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Thank you for that, i managed to get within flight range of the Titan, and the credit messages were going off, but i think that was for the rest of the zone as i didnt survive long enough to hit the pineapple.

am i correct that the yellow is just for the cash reward, and the blue on the left counts toward the items ?
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Thank you for that, i managed to get within flight range of the Titan, and the credit messages were going off, but i think that was for the rest of the zone as i didnt survive long enough to hit the pineapple.

am i correct that the yellow is just for the cash reward, and the blue on the left counts toward the items ?
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Did you earn any bonds? Actually have to hit (shoot) the ejected core (pineapple) for it to count; easiest way to know is whether it generated bonds as a result.
 
Thank you for that, i managed to get within flight range of the Titan, and the credit messages were going off, but i think that was for the rest of the zone as i didnt survive long enough to hit the pineapple.

am i correct that the yellow is just for the cash reward, and the blue on the left counts toward the items ?
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Unfortunately you haven't done enough damage, as it seems. It sounds like you are trying your luck in open or a PG, because there you'll often see credit messages when they won't really apply to you. It is still kind of buggy there. I'd actually suggest to do it in solo, as scary this may sound on first glance. Solo is pretty quiet and chilly when it comes to goid activity and also less faulty (if I write "less bugged", that would be kind of a punny tautology, right?).
The blue bar on the right shows the progress of titan destruction, with the tiers being pretty much the hearts. There are still 6 hearts left, keep on trying, the DBS build shouldn't be too harsh on the rebuy. You can make it!
 
Thank you for that, i managed to get within flight range of the Titan, and the credit messages were going off, but i think that was for the rest of the zone as i didnt survive long enough to hit the pineapple.

am i correct that the yellow is just for the cash reward, and the blue on the left counts toward the items ?
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The yellow is your contribution, zero, the blue is the total contributions from everyone.
The bit under your current reward highlights how many credits you will get and the blue vertical bar shows progress towards Titan destruction if it reaches the top we get FSDs as long as we have made a registered contribution.
 
Hello all, I have just returned to ED after almost a year away. I am not much a combat pilot, and I have never fired at a thargoid, but I thought I could probably try this CG. Yesterday I decided to try to participate with my second commander, who is residing in the Bubble for participating in CG:s. I bought a Python Mk 2 for him, because of the SCO FSD, and because his Anaconda is too expensive to have it exploded possibly multiple times. The I spent the whole rest of the day preparing the ship for this and reading instructions on how to do an attack on a Titan. Then I stopped to think, is the Python Mk 2 the right ship for this purpose. Today I found out that it probably is not. The Anti-Xeno Initiative recommends a Krait Mk 2 for almost all purposes. I also watched two ship build guide videos by CMDR Mechan, one video for a Python Mk2 and another for a Krait Mk 2. He says the Python Mk 2 is "squishy". So does that mean I should now change my plan and buy a Krait Mk 2, and start the module gathering and engineering tour again?

In any case, this CG is by far the most diffuclt CG in which I have considered participating. The threshold of participation for a trader-explorer pilot is very high. This CG looks like it is meant for experienced and dedicated AX fighter pilots. I could as well buy my SCO FSD:s later for credits. My primary commander will do so in any case, because he is over 5 400 ly out, mapping a very little explored area of the Perseus Arm in the Elysian Shore region.
 
The credits reward isn't half-bad either. As of writing this, the CG is at tier 4, and the reward for the top 25% is 100 million cr. There are 8 tiers in total.

(Sure, the people in the top 25% have already made billions in combat bonds, but anyway.)
 
I bought 55 000 Arx and used half of that for the pre-built Krait Mk 2 "AX Titan combat jumpstart". Next I will check if I can do any remote engineering to it and then I shall head to Sol.
 
Hello all, I have just returned to ED after almost a year away. I am not much a combat pilot, and I have never fired at a thargoid, but I thought I could probably try this CG. Yesterday I decided to try to participate with my second commander, who is residing in the Bubble for participating in CG:s. I bought a Python Mk 2 for him, because of the SCO FSD, and because his Anaconda is too expensive to have it exploded possibly multiple times. The I spent the whole rest of the day preparing the ship for this and reading instructions on how to do an attack on a Titan. Then I stopped to think, is the Python Mk 2 the right ship for this purpose. Today I found out that it probably is not. The Anti-Xeno Initiative recommends a Krait Mk 2 for almost all purposes. I also watched two ship build guide videos by CMDR Mechan, one video for a Python Mk2 and another for a Krait Mk 2. He says the Python Mk 2 is "squishy". So does that mean I should now change my plan and buy a Krait Mk 2, and start the module gathering and engineering tour again?

In any case, this CG is by far the most diffuclt CG in which I have considered participating. The threshold of participation for a trader-explorer pilot is very high. This CG looks like it is meant for experienced and dedicated AX fighter pilots. I could as well buy my SCO FSD:s later for credits. My primary commander will do so in any case, because he is over 5 400 ly out, mapping a very little explored area of the Perseus Arm in the Elysian Shore region.
My Bubble alt is running a Python Mkii. She has more firepower than the Krait, but isn't quite as robust. If you can stay out of the 'goids way this isn't a problem.
Though once they do get hold of you they will do noticeably quicker damage.
The extra utilities make getting through the maelstrom easier, apparently there might be human NPCs with limpets to repair you on site which should improve staying power, but otherwise you need to keep your eye on your hull when they find you and be prepared to withdraw for repairs.
 
