Release notes/20131219

General

 * Dyson Joint Command reputation:
 * Added a Tier 5 mission "Unsaid Thanks".
 * Completing this mission will reward players with 750 Dyson Marks; 5 Voth Cybernetic Implants; 32,000 Dilithium Ore; 40,000 Energy Credits; a large amount of Expertise, and a special reward.
 * Players who have already reached Tier 5 will automatically be granted the mission "Unsaid Thanks" upon logging in.
 * If you don't see this mission and have already reached Titer 5, interacting with the Reputation System in some way should grant you the mission.
 * Even something as simple as slotting any project then canceling it will trigger the projects to appear.
 * A Voth Heavy Fighter shuttle has been added to the Lobi store.
 * More details about it can be found in this Dev Blog.
 * A Voth Heavy Fighter vanity pet has been added to the Lobi store.
 * NOTE: This does not come on the playable Voth Heavy Fighter and must be purchased separately.
 * The Duty Officer Roster Slots cap has been increased from 400 to 500 slots.
 * You can purchase additional slots in increments of 25 or 100 through the in-game C-Store.
 * There is now a special event filter in PVE options:
 * This would be for special events such as the Winter Invasion.
 * Rewards for special events also display a new Reward icon in the PVE queue window.
 * The Obelisk Carrier can now be purchased after unlocking Tier 1 for the Fleet Spire.
 * Resolved an issue where the Klingon fleet spire duty officer store was selling Federation duty officers.
 * Resolved some issues with the Voth Elite Armor:
 * Chest gear and visor glow effects now work.
 * Visor now shows correctly for Gorn.
 * Choosing to skip the Klingon tutorial now correctly grants disruptor based weapons as the reward.
 * Fire At Will:
 * Resolved an issue that was incorrectly disabling Power Drain on all non-Phaser types of energy weapons.
 * Resolved an issue that was causing Fire At Will to drain power for only a single activation pulse, instead of over the entire firing cycle.
 * This was causing it to appear, for certain well-geared ships, as though no power was being drained, when it was actually just regenerating very quickly.
 * This fix now causes the Energy Drain to behave the same as a standard Beam firing cycle – it remains drained for all 5 firing pulses, then returns after the weapon stops firing.
 * Resolved an issue with the Romulan ship in sector space after completing "Sphere of Influence" which was causing it to spawn and despawn rapidly.
 * Resolved an issue that was preventing players at certain level ranges from being able to use the weapons they received from Special Equipment Pack – Voth Antiproton Weapons:
 * Players at all level ranges will now receive an item they can use when opening these packages.
 * Audio is now present for the ramps unlocked with Fleet Spire Special project – Omega Molecule Research.

Content

 * Solanae Dyson Sphere Adventure Zone:
 * You can now earn 1 Commendation every 20 hours from any of the following content:
 * "The Breach" queued event.
 * "Storming the Spire" queued event.
 * Completion of a qualified Dyson Sphere Battlezone mission.
 * Completion of any one area mission in the Dyson Sphere Adventure Zone:
 * An area mission is a mission granted by one of the central mission-givers in a neighborhood of the sphere, such as:
 * Joint Command, the Ion Stream, the Minefield, or the Supply Depot in the Allied Zone; or the Allied Border, the Industrial Area, the Wasteland, or the Voth Front in the Contested Zone.
 * This means that you no longer need to complete a lengthy daily mission to earn a commendation by participating in the adventure zone.
 * The daily wrapper missions have been removed as they are no longer needed to earn your commendation from participating in the adventure zone.
 * When a commendation is earned you will see the message "You have earned a Dyson commendation! You will be eligible for an additional commendation in 20 hours."
 * You will not see this message when completing the Storming the Spire or The Breach queued events.
 * Updated waypoints in the Allied and Contested Zones so that the text displayed when hovering the mouse over a waypoint on the map will tell which mission and submission it is associated with:
 * Examples: "Joint Command – Medical Emergency" or "Voth Front – Extract Special Forces."
 * Updated area missions in the Allied and Contested Zones so that mission journal text updates to reflect whichever mission objectives you've been given:
 * Example: If you are given the "Medical Emergency" mission, your mission journal text will explain this particular mission and what to do.
 * New arrows now appear above contacts and objectives for missions in the Adventure Zone.
 * New waypoint brackets display on screen for the location of a mission objective in addition to the standard waypoint displayed on the mini map.
 * Waypoints for area missions in the sphere are now colored green.
 * Waypoints for found missions in the sphere are now colored purple.
 * Dyson Joint Command has generated a computer map update that will allow your ship's computer to show HUD elements for your missions in progress in the Sphere:
 * You will see reticles indicating the location of a mission destination while you are far away, and a pointing arrow indicating the location of your mission when up close.
 * Contested Zone: Addressed an issue that could cause the U.S.S. Mumbai to not be in the correct position to offer the found mission "Clean Up Pollution" in the industrial area.
 * Resolved a typo in the "Supply Depot – Deliver Supplies" mission that would cause an interact button to display **"Pad Three" instead of "Pad Nine."
 * Allied Zone no longer displays a control bar.
 * This was removed as there is no event or objectives tied to it as the allied zone is under full control of the allies.
 * Battlezone
 * New FX for battlezone powerups and command coins has been added.
 * Updated the art style of the waypoint arrows.
 * Winter Event
 * Resolved an issue which was occasionally rewarding presents incorrectly in the Winter Invasion.
 * Red Wintercoat Long Female Upper now correctly has a red belt.
 * Targ pups can now be activated in the Winter Wonderland.
 * Resolved an issue which was blocking progression in the Vault Shuttle Event.

Known Issues

 * The Crystalline Entity may flicker from far distances in Crystalline Catastrophe.
 * Some KDF captains are not able to switch to all costume slots.
 * The Teamwork Trait is preventing teams from extra exploit damage.
 * Captains and all their information may not be visible in Gateway until logging into that character one time in game.