New Featured Episodes: Episode “Blood of Ancients”: “Blood of Ancients” can be found in the Featured Episode tab of the journal. This episode is available for Captains level 10 and up. Episode “Delta Flight”: Complete the episode “Blood of Ancients” to begin “Delta Flight”. “Delta Flight” can be found in the Featured Episode tab of the journal. This episode if available for captains level 10 … Continue reading Massive update for Season X Launch: The Iconian War

From Reddit: @sarcasmdetector – Grumpy DPS Admin We got some information that some “under the hood” fixes had been implemented on the latest Tribble build that should have resolved some of issues we’ve been experiencing. A bunch of us DPSers took some high-powered toons into a couple ISAs, CSA, and KSA (on Tribble); yes the misfiring is gone and the lag is almost all gone. … Continue reading An Update on Lag, Weapon misfires, and the Benny-Hill rubberbanding.

Things are exciting this week in Star Trek Online; a new season, new fleet ships, new lockbox and lobi shinies, the return of Tom Paris, and the Delta Recruit program which is not only working well – but’s ridiculously generous in the rewards. A quick note on Delta Recruits – I finally got around to sharing the rewards with my 7 other alts who can access … Continue reading New Season in 4 days. So what about the Lag and Rubberbanding?

Once again the data-mining masters have dredged up a slew of new ships and game elements for the upcoming Season X: The Iconian War.  As always this information violates the terms of service for the main forums and reddit.com/r/sto/, please do not link back to either. Just a curious thought:  Don’t people name the war after it’s over? Here we go (what we know so far): New … Continue reading Prelude to Season Ten: LEAKS & LOCKBOXES oh MY!

The quest to reunite the original Voyager cast continues with the announcement today of the return of Admiral Captain Tom Eugene Paris.  Methinks his arrival may be tied to the upcoming ‘Pilot-specialization’ enhanced starships. I have to admit the coolness factor is pretty high, and they possibilities in-game are limitless.  While I’m certain this appearance will be used to sell another set of ships, ultimately I’d love … Continue reading Robert McNeill Returns as Captain Tom Paris

Nit picky stuff: For something that’s been “five years in the making” this first video is a bit underwhelming, and the least “Star Trek” of everything we’ve seen so far.   If they didn’t have the glory shot of the ships at the end, you could have mistaken this introduction for Neverwinter. Busy news day to come – Leaks of new ships, and the return … Continue reading It’s Official – Star Trek Online: The Iconian War begins April 21st 2015

Fan videos come in all shapes and sizes, and to be honest I’m one of those guys who nitpicks everything from the use of imagery to the music.  The new Delta Rising fan video from Tom caught me by surprise, and I have to say – I love it. The opening uses the BSG classic voice-over “there are those who believe…“, which has been done to … Continue reading Fan Video of Delta Recruits Captures ‘The Best’ of STO (with a healthy nod to BSG and SG-1)

UPDATE: The queues have died down after the weekend.  Managed to have 2 hours on Tuesday evening without a single queue wait. I actually saw the login queues for the first time Sunday.  I started as 148 out of 155 waiting to enter.  The wait was about 20 seconds.  Not a big deal. My frame of mind: I have not really played much in the … Continue reading Congrats Cryptic! Delta Recruit Campaign is working. Now lets chat about the login queues…

As the clock rolled over to a new week, we finally got to see some details on the new Romulan Imperial Navy Kits (details from Reddit master-poser Atheonyirh). Regardless of class, it adds a base damage bonus of 20% to Plasma, 2.2% Critical chance and 8.8% bonus to Severity and a whopping 52.5% bonus to your personal shields.  Given we’re weeks away from the Iconian Reputation, this is … Continue reading Romulan Imperial Navy Kit Details

Busy news day at Star Trek Online.  This post has been updated too many times to count. Delta Vanguard Upgrades now BoC A last-minute change to the bind-to rules for the Delta Vanguard upgrade.  Originally promoted as bind-to-account (BoA), it has since been changed to BoC (bind-to-character) BorticusCrytpic explains: I deeply apologize for not having updated our communication on this matter, but this is working … Continue reading Updated: Prelude to Season X: Quality of Life Improvements , Foundry & Iconian Reputation.