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3 of 12 · « **Reply #5600 on:** February 11, 2019, 12:42:32 PM »

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11089423-the-stats-of-the-discovery-operations-bundle%21

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #5601 on:** February 11, 2019, 03:37:16 PM »

The stats are nice, but I'm saving my Zen for the inevitable DSC Connie promo.

3 of 12 · « **Reply #5602 on:** February 21, 2019, 08:53:16 PM »

The DY-100 was apparently added to the foundry during today's patch. Haven't checked myself since I cba to patch or even get on STO right now.

https://www.reddit.com/r/sto/comments/atb74y/the_foundry_is_such_a_tease/

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #5603 on:** February 22, 2019, 12:43:23 PM »

I can confirm that it is there.

I wonder what it is for, Space Seed's anniversary already passed, Wrath of Khan's is in June though.

3 of 12 · « **Reply #5604 on:** March 04, 2019, 11:06:52 AM »

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11102923-foundry-sunset-april-11%2C-2019

At least we know what the Botany Bay is for now which you'll receive it if you've authored a foundry mission.

3 of 12 · « **Reply #5605 on:** March 05, 2019, 01:01:34 PM »

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11103993-you-could-design-official-star-trek-merchandise%21

I don't see this going over well after the announcement about closing down the foundry.

Darkthunder · « **Reply #5606 on:** March 05, 2019, 02:18:04 PM »

Why... the... hell... would anyone wanna contribute something to Cryptic after the shit-show that was the "Design the next Enterprise" contest?

People make things, Cryptic takes credit for it. In the modding community, we call that mod theft. Otherwise, it's just what it is... theft.

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #5607 on:** March 05, 2019, 02:18:26 PM »

Well Cryptic has little control over that contest other than providing the judges, they're just a partner, and contributors will get commission based on the number of sales.

Quote from: Darkthunder on March 05, 2019, 02:18:04 PM

Why... the... hell... would anyone wanna contribute something to Cryptic after the shit-show that was the "Design the next Enterprise" contest?

People make things, Cryptic takes credit for it. In the modding community, we call that mod theft. Otherwise, it's just what it is... theft.

It's not theft, wow.

Pretty sure the rules for the Enterprise clearly stated the designs belonged to cryptic/CBS when chosen.

And they never took sole credit for the Odyssey class. The blogs discussing the development of the ship mentioned the original artist who designed it, Adam Ihle, he was never left out.

And he's been mentioned since whenever discussing the origins of the design.

And fanforge is fair, they only own your design if it wins.

3 of 12 · « **Reply #5608 on:** March 13, 2019, 12:28:33 PM »

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11110673-updates-to-the-centaur-class

3 of 12 · « **Reply #5609 on:** April 11, 2019, 12:52:45 AM »

From today's patch notes

It is now easier than ever to acquire a Lock Box!
For the first time, you’ll be able to get the current lock box – in this case, both the Emperor’s Lock Box and the Infinity Lock Box free in the Dilithium Store.
There will also be a bundle of twenty of each box, also for free, in the C-store!

Because getting lockboxes from playing the game was already hard to do

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11136983-pc-patch-notes-for-10%2F11%2F19

Darkthunder · « **Reply #5610 on:** April 11, 2019, 09:03:01 AM »

A lot of MMOs have "Daily Login Rewards". Add Lockbox keys every day, and it might be worth it. Having a box, and key is no guarantee that you actually get anything worth anything.

3 of 12 · « **Reply #5611 on:** April 11, 2019, 02:27:24 PM »

So I didn't think I would have qualified for the Botany Bay pet since I never published any foundry content but to my surprise I had one waiting in the promotions tab.

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #5612 on:** May 19, 2019, 08:24:12 AM »

Apparently they couldn’t figure out how to give it to only people who published a mission without going to each account and adding it manually, so they gave it to everyone.

Rise of Discovery came out last, Tuesday, I can’t believe they got Jason Issacs. That’s amazing.

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #5613 on:** May 21, 2019, 01:50:52 PM »

Starting July 18th, STO will no longer support 32bit operating systems

https://twitter.com/trekonlinegame/status/1130888618770292736

King Class Scout · « **Reply #5614 on:** May 23, 2019, 05:57:47 AM »

that actually sounds a bit idiotic. after all, there's still a lot of people out there running on older OSes due to preference, cost, etc.

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #5615 on:** May 23, 2019, 01:05:01 PM »

And they're a very small minority.

Cryptic wouldn't be doing this if a significant amount of their player base were still using 32bit systems.

64bit systems have been the standard for new computers almost 10 years now.

If you look at Steam's analytics, over 90% of their users use 64bit systems.

Darkthunder · « **Reply #5616 on:** May 25, 2019, 06:43:34 PM »

94,43% of all Steam users, use 64-bit Windows (either Windows 7, 8.1 or 10).

Granted, this doesn't mean all STO users, but since Steam is the largest gaming platform, it accounts for a lot of players overall. Still supporting 32-bit OS in 2019, is ridiculous to say the least. 64-bit OS and hardware has been common place for the last 10 years at least. If you are still running on a 32-bit OS and hardware in 2019, I have zero sympathy. Upgrade your hardware, or GTFO! Simple as that. Doesn't need to be high-end hardware, since ANY hardware sold today is 64-bit compatible, and there is literally no cost difference between 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 10 (if there is a cost difference at all).

Source: https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam

EDIT: Sorry, bit late to the party. After re-reading Tuskin's reply, which basically was the same as mine. But the point stands. I would hope moving completely to 64-bit, and even pushing for completely moving to DirectX 12 would be beneficial for the game moving forward. I have a fairly high-end machine myself, and current STO still lags behind quite a bit in various locations. And STO isn't the most graphically "pretty" games in existence, yet I can run other games with little or no issues, as compared to STO.

King Class Scout · « **Reply #5617 on:** May 26, 2019, 05:22:53 AM »

*eyebrow* actually, I figured that INCLUDED all OSes that have a 32-bit section, thus removing playability for 7 and 8's users. I'd also figured 10 was exclusively 64 bit

although I agree with the upgrade the hardware thing, I DO need to remind some of you that a lot of this stuff is still a luxury item in American budgeting, which is just gonna get worse and worse.

Darkthunder · « **Reply #5618 on:** May 27, 2019, 06:32:35 AM »

May be a luxury for some, but a 64-bit enabled computer capable of running STO (even on Low settings), isn't much more expensive than an Xbox One or PS4 (which many seem to buy anyways).

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #5619 on:** June 03, 2019, 09:44:34 PM »

Apparently there is going to be a big change to STO coming, it's story/backstory related. I bet it's connected to Picard. They might be retooling the game's back story to fit whatever changes Picard is making.

https://twitter.com/CaptainGeko/status/1135712368904663040

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