Release notes/20111215

General

 * Starting Klingon devices like hyposprays can now be bought in bulk.
 * Transwarp powers and Diplomacy ranks should be restored for any players who were missing them.
 * Tribble duty officer rewards have had their minimum level set to 8 for Federation and 23 for KDF in order to match the starting level for the duty officer system.
 * Borg “Adapted” text should now only be seen by the affected player.
 * Updated the costumes for Elite Vendors so they have costumes that match the tier of the items they are vending.
 * Duty Officers mailed from expired exchange lots are now claimable in the mail.
 * Added GPL conversion stores to both DS9 and Drozana.
 * They are not accessible until the winter event is over.
 * Updated the GPL conversion stores to add the option to buy back Pet Crates.
 * 360 cannon turrets now fire from front or rear turret locations regardless of where you slot them.
 * Updated the shield hit FX for beams and cannons.
 * Added Rare Mk XI antiproton mag regulator consoles to crafting.
 * Tweaked the STF token reward for 45+ players so it will auto-grant to anyone who reaches that level, including existing VA characters.
 * Updated Jiro's very rare exchange officer store to carry male Orions instead of duplicates of the female Orions.
 * Foundry: Resolved issue with incorrect error "State transition has a component on a different map selected" when the component is on the same map.
 * Slightly increased Borg tech drop rate on all STFs.
 * Tribble Award Tier 3 Automated Personnel Unity Duty Officer now can properly be slotted on the ground.

Duty Officers

 * Updated several duty officer quotes to address typos.
 * The accolades for Rank 4 Diplomacy and Marauding now include text in the accolade explaining that you can go to Jiro Sugihara or Marauder Kazgurr for your special exchange officer.
 * Assignment-acquired device turrets names now match up properly with the actual energy type of the device.
 * Antiproton turret purchase assignment now grants the correct reward.
 * Clarified duty officer Maintenance Engineer active roster power description text

Missions

 * Empire Defense:
 * Federation mission counter is now advancing as the open missions are completed.
 * Romulans mission counter is now advancing as the open missions are completed.
 * Cardassians mission counter is now advancing as the open missions are completed.
 * Borg mission counter is now advancing as the open missions are completed.
 * Everything Old is New: Ensign Svoboda can once again be spoken to.
 * The House Always Wins: Updated to ensure speaking to J’mpok always advances the mission.
 * Level-appropriate rewards have been added to Klingon missions.
 * The House Always Wins
 * Blood of the Empire
 * Destiny
 * Second Star to the Right
 * Keep Your Enemies Closer
 * Afterlife
 * The Gates of Gre'thor
 * Federation missions with special reward items have been updated.
 * These reward items are now available in level-appropriate versions.
 * Past Imperfect
 * The Ultimate Klingon
 * Preemptive Strike
 * S'harien's Swords
 * Forging Bonds
 * Crack in the Mirror
 * The New Link
 * The queue for The Cure Space will no longer penalize you incorrectly.
 * Forging Bonds: Moved one of the respawn points out from under a rock.
 * Patrol Wrapper missions that didn't clear off people before should be gone now.
 * The Defend the Sector Block accolades now function without requiring a mission.
 * Lore missions and their contacts on Starfleet academy were moved to one of the round buildings.

Systems

 * Reduced debuffs applied by Cryonic Grenade to render the Breen slightly less deadly.
 * Borg Set:
 * Auxiliary Power on Deflector Dish updated to +5 bonus.
 * Shield Power on Shield updated to +5 bonus.
 * Adjusted skill bonuses on Deflector Dish to bring item more closely in-line with original functionality prior to recent changes to Skill System.
 * Adjusted skill bonuses on Universal Console to bring item more closely in-line with original functionality prior to recent changes to Skill System
 * Player Traits:
 * "Astrophysicist" now improves a slightly wider array of Science abilities.
 * Updated version now encompasses most available Science powers.
 * "Techie" now improves Starship Hull Repair, removed bonus to EPS.
 * "Warp Theorist" now improves both Warp Core Potential and EPS.
 * "Efficient" bonus adjusted to match scale of formula under the updated skill system.
 * "Leadership" now adds a flat skill bonus to Subsystem Repair, in addition to increasing Hull Regeneration rates.
 * This updated version will now be applied from Bridge Officers, and the skill bonus is stackable.
 * The Hull Regeneration bonus does not stack.
 * "Joined Symbiote" has been reworked.
 * Original version gave a flat bonus to the effectiveness of all space skills and space weaponry.
 * This updated version attempts to fill the same role by applying a similar bonus to several different new skills.
 * Bridge Officer Traits:
 * "Leadership" now works correctly, and partially stacks.
 * "Efficient" bonus adjusted to match scale of formula under the updated skill system.
 * Reduced the radius of Doomsday Warp Core Breach from 3km to 2km.
 * Transfer Shield Strength has been rebalanced to match updated changes to Skill System.
 * Feedback Pulse has been rebalanced to match updated changes to Skill System.
 * Hargh'Peng Torpedo has been rebalanced to match updated changes to Skill System.
 * Changed the display name of the starship skill from "Inertial Dampeners" to "Inertial Dampers" per canon references.
 * Replaced several mods on Breen Deflector with an additional skill bonus to "Inertial Dampers"
 * Tractor Beam Repulsors has been reworked
 * Repel and Damage aspects of this power can now both be improved with player skill (Graviton Generators and Particle Generators, respectively)
 * The baseline effectiveness of this power has not been reduced.
 * Tooltips now properly reflect scaling of each rank of this power (I, II, III)
 * All Starfleet and KDF personnel have had their Fleet Support distress beacons reverted to the proper frequencies for their respective factions.
 * Starfleet players using Fleet Support will now summon Starfleet support Vessels.
 * KDF players using Fleet Support will now summon KDF support vessels.
 * The Romulan Scimitar will now use its Thalaron pulse weapon again.
 * Increased Vo'quv Birds-of-Prey pet damage by about 15%.
 * The Nausicaan Power Leech console was updated to address edge-case issues of overpowered stacking.
 * The veteran rewards Fireworks work in Social zones once again.
 * Reverted power bonus on Aegis Deflector to pre-Season 5 figures.
 * Resolved issue with the Shield Emitter bonus on the Aegis Shield.
 * Holiday Food buffs will now survive death.
 * Updated the description on the Frosted Boots to make it more obvious that they have a 30 hour lifespan.

UI

 * Clarifed the message that is displayed when a player must respend all of his skillpoints.
 * Added tooltips to save and load in tailor
 * Updated the graphics for area waypoints.
 * Character creation for Foundry characters is no longer using blue UI elements.
 * The Klingon character button now tells you how to unlock Klingons in the tooltip.
 * The traits in character creation are now alphabetized.
 * In the tailor, the camera will now zoom in when selecting species, and remain zoomed until the uniform screen.
 * Self Buff icons no longer disappear if you select a target other than yourself.
 * The in-game calendar should now always display the correct month.
 * Fleet Emblems are editable once again!
 * The loot window now displays tooltips.