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Jo French @gothinkdexign.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Some wholesome Trek content to start the week right #startrek #tng #voyager #ds9

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jazzi🐣 @foodcu-be.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

so that new sto episode huh

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Counselor Sunna @counselor-sunna.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

The Countdown is starting! Today we are on stream with @borticuscryptic.bsky.social , @pundus.art and @scorpiondesign.bsky.social to show off an upcoming STO ship EARLY! Join us at 11am PT and cheer on Scorp during their first STO stream.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

It sounds like @counselor-sunna.bsky.social intends to have our VOD posted in the wee hours, when they return to work tmrw. If you cannot wait that long, @casualsab.bsky.social has posted a version to his YouTube page (including auto-caption) which can be found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRa9...

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DECA Intro Stream - July 15th, 2025

YouTube video by CasualSAB

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Not likely. I meant more along the lines of missions that involve exploration. Kinda like "Sunrise" and the few missions surrounding it.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I've seen lots of folks ask this in various places. I believe the plan is to make the VOD available on our Twitch page. But seeing as its our first livestream, I can't guarantee that we know how to do that! Also, all the Europeans are probably in bed by now. So tomorrow at the earliest, I suspect.

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Star Trek Online Developer News @news.stowiki.net · 15/07/2025

Don't miss the return of #StarTrekOnline Ten Forward today! Dev post: "To properly introduce DECA and the new STO team to you, we will be live at 11am PT! Get to know some of our leadership and find out more about our plans for the future of STO!" Broadcasting live from: twitch.tv/decagameslive

Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

And in case it's not obvious, we're discussing if we can improve or optimize this (among MANY other things). Asking players to "turn off logging" isn't a real solution, just a band-aid or workaround that might help.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Yes, precisely. Some of our internal testing suggests that, basically, if the Client's busy writing a crapload of info to the Log, it might not be able to simultaneously -- reliably -- send/receive data to/from the Server. Resulting in Lag/Latency-like symptoms.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

We are investigating server framerates and hardware load. As well as investigating certain performance failures associated with powers & combat mechanics. It's a slow process, with a tedious pipeline. And I can't even guarantee that these investigations will yield results. But yes... we're trying.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Good tip here from @casualsab.bsky.social for all you log parsers out there.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

To be clear, I don't expect this to be a Silver Bullet. Just a potential improvement. And if it's noteworthy, then maybe we can spread the recommendation to all players: Only run your Combat Log when necessary.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Quick question for any of you super-high-end-DPS players, who are experiencing performance issues (lag, latency, client hitching): Do you get significant and/or noticeable performance increases if you DISABLE combat logging? Internally, the answer appears to be "yes" but I'd love verification.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

This is still in the works, but has been scheduled. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available!

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Mikey Fatum @vengeancegod.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I'll be interviewing the #StarTrekOnline developers in just about two hours! Make sure to head to my Twitch and follow so you don't miss when we go live! www.twitch.tv/VengeanceGOD #sto #trek #startrek #trekkie

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Star Trek Online Developer News @news.stowiki.net · 30/06/2025

[New Developer Post] "The Federation Intel Holoship is en route to all of you, Captains! Tomorrow, at 11am PT, some of your favorite Devs; Thomas Marrone, Jeremy Randall and Pundus, will be on Stream with EndeavourGameOn to talk about our Summer Event Ship!" twitch.tv/endeavourgam...

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Star Trek Online Wiki @sto.wiki · 01/07/2025

Note, this includes reverting of the undocumented patch a couple of weeks ago to the "Fleet Power Network Array" console.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Today's patch includes a reversion of some recent changes made to the Fleet Power Network Array. We've updated the Patch Notes page with that fix, as well as adding some developer commentary on the situation. www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/arti...

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Patch Notes for 7/1/25

Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go in this expanding vast universe.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Ok. You're not the only player reportedly affected by this partial fixup. We're still investigating internally to see if we can figure out what went wrong, and how to make it right.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

We are aware that there were issues with the most recent Mudd Megabundle, and performed some updates on our end to fix them. You should have received those ships in your in-game mail. Have you checked there?

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Everything is technically possible, given enough time and resources. That being said, I have no idea how we'd even do this, so I feel like it's extremely unlikely to be considered, or implemented.

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Star Trek Online Wiki @sto.wiki · 30/06/2025

An alternate version of the infographic for this ship has been available, too!

An infographic displaying the stats for the upcoming "Federation Intel Holoship"

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Star Trek Online Developer News @news.stowiki.net · 30/06/2025

New Developer Blog: "The 2025 Risian Lohlunat Festival" Enjoy the annual Lohlunat Festival and receive some amazing rewards, including a Grand Prize Starship! [From July 1st, 2025 until July 30th, 2025] www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/arti...

