Titan drive components are now fairly safe to scavenge in Sol

[Tabryn]

Report from my recent visit to the remains of Cocijo:

• No more caustic cloud. I brought three engineered caustic sink launchers, but didn't need them even once. I assume the cloud has dissipated.
• Very few pirates. I only noticed being scanned once, and that was before I had any cargo, so they left me alone.
• No thargoids. Or, if one did show up, it did so without triggering a frame shift anomaly warning, and the AX squad must have kept it busy the whole time I was there.
• Some gankers, at least one of which claimed to be attacking only Federation-pledged ships. Easily avoided by playing in solo mode.
• Some ganker hunters. Respect to those pilots.

The experience was noticeably easier than my visit to another dead titan just after the new Engineered FSD (SCO) V1 was released. In that case, pirates and thargoid interceptors regularly appeared.

In just over 2.5 hours, I collected 6 titan drive components, plenty of propulsion elements, and a bunch of other miscellaneous materials. The useful debris usually spawns about 10-15km from the titan's center, so I spent my time flying in circles, keeping the navigation point roughly 11-12 km directly above me and changing my heading every so often to cover different areas. My scanners were fully engineered for long range, and I'm sure this was helpful, because several of my finds appeared near their range limit.

If you intend to collect more than one, be sure to outfit a corrosion-resistant cargo rack. I believe you can safely store extra components by transferring them to a fleet carrier.

Here are the materials required for each class of Engineered FSD (SCO) V1 at the tech broker:

Even more range. New SCO FSDs.

I did not expect this much difference. Regular fully engineered for range SCO FSD. Size 5A: New double engineered not yet mass managed. Final with mass manager.

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[Tifu]

Thank you for keeping the rest of us up to date

My setup only has G3 long range scanner but the Titan Drive component always shows up near it's maximum range. I suspect that the spawn is timed and will always appear near the limits of your scanner range - whatever the range is.

 

[St0rmFury]

Still no use for those dead titan bits eh...

 

[Cmdr Snuffler]

Thank you for keeping the rest of us up to date

My setup only has G3 long range scanner but the Titan Drive component always shows up near it's maximum range. I suspect that the spawn is timed and will always appear near the limits of your scanner range - whatever the range is.

Not sure that's the case. I use an A rated long range scanner, 12km+ range and TDC appear anywhere from 4km to 10km from my ships position.
They do always spawn 10km or further from the centre of the dead titan.

 

[Tabryn]

it seems to me that the mats are spawning 5-7km from my ship not a specific distance from the Titan marker.

I suppose that's possible, although I don't think I've ever found a titan drive component closer than 10km from the nav point even when I was flying from one side straight through to the opposite side.

Regardless, I would still recommend staying about 12km away from that point, because I have encountered other materials spawning inside the dead titan parts when I was flying that close. Those were inaccessible.

 

[SteveWW57]

IT seems to me that TDC spawning is at a lower rate and the pirate spawning rate is at a higher rate.

Yesterday for me was a day of few returns. Yes I did pick up a couple of TDCs, but it felt like a lot of time for minimal reward.

I did change my travel through the area. I have stopped going after anything other than TDCs and in an effort to get more of the spawns and have been going through, over under and around, often keeping 5+km from the centre. Long range A rated scanners btw.

 

[Mr Lindsay]

I find this assertion interesting, I’ve been hunting ‘goids, for their mats, at one of the other titans just flying back and forth collecting mats while waiting for the next frameshift anomaly.

I’ve found mats from around 5km out from the marker all the way to over 20km. I’ve not tested it, but it seems to me that the mats are spawning 5-7km from my ship not a specific distance from the Titan marker.

If that was the case then people would be finding them more commonly nearer the centre of the Titan, and we wouldn't have such wild discrepancies in the rate of finding them.

 

[Cmdr Snuffler]

IT seems to me that TDC spawning is at a lower rate and the pirate spawning rate is at a higher rate.

Yesterday for me was a day of few returns. Yes I did pick up a couple of TDCs, but it felt like a lot of time for minimal reward.

I did change my travel through the area. I have stopped going after anything other than TDCs and in an effort to get more of the spawns and have been going through, over under and around, often keeping 5+km from the centre. Long range A rated scanners btw.

