Engineering Report - March 03, 2010

[dstahl]

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In Testing

• Respec options
• Ground anomalies are not consistently giving the correct level resources
• PVP Queue updates
• Fleet Actions will be level banded so that players in the map are within range of each other to make scoring fairer.
• Renaming your account @name
• AI pathing and mission fixes for Cage of Fire (Bajoran Fire Caves)
• Unique items should not be allowed to be equipped multiple times on the same character.
• Klingon stores selling items for the wrong currency
• Leveling up and Promotion bugs
• Klingon skill tree review to remove reference to Fed skills
• Additional Federation and Klingon Bridges
• Klingon Star Cluster missions
• Additional Star Cluster mission types
• Klingon ship customization for T0 and T5 ships
• New Fleet Actions and Fleet Action updates for both Fed/Klingon (DS9 Invasion, Gorn Minefield, Breaking the Planet, Romulan Temple, Crystalline Entity)
• Borg Special Task Forces (For Fed and Klingon players)
• Klingon access to Borg Sector
• Multi-faction Borg Deepspace encounters (Fed+Klg players vs Borg)
• More emotes
• More Fed and Klingon ship variants at top tiers
• New Klingon Cruiser
• Race specific transporter FX
• Off Duty Outfits
• Updates to the ship selection rooms
• Removing the bug where missions would sometimes get stuck in partial complete progress
• Rereleasing iPVP maps
• Players getting trapped in geometry in the mission TRAPPED

Under Investigation

• Loading screens freezing the client
• Players will sometimes encounter mobs much higher than expected in Deepspace encounters
• Skill descriptions that are confusing or incorrect (on a per case basis)
• Latency when moving around inventory
• Long load times when entering Sol System or Earth Space Dock
• /Stuck command not working in all cases
• Objective griefing on the Borg Hunt PVP maps
• Klingon stores not selling expected items
• Weapon beam FX do not stop and attach to the player as they move around the map
• Admiral Zelle issues on the Divide et Impera mission
• Temple Offerings mission is not completing properly
• Updating the timers on Klingon repeatable missions
• Faction settings are not being applied properly and powers like “Seduce” can be misused
• Stealth powers allow interactions that bypass content
• Problems when applying pips to costumes

In Development

• Death Penalty Options
• Memory Alpha/Crafting
• Cross level teaming
• Multi-Faction “Neutral” social areas
• Improvements to Repeatable Mission UI
• Updating player status windows to show the proper ship silhouettes
• Better notification when players are at the skillcap and skillpoints are converted to BOFF points
• More non-combat mission varieties
• Options to make missions more difficult
• More replayable mission types
• Ability to trade bridge officers
• Revamp of commodity missions

[DarkShrike]

Originally Posted by dstahl

• Fleet Actions will be level banded so that players in the map are within range of each other to make scoring fairer.

Oh wow, thank you!!!!

*edit - thanks for everything else too but the quoted one was something I had been really hoping for!

[deathkittin]

Yay Cryptic

[Synner82]

Very Nice info

[HeathenStorm]

A great start! The list format is fine. I think we'd all rather issues were worked on rather than documented to the n'th degree.

Keep them short and simple, but keep them coming!

Originally Posted by dstahl

In Development

• Multi-Faction “Neutral” social area

As opposed to the Multi-Faction anti-social areas those nice Dentist fellows found?
Will it be a location previously mentioned in the lore (Parliament, Nimbus III) or somewhere else entirely?

[kanid]

Color me impressed. If this all comes to fruition in less than 6 months I can tell you the game goes from a 5.5/10 to me to a 7/10.

Although can someone tell me what:

Unique items should not be allowed equipped multiple times

means ? Is this per character or per acct ? Because its nice to be able to use my pre-order bonii on all of my chars. I can understand no multiple per char though.

[mrtauntaun]

Thank you very much for these. Regular updates will be a MAJOR help to the community.

[hQuu]

anything about the exchange?

[2008Colorado]

Originally Posted by kanid

Color me impressed. If this all comes to fruition in less than 6 months I can tell you the game goes from a 5.5/10 to me to a 7/10.

Although can someone tell me what:



means ? Is this per character or per acct ? Because its nice to be able to use my pre-order bonii on all of my chars. I can understand no multiple per char though.

Pretty sure they mean character, like the Gamestop Deluxe with the Connie can be used by all your alts, but not being able to have 8 of them on the same character

[Edgecase]

I notice a distinct lack of balance and gameplay mechanics changes in the list. Does this mean that no changes along those lines are being considered currently, or that balance tweaks are not appropriate for an Engineering Report and simply will not appear here?