(Sure, the people in the top 25% have already made billions in combat bonds, but anyway.)

Not really. 'Only' made ~ 700 millions in bounties (and another 2 billions in passenger fees). Being new to AX combat, I struggle quite a bit fighting interceptors. But compared to that, I find titan bombing to be a piece of cake, thus I easily made it into the top 25%
 
Idk, the entire process is fun but you don't contribute anything when shooting the vents.
All it does is open up the thingie wich other people then shoot and get the bonds.
So i'll be sitting somewhere cold and just snipe shoot the thingie when it comes out.
Or maybe I'll just fly around with repair limpets to randomly repair cmdrs.

Anyway, rant over... yes the rewards are worth it!

When I first engaged with more recent Thargoid stuff, I went for a support role, i.e. repairing others etc. while staying cold and stealthy myself. It was fun, but my contributions counted for nothing of course. It would have been good to be rewarded for helping out in that way. I.e. Commander Hull Points Restored, Caustic Removed sort of thing.

Don't get me wrong, I'll still of course fire off a limpet if anyone is in need, but I'm also there to do damage. Though it is a shame you get nothing for helping in other ways, especially when it comes to shooting the vents.
 
How should I maneuver my ship to evade the interceptors that interdict my jump to Sol? There were two of them, and they had red parts in their leaves. I think they were the Basilisk variant. They were faster than my pre-built Krait Mk 2.

I also apparently made a mistake when selecting which ship to rebuy. I selected the pre-built ship, which redeployed for free, but in the process I lost three units of 3C Advanced AX missile racks, and all engineering I had done to the ship. :(
 
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Good luck everyone, I can't get near the titan. There are so many interdictions plus pulses I run out of sinks and hull. I've attacked and bombed before but now it seems impossible. Open, solo etc I just run into a never ending cycle until my supplies are gone. Never had this happen before
 
I found quite comprehensive instructions here in the AXI Flight Guide. But I have to say, it is a bit discouraging if I have to spend many hours learning and practicing thargoid combat only to be able to reach the Titan. Thargoid combat is not my thing, but I want to participate in this CG.
 
Good luck everyone, I can't get near the titan. There are so many interdictions plus pulses I run out of sinks and hull. I've attacked and bombed before but now it seems impossible. Open, solo etc I just run into a never ending cycle until my supplies are gone. Never had this happen before

Make sure you have the correct neutraliser. Maybe if you were hunting 'goids last, it's the wrong one?
 
I found quite comprehensive instructions here in the AXI Flight Guide. But I have to say, it is a bit daunting if I have to spend many hours learning and practicing thargoid combat only to be able to reach the Titan. Thargoid combat is not my thing, but I want to participate in this CG.

There is a lot of exposition about meta builds and methods for optimal outcomes, etc, however a ship that has caustic sinks, heatsinks, lots of HRP and some MRP, the neutraliser for the pulse, an ax torpedo and ax missile launchers, gets the job done. There is just a fair amount happening all at once which is what makes it overwhelming initially.

Krait Mk II is pretty tanky for this, but people run all sorts of ships; if the goal is to just get on the CG board for the modules, then any damage to the core counts, so almost any ship will do.

In simplest terms, outfit ship, set weapon groups for heatsink and caustic sink, another for the torps and missiles, then when ready, head to Sol and drop in at the titan.

Boost straight ahead (ignore the marker it's misleading), keep boosting towards the middle of the cloud (you will be pointing to it when you drop in).

When you hear the titan, 4 pips to sys (and keep boosting) once you hear and then see the blue wave heading towards you switch to the neutraliser weapon group and hold it down until the wave passes. It will take several seconds so hold until it does. If your ship gets toasty, fire off a heat sink.

Once it passes, return to boosting straight towards the center of the cloud (you'll see it glow red as you get close) and switch back to the caustic sinks to use as they fill. After what seems like an eternity (in reality it's ~3 minutes when boosting from the start of the cloud) you'll reach the asteroid field. You'll know as the caustic build up will stop and there will be rocks present (the spiky things are mines, do not cuddle mines, do not drive into them, zero stars).

You'll be reasonably safe once at that point. From there, I honestly recommend taking a couple minutes to just chill out, and to watch the titan. You'll hear it make noises, and you'll see the vents opening every few minutes. This will help with working out where the vents are on the titan, what is therefore 'up' and 'down' respectively, what the timing is, etc.

When ready, switch to the torp and missile group; edge a little closer, and when the titan vents open, boost towards it, target the closest once in range, and fire a torp. It will track on it's own, so once sent, boost towards the next vent (recommend going clockwise, so towards the left, then around) and repeat.

As you make your way from vent to vent a notification will appear; boost down around the side of the titan until you see a very bright spiky core appear (affectionately referred to as the pineapple). Get close enough to target it, fire missiles this time (not torps), keep firing until you hear the titan roar and the pineapple starts moving up; point straight down again, and boost 2-3 times. You can then spin around, watch the blue lightning and revel at your first successful bombing run.

Or like me, do that, laugh nervously and try to overcome a mild panic attack. xD

Either way, you'll be recorded for the CG and likely have some bonds to show for it.

At that point, you can either bail, or take another crack at it, by heading back up parallel with old man titan, and repeat. Alternatively, you can put the titan directly to your back and boost away. Keep boosting, and when the wave is sent out, let it carry you out.
 
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