I started collecting all materials and ramming cargo items that weren't TDCs to destroy them...what's interesting is they get destroyed instantly without and damage to my ship but 1 in every 20 (roughly) causes 5% damage to my cobra mk5 hull...thankfully a kind ax npc repairs me.
I've not noticed any increase in TDC spawns by doing this. Sometime i get loads in an hr, sometime nowt. Seems like the instance has a spawn rate associated or the soawn is relative to all cmdrs instances.

 

[SteveWW57]

I have tried the sit still and wait game. Boring AF and no spawns.

I tend to go far enough out so that there are no spawns and return.

 

[Kira Goto]

For what it's worth, I've found TDCs both outside the main wreckage and spawning closer to its center (though the latter more rarely). It could just be coincidental experience of them appearing around the edges because people might fly around there more to pick up various bits and bobs of interest to them, scattered all over.

One of those drive components that spawned closer to the center appeared almost directly in front as I was heading inward (to cross to the opposite side) and about 2-3 kilometers away, while already within the large remains of the Titan. So I'd say it's just random, but most loot does appear scattered further away on a general basis than within the "core" (or where the core section of the Titan used to be).

 

[Neilski]

The useful debris usually spawns about 10-15km from the titan's center, so I spent my time flying in circles, keeping the navigation point roughly 11-12 km directly above me and changing my heading every so often to cover different areas.

A couple of weeks ago I nearly posted that my finds had happened quite far from the nav point (10+ km) but on a review of the video I realised that the nav point was moving around much further than I had thought, so one sample spawn was either 4ish or 12ish km from it, measured just seconds apart...

 

[Lhorndra]

Good summary!

• No more caustic cloud. I brought three engineered caustic sink launchers, but didn't need them even once. I assume the cloud has dissipated.

Yes, there is no caustic damage anymore at all. That goes for all the Titan graveyards.

• Very few pirates. I only noticed being scanned once, and that was before I had any cargo, so they left me alone.

Even if they do send hatch breaker limpets or start firing at you, a point defence turret and flying close to AX pilot NPCs usually helps.

• No thargoids. Or, if one did show up, it did so without triggering a frame shift anomaly warning, and the AX squad must have kept it busy the whole time I was there.

A Galnet News article a few weeks ago said that Sol (or was it the whole bubble?) is totally void of Thargoids. Seems to be correct.

My scanners were fully engineered for long range, and I'm sure this was helpful, because several of my finds appeared near their range limit.

Yeah, long range sensors are really useful in Titan graveyards.

 

[Hugh Jardon]

Report from my recent visit to the remains of Cocijo:

• No more caustic cloud. I brought three engineered caustic sink launchers, but didn't need them even once. I assume the cloud has dissipated.
• Very few pirates. I only noticed being scanned once, and that was before I had any cargo, so they left me alone.
• No thargoids. Or, if one did show up, it did so without triggering a frame shift anomaly warning, and the AX squad must have kept it busy the whole time I was there.
• Some gankers, at least one of which claimed to be attacking only Federation-pledged ships. Easily avoided by playing in solo mode.
• Some ganker hunters. Respect to those pilots.

The experience was noticeably easier than my visit to another dead titan just after the new Engineered FSD (SCO) V1 was released. In that case, pirates and thargoid interceptors regularly appeared.

In just over 2.5 hours, I collected 6 titan drive components, plenty of propulsion elements, and a bunch of other miscellaneous materials. The useful debris usually spawns about 10-15km from the titan's center, so I spent my time flying in circles, keeping the navigation point roughly 11-12 km directly above me and changing my heading every so often to cover different areas. My scanners were fully engineered for long range, and I'm sure this was helpful, because several of my finds appeared near their range limit.

If you intend to collect more than one, be sure to outfit a corrosion-resistant cargo rack. I believe you can safely store extra components by transferring them to a fleet carrier.

Here are the materials required for each class of Engineered FSD (SCO) V1 at the tech broker:

Even more range. New SCO FSDs.

I did not expect this much difference. Regular fully engineered for range SCO FSD. Size 5A: New double engineered not yet mass managed. Final with mass manager.

