What Are Engineering Reports?

dstahl · 03-03-2010, 10:22 AM

Greetings!

You may be wondering, "What is this new forum section and what are these reports?". Here's the answer.

Engineering Reports will be posted on a regular basis to provide insight into what the STO team is actively working to add, improve, and update in the game.

These reports will not provide status on every issue nor every request/feature you've asked for. It will however give you a good idea of what you can expect to see in soon to be released game updates.

It will also give you a concentrated thread to reply on where you can voice your opinions and feedback about upcoming releases.

The Engineering Report is broken down into sections.

In Testing
These issues have been addressed, and are being reviewed internally. Once approved, these items will be added to one of the next Holodeck updates. Issues in this bucket are generally around 2 weeks away from going Live.

Under Investigation
STO Team members are looking into these issues (many times player reported) to uncover bugs or oddities that will need to be addressed. Not everything in this section turns out to be a bug, and in some cases these issues may be specific to some players and require CS resolutions. ETAs for resolution in this section vary by issue.

In Development
These are features or fixes that have been reviewed and discussed and are undergoing design time to be implemented in a future update. Issues in this section are more than 3 weeks away from going Live.

Disclaimer:
While these reports may list issues as pending or coming soon, the goal is to only push fixes Live once they have passed internal testing. If an issue is in testing and still buggy, we will continue to test the issue until fixed, even if it takes more than a few weeks.

And once again - not all issues are listed here. There are many things that have been discussed in the forums and in past updates that will not be listed. If something you care about is not in the report, it does not mean that it isn't coming or under development. We simply can't list *everything* that we are working on from week to week.

Please feel free to post your comments and feedback to the reports as we will be monitoring the threads for your comments.

Enjoy!

Sizman · 03-03-2010, 10:26 AM

1st and awesome, I look forward to reading the daily updates from you guys.

zombienerd · 03-03-2010, 10:27 AM

Awesome. Can't wait to read what's coming next.

Kuber · 03-03-2010, 10:27 AM

Excellent creation! Look forward to reading more...

NinetyNine · 03-03-2010, 10:29 AM

More communication is never a bad thing.

Also, please approve my thread I created earlier, as it contains critical information about missing coffee filters that needs to be addressed.

kanid · 03-03-2010, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NinetyNine

More communication is never a bad thing.

Also, please approve my thread I created earlier, as it contains critical information about missing coffee filters that needs to be addressed.

NinetyNine, clearly you missed that this was the future. They have FILTERLESS COFFEE <makes futuristic sounds>

alkem · 03-03-2010, 10:31 AM

This is a good thing.

Naevius · 03-03-2010, 10:31 AM

Great! Now please tell us that fixing the PvP queues is top of the list...

Mineria · 03-03-2010, 10:32 AM

this is an awesome section of the forums i cant wait to read these threads.

HeathenStorm · 03-03-2010, 10:34 AM

A bit more transparency never hurts.

Now for the pre-emptive question: How often is 'regular'?

03-03-2010, 10:22 AM	#1
dstahl Star Trek Online Team Join Date: Aug 2008	What Are Engineering Reports? Greetings! You may be wondering, "What is this new forum section and what are these reports?". Here's the answer. Engineering Reports will be posted on a regular basis to provide insight into what the STO team is actively working to add, improve, and update in the game. These reports will not provide status on every issue nor every request/feature you've asked for. It will however give you a good idea of what you can expect to see in soon to be released game updates. It will also give you a concentrated thread to reply on where you can voice your opinions and feedback about upcoming releases. The Engineering Report is broken down into sections. In Testing These issues have been addressed, and are being reviewed internally. Once approved, these items will be added to one of the next Holodeck updates. Issues in this bucket are generally around 2 weeks away from going Live. Under Investigation STO Team members are looking into these issues (many times player reported) to uncover bugs or oddities that will need to be addressed. Not everything in this section turns out to be a bug, and in some cases these issues may be specific to some players and require CS resolutions. ETAs for resolution in this section vary by issue. In Development These are features or fixes that have been reviewed and discussed and are undergoing design time to be implemented in a future update. Issues in this section are more than 3 weeks away from going Live. Disclaimer: While these reports may list issues as pending or coming soon, the goal is to only push fixes Live once they have passed internal testing. If an issue is in testing and still buggy, we will continue to test the issue until fixed, even if it takes more than a few weeks. And once again - not all issues are listed here. There are many things that have been discussed in the forums and in past updates that will not be listed. If something you care about is not in the report, it does not mean that it isn't coming or under development. We simply can't list everything that we are working on from week to week. Please feel free to post your comments and feedback to the reports as we will be monitoring the threads for your comments. Enjoy!

03-03-2010, 10:26 AM	#2
Sizman Career Officer Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Culloden, WV	1st and awesome, I look forward to reading the daily updates from you guys. __________________ "You're in love with a computer subroutine." -- Tuvok My Game Room Picture - http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/7990/gameroom.jpg

03-03-2010, 10:27 AM	#4
Kuber Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009	Excellent creation! Look forward to reading more... __________________ _ ▄————————————————————————▄ _ Athena Command _ ▄———— █_ ⊂/\⊃ Cpt. Dakh'ma Kuber (Engineering) █_ ⊂/\⊃ Cpt. Alia Drox (Science)

03-03-2010, 10:32 AM	#9
Mineria Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Portland, OR	this is an awesome section of the forums i cant wait to read these threads. __________________ The Release Notes are here! This is Whats Coming Soon Here! You can See Whats Almost here!

03-03-2010, 10:34 AM	#10
HeathenStorm Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008	A bit more transparency never hurts. Now for the pre-emptive question: How often is 'regular'? __________________ Simple Suggestions to Improve STO Gameplay - - -{ o O @ O o }- - - KDF Hirogen in the C-Store

03-03-2010, 10:27 AM	#3
zombienerd Member Join Date: Aug 2008	Awesome. Can't wait to read what's coming next.

03-03-2010, 10:29 AM	#5
NinetyNine Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009	More communication is never a bad thing. Also, please approve my thread I created earlier, as it contains critical information about missing coffee filters that needs to be addressed.

03-03-2010, 10:31 AM	#8
Naevius Career Officer Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Engine Room - Fixing broken stuff	Great! Now please tell us that fixing the PvP queues is top of the list...