In-game scheduling cycles discovered!

Good news everyone!

This past weekend we finally saw enough of a repeat of Star Trek Online's Season 6 in-game hourly events to determine that the daily schedule of events repeats every 2 weeks, resetting every other Monday (at 0000 Pacific Time).

As such, I've set the events to recycle at the appropriate times, so now the weekly calendar is completely filled out.

Another important note: As of the 7/27/2012 HOLODECK patch, the Defera Borg Ground Invasion is no longer a time-gated event, and is available 24/7 now. As such, this event has been removed from the STO Group Events calendar.

Season 6: Under Siege updates and schedule changes

Greeting SubSpace Agenda readers!

This week we've got some major updates with the Season 6: Under Siege launch yesterday. We've got Fleet Starbases, Invading Tholians, No-Win Scenarios and so much more!

Along with this, we also have some new scheduling to accomodate the new content. Existing events such as the Starfleet and Klingon Academy events and the Mirror Universe Incursions are now merged so that they occur at the same time for both factions. The Vault and Defera Invasion events seem to be available more often as well (with the Defera Invasion overlapping the more regularly scheduled events). Please excuse the irregularity of these calendars while we adjust to the new schedules.

In addition, I'm adding a new calendar to the list. The STO Fleet Events calendar will be used for any scheduled event where the primary benefit is a bonus amount of Fleet Marks (to be used with the new Fleet Projects system).

What are your thoughts on this? Too many calendars? Should the Fleet Events Calendar be merged with the STO Group Events calendar (since most of the events that gain the benefits of Fleet Marks also require a group)? Or is this a different enough type of event to warrant a new calendar? Post below!

Mid-week Mega update!

Phew! It's been a busy past few days for Star Trek Online!

If the all the recent news surrounding the release of information regarding the new Fleet Starbase and Fleet Progression system hasn't kept us busy, we've also got the June Ask Cryptic, a new Account Guard security system to test on the REDSHIRT test shard, as well as a new account-shared bank feature going live to the HOLODECK server tomorrow!

But that's not all!

Yesterday, Lifetime Subscriptions for STO went on sale for $199.99 (reg. price $299.99) until the end of the month, and in community news, voting has begun for for Foundry Challenge #3: Holodeck Hypocrisy!

Calendar Reformat!

Greetings, Subspace Agenda readers!

You may have noticed some changes to the calendar format on the website. I've merged some calendars, while splitting up some other calendars as well. Hopefully this will make things easier to sort out via the pulldown menu on the top right of the calendar. Here's a brief explanation of the new setup:

• STO General Calendar: This calendar contains the General Events going on in-game such as Featured Episodes, HOLODECK and TRIBBLE (and possibly REDSHIRT) server updates, as well as updates to the C-Store.
• STO Community Events: These are the various in-game community events and community-based announcements
• STO Group Events: These are the various events based around group activity (5-players & up), such as STFs, Defera Borg Invasions, Mirror Universe Incursions, and The Vault event.
• STO Dilithium Gathering Events: These are events where the primary reward is Dilithium, or a bonus amount of Dilithium. This includes but is not limited to the Academy Events, the Dilithium Mining Event, and Foundry Officer Reports.
• STO Miscellaneous Events: These are events that can't be classified into any of the other categories.

You may have also noticed that the new default view is now the weekly calendar. Don't worry, there are still Monthly and Daily Agenda views to choose from. While the hours shown on the left side are set to Pacific Time, I have reports that the red time marker line still shows in the correct live time no matter where you're viewing this calendar from.

At any rate, I hope this new setup is more useful, and if you have any ideas on how to make Subspace Agenda a better experience for your Star Trek Online calendar needs,  please feel free to make a comment below!

TRIBBLE Event: "No Win Scenario"

Upcoming on the STO General Calendar are 2 timeslots on May 31 for a special TRIBBLE test server event for some of the new upcoming content for Star Trek Online! Get a top-level character copied of to the public test shard to take part!

From Community Manager PWE_Branflakes on the Star Trek Online forums:

"Hi Captains!

I am organizing an in-game (Tribble) Community "No Win Scenario" Event for this coming Thursday. This event will be held on the Tribble test server, so please make sure you have patched up and transfered a level 50 character over to it before the event begins. To sign up for Tribble, sign into the STO website, and visit this link: http://www.startrekonline.com/test-shard/character-transfer

The first timeslot will be at 9pm BST/ 1pm PDT/ 4pm EDT.

The second timeslot will be at 5pm PDT/ 8pm EDT/ 1am BST.

Let's plan to meet in orbit of Drozana station. From there, we'll queue up for "No Win Scenario". Feel free to attend with a character on either faction. We'll try and do as many matches as possible, including a mix of space and ground, for one full hour. Please join the REDALERT channel to see any communication/ instructions from myself. Once the event starts, we will be using the TTS channel. You can join TTS by typing this command into your chat bar: /channel_join TTS

If you can't make it Thursday, I would like to try and do these often, and on different days/ times. Feel free to post constructive feedback in this thread with ideas, including if you would like to see this expanded to other types of events (STFs, Fleet Actions, PvP, PvE etc.).

Hope to see many of you Thursday!

Cheers,

Brandon =/\="

EDIT: These events have been changed to June 1st at the same timeslots. The STO General Calendar has been updated accordingly.

Featured Series Rerun Extension

Greetings, STO players! It appears the last Featured Series Rerun for this month, "Cold War", is getting a week long extension due to a technical issue. The STO In-Game Calendar has been adjusted accordingly.

From Community Manager PWE_Branflakes on the Star Trek Online forums:

"Hi Captains,

There is currently an issue for some KDF players not receiving correct replay rewards for Cold Storage. We are working on a resolution for this, and will be extending the Breen series replay event by a week for all players.

Cheers,

Brandon =/\="

STF Community Event: Khitomer Accord

The STO General Calendar has been updated with two timeslots on May 23 for the community events headed up by PWE_Branflakes.

From PWE_Branflakes on the STO forums:

Hi Captains!

I am organizing an in-game (Holodeck) STF event for this coming Wednesday. It also corresponds to the in-game event that is on the in-game calendar -- successful completion of Khitomer Accord during this time will earn you more Encrypted Data Chips and Dilithium.

The first timeslot will be at 8pm BST/ noon PDT/ 3pm EDT.

The second timeslot will be at 5pm PDT/ 8pm EDT/ 1am BST.

Let's plan to meet on Deep Space Nine, on the second floor of the Promenade. From there, we'll queue up for private and/ or public games. Feel free to come in whichever ship/ class you would like, on either faction (minimum level requirement is 50). We will do a ground run, and then a space run if time permits (I think it will). Please join the REDALERT channel to see any communication/ instructions from myself.

Due to the STFs having some strategic elements to it, I suggest taking a look at some of these resources (we will be running on Normal and Elite):

http://www.stowiki.org/Mission:_Khit...rd/Walkthrough
http://forums.startrekonline.com/sho...d.php?t=246186
Elite version guide: http://forums.startrekonline.com/sho...d.php?t=250898

Also, I am looking for players who feel that they could lead a group of 4 other players through the mission. If you are willing and able, please make a post below letting me know you would like to lead a group (including normal or elite) and what timeslot you are available for.

If you can't make it Wednesday, I would like to try and do these often, and on different days/ times. Feel free to post constructive feedback in here with ideas, including if you would like to see this expanded to other types of events (PvP, Fleet Actions etc.).

Hope to see many of you Wednesday!

Cheers,

Brandon =/\=