Thargoid hunters (glaives and scythes) have a weapon that shuts down all guardian modules. You can get them engineered by Ram Tah to resist shutdown, but to do so, you have to sneak up on Cocijo itself and blast the engineering materials off its hull with a cool-running ship equipped with an abrasion blaster.
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For me, hunters always kept those weapons neutralized long enough that they were effectively worthless.Alternatively choose one of the invasion systems as they won't have the anti-guardian field in place
how can you tell on the map which systems are standard invasion Vs ones with the guardian field? I may have been being blind but I could not find a key on the galaxy map which spelled it out.You need to engineer with anti-guardian zone resistance at Ram Tah's, assuming that you have some hardened surface fragments and caustic crystals.
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Alternatively choose one of the invasion systems as they won't have the anti-guardian field in place
Thanks for the replies. Oh well what an anti climax this is then lol. Yeah not sure i want to invest more time on this learning curve as you say, a bit frustrating as how the hell would I know the all signing dancing Guardian weaps are redundant. More hoops to jump through just when you'd think the devs would want easy access for everyone to get involved . Well at least i know so thanks!!.
Not all Guardian tech is eligible for engineering (Salvation Plasma Cannons being one example) and you need to go into the areas where Guardian tech is melted to get the components to prevent melting. It is any surprise that some people don't want to buy or build an entirely new ship?
You don't strictly need to modify AX builds to work around a Titan, or at least not significantly. Most of the core and optional components remain the same except you'll ideally want a low emissions reactor (while it is also possible to get by using just heatsinks, combining both is recommended). I suppose a collector limpet to make picking up relevant materials easier? (and one weapon or the abrasion blaster, latter gets better yield)
Be mindful that you cannot use a standard SFN to get to the Titan, you need a Thargoid Pulse Neutralizer, which can be bought for credits at either rescue megaship. I'd go to Hutner to make it a shorter journey. Remaining unseen or at least less seen at a Titan is primarily a matter of remaining mobile if you are spotted and, as mentioned above, keeping your thermal signature low. I think below 20% the Titan is incapable of detection and requires its surrounding Thargoid patrols to get within the assured detection range to get a lock for its turrets. Beware Glaives especially but the usually patrolling Cyclops and other Interceptors leaving from the maw can be rather annoying too.
How do people know all this stuff.
By playing the game.
What he said. The war has been going on for two long years. Those of us only taking interest at the end are way behind the curve. Third party websites can help one catch up, including inara, the fandom wiki, most importantly, the anti-xeno initiative. The lattermost is the best resource, but it's also a little clunky, because much of it was written pre-invasion, and while updated faithfully throughout the last two years, can be a bit much for a recent initiate just trying to get some shots in while it still matters.
IMO the quickest way back in is to go non-Guardian. The gimbal AXMCs available from rescue ships are very effective on all except the larger interceptors. If you have the materials to unlock them, there are pre-engineered ones which have auto loader available there. It's also good to get an advanced scanner, caustic sink launcher, increased ammo heat sink and shutdown field neutraliser at the rescue ship.
It's not even a learning curve it's a grinding curve. Saw the writing on the wall early and lost all interest, so sorry Earth. Not frustrated, just not interested. Frontier specializes in exclusionary gameplay.
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Yeah, I forgot how demoralizing it was to work to unlock/earn the special salvation weapons only to have them nullified when the Gaive showed up. That was a big part of my transition to disinterest, and the fact that they are still worthless is still a pretty ham-fisted smack in the face.
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