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The 2025 Risian Lohlunat Festival

Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go in this expanding vast universe.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Agreed on all counts -- Warbirds in general are wildly inconsistent in terms of classifications, abilities, slotting, seating, all of it. This was By Design when initially done, but it still causes a lot of ongoing complication when determining what a ship "is" and "isn't" and "should be" and so on.

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elpatron753.bsky.social @elpatron753.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Kinetic cutting beam is not an omni beam like the others. It does not respond to beam firing modes.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I was gonna write up another rebuttal, but I don't think it's worth either of our energies to argue a point that we won't agree on. If you wanna keep trying to convince me, you're welcome to it... maybe you'll succeed one day. But right now, this just isn't on the table.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Can you send me the exact names of the 4 "omni beam" items you have equipped? So I can see if there's a data setup error that needs fixing.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

The results weren't mixed. We lost players. It was not good for the long-term health of the game.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

You should only ever be able to use 2 Omni beams. Sounds like some of our recent stuff might not be set up correctly.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Good for them! We quite frankly don't have anywhere near the time or resources that'd be necessary to accomplish this.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

As for the "minimum" time, all of these entries are allowed to be Zero. But if we are trying to play any sort of activation VFX when the power goes off, these are typically non-zero values in order for the visuals and power effects to match timing. Which is extremely common, on nearly all abilities.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

It really depends on what you're actually asking about. As a bit of a peek behind the curtains, abilities actually can have many different simultaneous and/or sequential activation timers. Pre-Activate Time Charge-Up Time Activate Time Activate Period + Max Period (for Toggles) Post-Activate Time

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

To put it another way: Unrestricting Omnis causes more problems than it solves. So what's the problem this was intended to solve, and what alternative solutions could be considered?

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

This, in turn, has a deleterious effect on our ability to offer a mix of interesting rewards, and essentially obviates entire classes of weapons which are supposed to have their own use-cases, identities, and build synergies.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Design is firmly of the belief that unrestricting Omni Beams would cause irreparable damage to weapon itemization, as players would solely seek out Omnis and nothing else (outside of cannon- & torp-specific builds).

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

No, this is not something we're considering at this time, regardless of how "amplified" the request gets.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

This is something we've been discussing internally. When we have a resolution on the matter, we will communicate it outward. For now, we're staying quiet to ensure that our messaging is consistent with our actions. But you should be hearing from us soon.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Not saying that we can do this, or even would want to, but I still wanna float an idea for discussion: What if Endeavor Ranks were turned off in PvP? Or was at least an option for Private PvP matches? Would that address some/most/all of the "Vet vs. Newbie" concerns for PvPers?

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

HOW DARE YOU TALK ABOUT MY FRIEND LIKE THAT.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Also note I've omitted the Gamma Quadrant BZ from this, as its experimental structure is a unique sort of snowflake compared to these others, and (in my opinion) warrants a separate sort of discussion.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

This really has nothing to do with future content plans (yet?) and is more of a question of curiosity. These pieces are Content are historically MY personal favorites, with the Dyson BZ rating most highly in my opinion. But I'm curious what YOUR thoughts are? Anything you've got, give it to me!

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Heyo, STO Players! I don't do this frequently, but I'd like to transmit a general request for feedback on a specific subject: Adventure Zones and Battlezones. * Nimbus (AZ) * Defera (AZ) * Nukara (AZ) * New Rom (AZ) * Kobali (AZ) * Dyson (BZ) * Badlands (Mirror BZ) * Undine (BZ) * Gon'cra (BZ)

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I agree. This was a pleasant surprise that one of our Producers chose to undertake on their own. We're already talking about how to adopt this moving forward, and how to support it internally.

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Pundus @pundus.art · 05/06/2025

Hey Captains! I've fixed a bug with the misaligned placement of the indicator light for the temporal ability that shows up on the Ranger and Paladin. This also restores the color changing functionality of the dome - but due to technical reasons requires you to reapply the template to take effect!

A red glare floating in space next to the white dome on the Ranger-Class weapons pod.

The glare is now aligned to the dome, which is itself red.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

The changes we made to slow down the fight's pacing are in the interest of giving Zildat-Bex a few more moments to shine and be the badass he was meant to be.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

What we found was that the boss fight felt like a fart in the wind. It flew by far too quickly, leaving the impression that this incredibly cool boss fight we'd created was nothing worth remembering.

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Borticus-Cryptic @borticuscryptic.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

To speak to our motivations: We didn't set out to make it explicitly longer/harder, just for the sake of being longer/harder....

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