Release notes/20170907c

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New Featured Episode - Brushfire[]

The new Featured Episode “Brushfire” has been added to the Featured Episode tab in the journal.
Captains seek the aid of one of history’s greatest Klingon generals to help deal with the Tzenkethi threat in the Alpha Quadrant!
This episode is available for level 10 Captains and above.
For more information, please visit the “Brushfire” blog at: https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/xbox/star-trek-online/news/detail/10624694

Endeavor System[]

This is a new limited-time challenge where players gain rewards by completing missions which are automatically granted every couple of days through the new Endeavor System.
These will appear on the player’s mission tracker and will switch out on their own.
For more details, please visit the Endeavor System blog at: https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/xbox/star-trek-online/news/detail/10624444

Ferengi Admiralty Campaign[]

Acquire trades and goods to create a stronger economy within allied space with the help of the Ferengi Trade Alliance.
This is available for captain’s level 52 and above.
For more details, please visit the Ferengi Admiralty Campaign blog at: https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/xbox/star-trek-online/news/detail/10624464

General[]

New feature - Added the ability to protect items.
- This new feature allows the player to protect most types of items from accidentally selling, discarding, trading, putting in the guild bank or mailing.
- To use this feature
  - Go into the inventory, select an item, and choose the option Toggle Protected Status.
    - A message will appear saying the status is set to On for the item.
    - Choose the toggle option again to turn it off.
In an effort to improve performance, cloud-like visual FX from certain powers will no longer be visible if within a minimum distance of identical cloud FX.
- All other behavior associated with the powers remain unchanged as in damage, range, debuff stacking, etc as this only changes visuals.
- This FX update will affect the following abilities
  - Eject Warp Plasma
  - Vent Theta Radiation
  - Eject Tetryon Plasma
  - Eject Metreon Gas
  - Coolant Ignition
  - Particle Emission Plasma Torpedo in all firing modes
  - Na'kuhl Plasma Torpedo
  - Vent Metreon Laced Plasma
  - Nadion Saturation Bomb
Resolved an issue where some powers would not appear on the radial menu.
Resolved an issue while wearing the 23rd Century Klingon Sleeveless Uniform would cause arms to disappear for most species.
Resolved an issue where windows on the bottom of the Negh'var would be floating if the player used any other wings other than the Negh'var.
Resolved an issue where most of the Kar'Fi model would disappear under certain conditions.
Resolved an issue where the Heavy Cruiser Refit only had two of four nacelles light up when going to warp.
Improved appearance of Borg console visuals with the Phoenix shuttle holoemitter in Sector Space.
23rd Century Starfleet characters now have appropriate ground shield FX.
The Risian Flower Accents outfit is now available to players who previously unlocked the Summer Event store.
Resolved an issue that caused some Kit Modifiers to be impossible to search for on the Exchange.

Systems[]

Resolved an issue that caused some Duty Officer Missions to allow Admiralty ships to be slotted.
Singularity Warp Shadows has been re-designed slightly:
- Warp Shadows can now be damaged.
- While Warp Shadows are attacking a non-player target, that target is prevented from attacking the warp shadow creator.
- Singularity Jump Kinetic damage now scales with the Exotic Particle Generators Skill and Kinetic damage buffs.
Hold Together
- Resolved some scaling issues with Hold Together.
- Resolved an issue that could cause Hold Together to damage the player when flying in reverse.
Resolved an issue that would cause Fly Her Apart's damage buff to be lower than intended in some cases.
Resolved an issue that stopped Resilient Power Cells from working on some weapons.
Resolved an issue that caused the effects of the [Pen] and [Run] modifiers to not be shown on item tooltips.
Changed Fire On My Mark stealth debuff values to be more in line with original design intentions.
"Sabotage Romulan Resupply Base" Duty Officer Assignment is now “Sabotage Tal Shiar Resupply Base".
Resolved an issue with Medic2 Duty Officers that was preventing them from being slotted into Active Space.
Resolved an issue that caused the damage of Hyperonic Radiation to scale more aggressively than intended.
Resolved an issue where the Competitive Wargames shield procs could be activated by Damage-over-Time effects.
Resolved an issue that caused the Status Specialist Bridge Officer Trait to display an incorrect region icon.
The Missionpod section of the Arbiter Battlecruiser will now de-activate its ablative armor when not in combat.
Resolved an issue that caused the shield drain from Quantum Phase Weaponry to not be resistable.
The Hull-Repairing Nanites reputation trait tooltip has been changed to more accurately display its functionality.
- This is a purely cosmetic change and doesn't change its effectiveness.
Resolved an issue that caused attacks from the Krenim Chroniton Torpedo Launcher to always bypass shields.

Content[]

Echoes of Light: Core sampling of the second comet is no longer timed, but instead completes as soon as the player has collected enough material.
Fluid Dynamics
- Adjusted allied ships so that they should move quickly to aid player when engaging the Borg.
- Borg command diamond should no longer flee at high speed.
Dragon's Deceit: Resolved an issue that sometimes caused Galik to be stuck under the ground.
Resolved an issue where the Core Assault Advanced rewards listed that it rewarded Iconian Marks instead of Fleet Marks.