Hunting THARGOID Ships - v2.4 "The Return"

[albert]

So the first real event in the game where we will hunt the aliens has been announced!

Pretty exciting stuff!

http://email-frontier.co.uk/3F35-GX65-15334EJPF8/cr.aspx?v=1

I will try and get out there one eveing this week to see what it's all about. [emoji6]

[albert]

So the event to discover the source of the unknown ships was a 24 hour event which revealed:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/357610

In the next 3 - 4 months ED will become a story based space game at last!

"The Return will play out differently to previous releases in Elite Dangerous: Horizons, with content and story beats affecting all Commanders releasing in the months following its initial release."

[SithAfrikaan]

This looks AWESOME!

[Sneakytiger]

yeah 2.4 looks like its gonna be fun.

[albert]

Currently the 2.3.10 version has been released and there are some very cool Thargoid related discoveries. Very smart and atmospheric visuals.

[video=youtube;bEHX7Kj2u6o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEHX7Kj2u6o[/video]

[albert]

[video=youtube;eDUoC9FZXec]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDUoC9FZXec&t=286s[/video]

6 minutes in spoiler alert

[SithAfrikaan]

This article just sprung up in my feed, and it looks VERY interesting!

http://www.pcgamer.com/elite-dangerous-is-getting-squadrons-large-groups-of-players-that-share-a-massive-mobile-base/?utm_content=buffer329e1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer_pcgamerfb

[Ranualf]

Having seen first hand just what the "goids" can do, it is a time to be afraid!
Yes i have been killed several time in my smaller ships, while "goid hooning"...

Personally i think the green goids are the oresirarians and the orange(aka evil looking) goids are the klaxarariarians and we are the meat in the sandwich which wants to kill and devour the other half...of the sandwich.. not a good time to be human..

The new story driven elements will be fun to play, and you can get up close and personal with a goid down in maia, just jump out of the system, 1 jump in any direction and look for "non human signal sources"... threat level 5... taaadaa!
Should you choose to go where many other commanders have been before... then.. wear the brown pants.

Once in, throttle down and sit still- if you see a glitch graphic on you targeting hud(looks like a glitched triangle), then well done, a goid be there, and yes it has already seen you!
Then SIT STILL
If you don't see the glitch, then goidy has left the bubble :/

Once you find a goid:
It will zoom over and scan you- better not have slaves, imp slaves or meta alloys- they love them.. and are more than willing to engage in "energetic negotiations"... meaning it will kick your asp for your cargo, they have a speed of about 310m/s and a mass lock of 30...better be quick, or be dead!
If you are still sitting still at this point, nudge that brain of your and say RUUUN FOREST!

However, if you don't have anything they want, you can just sit there and watch them harvest / feed... until they jump out.

If you want to get real fancy, run silent, throw out a alien sample collector and wait...
and wait for the collector to do "its thing".. maintain about 2-3k distance.. if you get within 500m, it will auto attack.. read the be quick or be dead part again..

Having patently waited for the collector to "do its thing", lower cargo scoop, SIT STILL, and grab the limpet and wait for the goid to jump out, scan its wake...more data!
Congrats, you now have a alien flesh sample in your cargo hold.. whats that? oh, didn't i mention it is highly toxic and it is eating your ship from the inside...
You had best pay palin a visit befor carrying out said collection mission- do not try more than one.. they do NOT like finding out that part of "uncle bert" is in your cargo hold, read the be quick or be dead part...

Great fun playing tag the goid...

Failing that, wing up, all grab a AX scanner and take a **** of AX missiles, multi cannons and other guns / lasers, repair limpets, healing beams and try to kill uncle bert, the green goid of death..
engage and have fun ...or die trying

[albert]

Nice little earner (about 17m CR per 30 min trip) out in MAIA right now. You can get some spoilers and tips from this link: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/366284-Palin-Mission-from-Obsidian-Orbital

Basically Professor Palin requires small batches of one of 3 Thargoid items.

It HELPS to have a corrosion proof cargo bay! Available if you have unlocked the Engineer Prof. Palin. As the items will damage your ship on the return trip otherwise, not a lot but enough to cost some CR.

I have a book mark on where to go to get the parts so if we group up it will be easy to locate the site.

[Ranualf]

Using this "easy cash cow" method i bought a new python for my 2nd account, in under 10 hours of game play...
Now as to why- because it does it all, and most importantly, it can land on outposts!

Getting cash is stupidly easy now, it took my over 2 months to do this before! Otherwise new commanders can run black box collections, 1 mill per mission yes sir i`ll take that, just be aware that "other interested parties" may be involved...cue 1 dangerous python, 2 eagles and a sidewinder... and i am in the fee sidy... i`ll just sit here until they pass!

Currently on route back into the bubble, as i took a quick 6k trip out to unlock palin.
Then it is really time to abuse him for cash, "get to the conda!", then more engineering unlocks.