OMG - Thargoid Cinematic was ACE!

Nagual

Nagual
cpeyton94 said:
I really hope there's different types of thargoid ship and not just the same one we've seen.

I can imagine them being similar in shape to species 8472 ships from star trek for some reason.

EDIT: Actually I've just realised to the left of the commanders HUD in the video it says: thargoid interceptor - cyclops variant. :D
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I was just thinking the healing / bioscan thingy was very Species 8472.
 

Bob Lighthouse

Banned
Bob Lighthouse
That was great!


Someone in the thread mentioned the possibility of the Thargoid blast just being a hailing of sorts, which reminded me of Blindsight, a quick sci fi read about space travel some here might be familiar with/enjoy.
http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm

Perhaps all of our scanning and honking is perceived as aggressive, or painful, or maybe just really, really annoying...

That would certainly add a dimension to exploration!
 
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Vardaugas

Vardaugas
E-Bomb: Converts all shield strength into thermal damage dealt in a radius depending on the shield generator size. Mounted on an utility slot. One use.
 

Komemiute

Komemiute
JesusRocks1988 said:
According to Premonition... Somewhere in the 40s.

Anyway, great cinematic! I really enjoyed watching it and I'm looking forward to what the Thargoids are going to bring to the table, but if I've gotta be critical (and believe me, I've gotta be critical) there was a lot in that trailer that just does not tally with the game as we will presumably find it in 2.4:

- Hair in the cockpit hanging down as if there were artificial gravity, despite us being told there's no artificial gravity in the Elite universe.
- A Wing of 5, despite us only being allowed a max of 4 in the game.
- Multi-Crew working alongside Wings, which is very much not in the game, and as I recall, something FD were vehemently against.
- Scanning for bio-signs, very soft SF concept, definitely not in the game, and not in the spirit of the game either. Would it not have been better to read it as "hull integrity" rather than "bio-signs"?
- Multi-Crew being far more interesting than it is in the game - the helm playing an actual command role rather than that of pilot (because why order evasive manoeuvres when you're the pilot? I suppose you could argue it's for the sake of the Wing, though).
- Very different HUD readout for the Thargoid Interceptor - no hull and shield data for the Helm?

I dunno, I'd be very surprised and delighted if these things actually made it into the game for us players for 2.4, but they sound like things that would definitely have been in the beta for extensive network testing (especially the Multi-Crew/Wings interplay), so I'm actually a little disappointed that the team who made the trailer didn't stick closely to what the game is actually like.

Otherwise, it stands quite well as a trailer on its own.
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You know what? Call me silly but I think... What if FD, sneaky as they are, are going to upgrade the whole NPC thing-a-majing?

You guys remember all the talk about different tiers of NPCs? Well, now that they have pictures for them, revised the mission/quests, and introduced multicrew... I know I sound crazy... but what IF they're going to complete (or beginning the completion) of the whole NPCs?

:D
 

lysan

lysan
Komemiute said:
You know what? Call me silly but I think... What if FD, sneaky as they are, are going to upgrade the whole NPC thing-a-majing?

You guys remember all the talk about different tiers of NPCs? Well, now that they have pictures for them, revised the mission/quests, and introduced multicrew... I know I sound crazy... but what IF they're going to complete (or beginning the completion) of the whole NPCs?

:D
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If true, just show me when to throw my money at :)
 

Lobey

Lobey
Folks worrying about SDC or anyone else being able to attack thargoid hunters are, I hope not correct. Fairly sure all we need is the countemeasure to the pulse, the missiles will be corrosive and more effective against a Thargoid, but conventional weapons will work too, just be tougher to take down. Also fairly sure corrosive anti-thargoid missiles will be pretty nasty to ordinary ships too (might become the new meta) - hopefully we can get a pack hound variant that can be engineered.
As I said elsewhere the trick will be killing the mother ship fast - the tharglets should then go dead and be worth a small forune when scooped.
if we get some form of Q bomb it will be fun - in full form that would be the best griefing wepaon ever :p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf0R3C-kPOo
 

Henri

Henri
when people encountered the Thargoids for the first time it was mega exciting.
then it started to happen a bit too frequently and was plastered all over youtube and so there was no more surprise.
people started to regard it as a cutscene.
this took a few weeks.
it is good to see Frontier learned from this.
:rolleyes:
 
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Noctover

Noctover
Cinematics are always ace. Im very sceptical that the release will live up to this but im re-installing anyway; fingers crossed right :).
 

jasonbarron

jasonbarron
My favorite part of the cinematic was when they fired a single salvo from one ship, and then just sat there staring in astonishment as the Thargoid started self healing, turned and dropped the hammer on them.
 

ironside31

ironside31
The Commander in the video was a moron. You hurt the Thargoids and then find out they are healing, AND YOU DONT GO WEAPONS FREE!!!!!. You had it on the ropes why stop firing???? They deserved to get annihiliated!!!!
 

lysan

lysan
jasonbarron said:
My favorite part of the cinematic was when they fired a single salvo from one ship, and then just sat there staring in astonishment as the Thargoid started self healing, turned and dropped the hammer on them.
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Yes, I would probably add a line like this one ;)

[video=youtube;1Io0OQ2zPS4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Io0OQ2zPS4[/video]
 

S3B4ST13N

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jasonbarron said:
My favorite part of the cinematic was when they fired a single salvo from one ship, and then just sat there staring in astonishment as the Thargoid started self healing, turned and dropped the hammer on them.
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It doesn't exactly stir confidence in the Federal Navy if their people are that incompetent at warfare. :p
 

Kaocraft

Kaocraft
Henri said:
when people encountered the Thargoids for the first time it was mega exciting.
then it started to happen a bit too frequently and was plastered all over youtube and so there was no more surprise.
people started to regard it as a cutscene.
this took a few weeks.
it is good to see Frontier learned from this.
:rolleyes:
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How can you say it happened too frequently? It never happened to me and I spent 26 hours looking for Thargoids, doing all the same things as everyone else who has seen them. But you know - RNG ruins everything. Many other players experienced the same no-thing. If it weren't on YouTube most people would never see it. I intentionally avoided "spoilers" for weeks, because I wanted my first impression to be *my own*. In the end, it might as well have never been in the game and could have gone straight to video. Would have saved a lot of people a lot of frustration and wasted time. Or they could have made the encounters into something you could reliably experience instead of garbage RNG. Anyway the event doesn't have to be common for it to be all over YouTube.
 
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