It’s been a busy day on the Cryptic Forums.  Thanks to @burstdragon323 for the timely update. We reported earlier that changes to the Romulan Embassy consoles were likely to impact other powers in less than sci friendly manner.  People responded in the forums and on twitter.  In less than two hours, BorticusCryptic responded with a very positive change: Good news, Science-wizards! We figured out a … Continue reading Awesome Feedback: +Plasma Damage will have new mechanics, Science Captains can Relax

BorticusCryptic went further a few minutes ago clarifying the reach of the new changes:@VirusDancer has identified most of the sysytems impacted: Wow…that’s um…wow. Eject Warp Plasma Eject Cryoplasma Plasma Shockwave Particle Emission Plasma Torpedo (both the Plasma DoT and Plasma Cloud) Plasma Energy (Plasma, Romulan Plasma, Caustic Plasma, Corrosive Plasma, and Plasma-Disruptor) Energy Plasma DoTs Projectile Plasma DoTs Fluidic Phase Decoupler And I know I’ve … Continue reading UPDATE: Plasma Doping Nerf to impact multiple systems.

On the heals of the changes to Romulan science consoles (Plasma Doping) already live on Tribble comes news from BorticusCryptic that further changes to the popular past time are about to be implemented: I said we’d look into this on Monday, and we have! How ’bout that… So, after a little deliberation and comparative mathing, we’ve come to the conclusion that comparing a DOT proc … Continue reading Tribble Nerf to Plasma Doping to be expanded, DPS channels consider a reorganization.

Coming from the same source as the Command Ships, we now get to see what appears to be some unfinished artwork on possible Iconian ships.  I have wrongly speculated in the past on what something might be for, but who knows? You be the judge.  The 22 most recent images can be found here. Speculation:  The images are recent, contain elements from materials released in … Continue reading Sneak Peek? Iconian Ships?

As always the wise sages of /r/sto have some very welcome advice on how to deal with the new ISA Tachyon Beam of Doom.  Y’know – the changes that borticuscryptic needed to allay your fears over? Tachyon Beam – Updated Values / For now, this change affects only actual Tachyon… #borticuscryptic #STO http://t.co/ghsfxCwm1w — STO_DevTracker (@STO_DevTracker) February 19, 2015 Tachyon Beam – Updated Values / … Continue reading Tachyon Beam of Doom got you down? Check out this very helpful Reddit post.

On the heels of last weeks changes to Tachyon Beams, and the followup by Cryptic that it wouldn’t buff the Borg in STF’s (it does), Tribble is seeing a number of major updates including several not mentioned in the notes below. No formal bug fixes yet for the increasingly annoying HUD ability lags or the performance lags in group activities.  Devs are actively investigating. Highlights … Continue reading HUGE Tribble Update: Plasma Doping Downgraded, Delta XP reduced, & much much more…

The [redaction] of exploration areas in the game left many with a bad taste in their mouths. Whether you used them for duty officer missions, to acquire resources, or to simply fulfill an existential need that Star Trek must have exploration even though you didn’t use it – losing these regions was a buzz kill for many. Exploration in all it’s forms is the foundation … Continue reading #STO Foundry: Rediscovering the Love of Exploration

Update: ZeronimusRex replied earlier tonight (below the video). An example of the unusual performance characteristics with peoples HUD display, which may be the unintended result of the range of new abilities at play: ZERO HERE! Hmm, lacks the oomph of Kurland. We’ll work on that. This ability thing, we’ve all seen it and we all know it’s … undesirable. I’d like to gather some data … Continue reading UPDATE 2: Tribble Update: Benthans finally have fix, Growing HUD issues is ‘undesirable’

A post this afternoon on the forums by borticuscryptic has a number of positive (YAY) improvements coming to command powers sometime in the next few releases. Here’s the full text of the post: Reroute Power From Life Support causes you to suffer a temporary Cooldown Penalty – it’s definitely not a buff. As to whether or not that trade-off is currently worth the cost… well, … Continue reading Command Abilities Improvements Inbound

While there is certainly a litany of player-suggested improvements, the following 5 stand out as being no-brainers* in terms of things that would go a long way to improve quality of life for Star Trek Online players.  This list doesn’t mean love isn’t required for issues with PvP, bugs, reward imbalances etc,  but are what we think are simple improvements  that would have immediate benefits … Continue reading UPDATED: 5 Game Improvements that could positively impact STO’s Quality of Life for Everyone.