Redshirt Maintenance Surprise – Hestia gets a Ensign Universal Seat

Suddenly the Hestia just got a little bit sexier 😉  The one complaint was the ensign tactical seat, which for many players seemed to be a throw-back to earlier ships.  Now it’s become a universal seat. Coldsnapped posted this afternoon a few changes, including a possible fix for the map change crash issue: We will be bringing down the Redshirt server for maintenance to apply … Continue reading Redshirt Maintenance Surprise – Hestia gets a Ensign Universal Seat

Tribble Patch Notes: Adjustments incoming for Admiralty System. See – feedback works ;)

Coldsnapped posted: We will be bringing down the Tribble server for maintenance to apply a new update: ST.55.20150925b.7. General: Admiralty: Many Ship Abilities have been improved: Ship Abilities which granted +2 to a Stat in certain circumstances, now grant +5 Ship Abilities which granted +3 or +4 to a Stat in certain circumstances, now grant +8 Ship Abilities which granted +5 to a Stat in … Continue reading Tribble Patch Notes: Adjustments incoming for Admiralty System. See – feedback works 😉

Part Two – Starship Design with Thomas Marrone

This weeks entries are now closed – thank you for participating!  Three more chances to be a part of the draw – each and every Monday for the next three weeks! https://lootcritter.com/starship-design-with-thomas-marrone-part-two/ For additional entries into the contest, please submit your answers here – or in the official threads on the forums. How to Enter:  Subscribe to this blog, or to my twitter account. (pretty … Continue reading Part Two – Starship Design with Thomas Marrone

Status Report on the Operational Support Team

Update Interview with @LaughingTrendy AKA #BugSmasher Initiative Back on August 21st 2015 we reported on the start of the Operational Support Team initiative driven by @LaughingTrendy, a player-supported bug reporting and dev-managed application process. What sets this apart from previous efforts is that the developers are actively experiencing and watching the issues as they happen, while the reporting players have been given access to a … Continue reading Status Report on the Operational Support Team

Part One: Starship Design with Thomas Marrone

https://lootcritter.com/starship-design-with-thomas-marrone-part-one/ The article was so large, it warranted it’s own page 😉 For additional entries into the contest, please submit your answers here – or in the official threads on the forums. How to Enter:  Subscribe to this blog, or to my twitter account. (pretty simple, 1 entry per, automatically every week) For BONUS entries: Post the answers to question one and two either on … Continue reading Part One: Starship Design with Thomas Marrone

Star Trek Continues: Divided We Stand

This is the closest we’ll ever get to more Star Trek on television.  The team at Star Trek continues have knocked another episode out of the park.  Part time-travel, part morality play – Kirk and Bones find themselves caught as soldiers on the opposite sides of the American Civil War. Check it out here: http://startrekcontinues.com/episodes.html Continue reading Star Trek Continues: Divided We Stand

“Behind the Scenes” Contest Rules

Contest Rules – September 28th 2015 to October 26th 2015 A full version is located here. HOW TO ENTER Subscribers to this blog (lootcritter.com) or my twitter feed (@lootcritter) automatically receive 1 (one) entry each per week of the contest.  If you subscribe to both, that means 2 entries per week. Answers to the two weekly questions will earn the poster up to 2 (two) additional entries … Continue reading “Behind the Scenes” Contest Rules

What Team are YOU voting for? And what’s this about the feds finally getting a CARRIER?

If you’re coming late to this news, Trendy made a very cool announcement earlier today.   On the surface, the Federation is finally getting a full carrier. We can assume based on previous ships that it will be a science ship, and that is pretty cool in it’s own right. We’ve wanted a true Federation carrier since the introduction of carriers. What stands out – and … Continue reading What Team are YOU voting for? And what’s this about the feds finally getting a CARRIER?

Holodeck release Notes: September 24th, 2015

Looking for the Win an Annorax Contest?  Click Here. General: Foundry: Added missing walkways to the Ancient Iconia 02 template map. Resolved an issue which occasionally caused crashes when interacting with the UI. Fleet Research Lab: Resolved an issue that was causing the “Construct Personal Transwarp Transporter” project to not be available for Fleets that complete “Upgrade: Research Station Transwarp” first. Resolved an issue with … Continue reading Holodeck release Notes: September 24th, 2015