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6 in 2.5 hrs seems really low. I was getting between 2 and 5 every 30 minute trip. Did you have D-grade sensors? I had long-range A-grade.

 

[Hugh Jardon]

I’m fully kitted out now so am not really paying attention to how frequently they spawn anymore.

My first took about 3 hours to find and they seemed a really low spawn until after the first or second Thursday (when everyone was complaining about the spawn rate). Now they seem to spawn between 15-30 mins. I’ve not seen any difference between A and D rated LR sensors.

Edit: there does seem to be a delay in the TDC spawn much like there’s always a delay before the first Thargoids come and play in the other debris fields.

The range of sensors must make a big difference. With short range ones, the TDCs could be there, but you can't see them.

 

[Cmdr Snuffler]

I don’t know what to tell you, I engineered a class A especially to test it out. I can honestly say it made no noticeable difference to the number of TDCs.

not if you're searching 12km out it won't...but if you're all over the place collecting other stuff then it makes spotting them sooner much faster.

 

[Tabryn]

If that was the case then people would be finding them more commonly nearer the centre of the Titan, and we wouldn't have such wild discrepancies in the rate of finding them.

Why? When all the advice has been to circle around 10-12km.

Because when you're circling around 10-12 km from the nav point, even with mediocre sensors, your scanning sphere reaches not only the areas farther away from the nav point, but also a good deal of the centre area. (My sensors reach all the way to the centre, and past it.)

If your hypothesis that TDCs spawn 5-7km from your ship was correct, we would be seeing them distributed evenly around our ships, with roughly as many appearing near the centre as those appearing out away from it. From what I have read in other people's comments, and from personal experience, that is not the general pattern we are seeing.

It's still possible, of course, since we don't have a large sample size and randomness is clumpy. But I agree with Mr Lindsay that it seems unlikely.

 

[Tabryn]

6 in 2.5 hrs seems really low. I was getting between 2 and 5 every 30 minute trip.

Was that before Thursday morning? Was the caustic cloud still present? The spawn rate may have changed since then.

(Even if it hasn't, your experience could be explained by flight path, attentiveness, or good luck.)

Did you have D-grade sensors? I had long-range A-grade.

Yes, I had D-grade sensors fully engineered for long range. EDSY says they have the same range as your A-grade.

 

[Gurney__Halleck]

I’ve generally found em at the 12-15 km range from Titan centre but I have also nabbed three or four that were 4 or 5 km from centre. Also they’ve always shown up behind me at the 5-6 km range , not directly behind but from ground I’ve already covered and never in front of me.

Those are just my observations, just went looking for caustic crystals todayv, got three Titan drives but only one crystal in 30 or so minutes , got enough TDC already. Not sure what to do with em , selling for 30mil hardly seems worth it.

 

[SteveWW57]

Just got back from a run, orbiting the centre of Cucijo. Amazingly found a TDC in 20 minutes.

 

[Hugh Jardon]

Was that before Thursday morning? Was the caustic cloud still present? The spawn rate may have changed since then.

(Even if it hasn't, your experience could be explained by flight path, attentiveness, or good luck.)



Yes, I had D-grade sensors fully engineered for long range. EDSY says they have the same range as your A-grade.

Was that before Thursday morning? Was the caustic cloud still present? The spawn rate may have changed since then.

(Even if it hasn't, your experience could be explained by flight path, attentiveness, or good luck.)



Yes, I had D-grade sensors fully engineered for long range. EDSY says they have the same range as your A-grade.

Yes, but I doubt that it's changed because we had the same story before. I made about 12 trips in the caustic, so my time was limited to about 30 minutes. While I was there, I maxed out all materials and gathered about 25 each of every other cargo. It was very fairly consistent . One time, I got zero, most times I got 2 or 3, and three times I got 5. I found two together several times. All I did was boost around the wreckage until I found something I wanted. I didn't stray far from it. While i was doing that, many people complained about the low drop rate, and expressed their frustration at not being able to find them. There must be some explanation. Sensors would be one possibility. I had the best for a python (12.18km). If that's not it, we need another explanation.