Updates to the Red Shirt server were released today offering this awesome update tidbit: Players should no longer be able to use party powers such as the Disco Ball on other players around the statue of Spock on Vulcan. “I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if four members of Starfleet Dental suddenly cried out in terror and were silenced.”  That feels “just” … Continue reading Coming Soon to Holodeck: Spock’s Memorial to be a Disco Free Zone.

My first look at the poster had me almost do a spit take when at the bottom I thought I saw ‘Starfleet Dental’.  Clearly I am suffering from eyestrain, ’cause that’s not what it says.  Although if you guys were to do a print for charity, I’d pitch in $20+shipping to put this up in my new office.  This would go a long way to … Continue reading Delta Recruitment Drive is the ‘Win-Win Scenario’

Past 24 hours has been refreshing, at least for my circle of friends.  Players I have not seen in months have started to trickle back, and our fleet actually had activity in it for more than a few hours. The CTD (Crash-to-desktop) issue in CCA has not been an issue at least for me; I was impacted by this on a daily basis, and as … Continue reading Crystalline Cataclysm Queues return to pre-DR levels, CTD’s reduced, and people are having fun again.

Regardless of my personal feelings about Cryptic’s handling of Star Trek Online, there’s one place where you can always count on to get a decent interview with the team itself, and that’s Priority One Podcast.  Week after week they produce an entertaining broadcast that’s sometimes eye opening, sometimes infuriating (ok, that’s Gecko, not P1), but more often than not its an enjoyable podcast with interesting … Continue reading Priority One Podcast Needs your Votes

Cryptic’s move to memorialize Leonard Nimoy was not only touching, but well thought out for the future.  It’s a tough place for any company to be in.  How do you memorialize one?  When does it become crass commercialism? They solved that in a beautiful way. The statues on Vulcan and New Romulus set the tone for arguably the one character who has impacted the multiverse … Continue reading A Beautiful Memorial, and a great plan for the long term.

Chalk up another positive move by SalamiInferno. The feedback over the new T6 variant raised concerns over early miscommunication on the upgradable nature of the JH Attack Ships (aka the Bug).  This has been a sore spot with many ship collectors, and ship brokers (yes they exist) for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was the perception that this was simply a … Continue reading T6 Jem’Hadar Strike Ships will indeed have a Frigate Pet variant.

As for the memorial – this sounds awesome.  Looking forward to seeing it when I get home from the office tomorrow. General: Created a memorial for Spock as well as a tribute to some Star Trek icons no longer with us: We have replaced the central structure on the fountain on Vulcan with a stone statue of Spock with the inscription “Live Long and Prosper.” … Continue reading Spock Memorial Details – Tribble Patch Notes – 5/3/2015

At first glance, the T6 Jem’Hadar Strike itself is underwhelming with only minor improvements over the original Jem’Hadar Attack ship. Hull improvements which are negligible considering the the jump in DPS, a seating arrangement that does offer some Command and Intel abilities (questionable for an escort at best), and a +5 to engine power. (Yes, Bug ships are still awesome in the right hands.) Apparently … Continue reading UPDATED: T6 Jem’Hadar Strike Ship Stats – A Marginal Retread of a Fan Favorite Ship.

Starting this Thursday March 5th and lasting until March 26th at 9am, you have a chance to win the all-new Tier 6 Jem’Hadar Strike ship with the opening of a Reserach and Development pack from the C-Store. When you purchase a Research and Development Pack from the C-Store and open it, you will receive either 10 Lobi Crystals or an all new Tier 6 Jem’Hadar … Continue reading Confirmed: T6 Jem’Hadar Strike Ship in R&D Pack promotion (3/5/15)

Charles Grey (pwgroverclvlnd) followed up on the across the board changes with an announcement about further dilithium increases to patrols: We hope you are enjoying the recent improvements to the rewards. This recent update added a lot of different ways to earn more Skill Points, Expertise and Dilithium. Based on feedback and session data collected over the weekend, we are seeing a trend that some … Continue reading Updated – Patrol Rewards increased to 480 Dilithium across the board. Niiice.