Field Siphon
 * Subspace Snare
 * Swarm Missiles
 * Tachyon Detection Grid
 * Tachyon Inversion Beams
 * Temporal Backstep
 * Tholian Web
 * Torpedo Point Defense System
 * Weapon System Siphon
 * The C-Store has been reorganized including new categories and sub-categories within.
 * The new categories along with the sub-categories within these include:
 * Discount Packs
 * This category will contain all the items that were previously in the Bundles category.
 * Ships
 * The Ships category now has new sub-categories to better organize the many ships in Star Trek Online.
 * All primary ships are now separated by their tier: Tier 1 - 6.
 * Small Crafts now have their own sub-category.
 * Bridge Packs remain in the same sub-category.
 * Duty Officers
 * This category now includes the ability to purchase extra Duty Officer slots along with the standard Duty Officer packs.
 * Items
 * This category is unchanged.
 * Services
 * This category is unchanged.
 * Boosts
 * This is a new category which now has the Skill and CXP Boosts within.
 * Appearance
 * This category has the same outfits within but is now separated by Federation, Klingon, and Romulan sub-categories.
 * Personnel
 * This category has new sub-categories which separate the Personnel into Bridge Officers, Combat Companions, Companions, Species, and Tribbles.
 * Promotions
 * This is a new category which will have any promotional item a player's account has been granted or will be granted in the future.
 * Legacy Unlocks
 * This category has been merged with the now removed category Special Unlocks.

Systems

 * Increased the number of free Bridge Officer Slots awarded at each rank.
 * At Commander, silver players now earn 5, an increase from 4, Bridge Officer Slots.
 * Gold players are unaffected.
 * At Vice Admiral, silver players now earn 7, an increase from 6, Bridge Officer Slots.
 * Gold players earn 12, an increase from 10, Bridge Officer Slots.
 * At Fleet Admiral, silver players earn 8 Bridge Officer Slots.
 * Gold players earn 14 Bridge Officer Slots.
 * This change affects equivalent ranks for Klingons and Romulans.
 * The max players can purchase from the C-store remains unchanged.
 * Refracting Tetryon Cascade will now grey out and prevent activation if the currently selected target is out of range.
 * If there is nothing currently targeted, Refracting Tetryon Cascade can still be used at any time.
 * Updated Sensor Analysis.
 * Resolved an issue that was causing Sensor Analysis not to increase the damage of the user's targetable torpedoes and other pets.
 * Sensor Analysis now increases ALL damage dealt by the user of the power.
 * Bridge Officers can now benefit from Biologist Duty Officers that increase the duration of Tricorder Scan and Anesthezine Gas debuffs.
 * Botanist Duty Officers which propagate Melorazine and Dylovene as full-team buffs now properly function for all Bridge Officers, and all ranks of Melorazine.
 * The Tooltips for these Duty Officers have also been corrected.
 * The Voth Teleport / Gravity Well combo no longer ignores immunity of Attack Pattern Omega or any other teleport immunity.
 * Shield Charge - Plasma Resistance now last 5 minutes, as indicated by the tooltip.
 * Resolved an issue that was causing 360 Antiproton shuttle weapons to have a higher base damage than other energy types of 360 shuttle weapon
 * Increased the HP of Boarding Party Shuttles.
 * They were 1 HP, now they scale with the caster's level.
 * They also now have shields.
 * Increased the HP and Shields of Ground Security team.
 * Resolved an issue with the reflect proc on Nukara Crystalline Resilient Shields that was causing them to inflate the amount of damage returned to an attacker.
 * Also cleaned up the tooltip on Nukara Crystalline Resilient Shields -- replaced "a portion of" wording with actual reflect value.
 * Ambush Duty Officers that apply DOTs can no longer be triggered by DOT effects themselves.
 * The Psionic Assault debuff can now be cleansed.
 * Slightly increased the damage of the Tempest Tailgun.
 * Slightly increased the damage of the Dyson Proton Dual Heavy Cannon.
 * All Torpedo Spread abilities should no longer attempt to target entities that are invulnerable.
 * Resolved an issue causing the Deadly Intent Module to not work on certain weapons.
 * Resolved errors on Mark II kits where they incorrectly required the rank of Lieutenant Commander before they could be equipped.
 * Mark II kits should now be equippable by any character, regardless of rank.
 * Resolved an issue causing some R+D components to link to the incorrect recipe when clicked on in the R+D window.
 * Duty Officer Assignments now show the correct amount of Skill Points rewarded for completion.
 * Antiquated schematics from the previous crafting system now sell to vendors for 5000 Energy Credits and are Bind on Pickup.
 * Their descriptions have been updated to indicate that their only purpose in existing is to be sold to vendors for EC.
 * Completing the Mk XII Adapted M.A.C.O. Personal Armor project will now grant the correct costume unlock.
 * Players that have already completed this project should automatically receive the associated costume unlock.
 * Voth Dreadnaughts are no longer able to use their Subspace Snare ability on targets with teleport immunity, such as those affected by Attack Pattern Omega.
 * Streamlined the tooltips for the proton damage proc caused by Science Consoles obtained from Dyson Joint Command reputation.
 * This is a text change only.
 * Resolved an issue where some crafted items were incorrectly displaying higher than normal stats.
 * The items listed below should now display the correct values:
 * Omni-Directional Beam Array, All Energy Types.
 * Wide Arc Dual Heavy Cannon, All Energy Types.

UI

 * The Galaxy Map has been updated!
 * It received a significant artistic overhaul.
 * The Delta Quadrant has been expanded to include new locations.
 * The Klingon and Federation Fleet Starbase locations have been added to the new Galaxy map.
 * Added a new feature: Defeated Recap.
 * This is a small window which appears upon being defeated.
 * It will show information about the power that defeated the player.
 * Eg: Gorn Mining Vessel deals 9001 Kinetic Damage to you with Mining Laser.
 * Resolved an issue where the Pitch Up and Pitch Down commands were labeled incorrectly in the Keybinds window.
 * Tooltips for rewards have been restored on the Duty Officer Assignment details page.

Known Issues

 * The following PVE queues are temporarily unavailable:
 * Azure Nebula Rescue
 * Khitomer Vortex
 * No Win Scenario
 * Storming the Spire
 * The Vault Shuttle Event
 * Fleet projects that require items such as Photon Torpedoes will not accept the required items to complete the project.
 * Some ship consoles cannot be reclaimed in the Reclaim Store once the ship is upgraded.
 * The Vaadwaur missile in The Battle of Korfez has incorrect art.
 * The new Intel power Kinetic Magnet does not function properly on all items.

External link

 * Release notes: October 14th, 2014 at the Official website.