A bit strange that FD invited everyone ("come all witness the event"), but it is only playable by AX equipped ships.
I Just had to zone out as soon as my ship came online, no chance to investigate, explore or fight for me since I have no AX stuff.
On the plus side, out-running 5 Thargoids interceptors was kind of fun.
Yeah, this totally. I'm sure some were just thrilled and tickled by 'the event' but it felt very strange indeed, and totally disconnected from my usual experience of the Elite universe.
Not really. Only you must have on board is "field neutralizer" you use it on CD basically.
I don't even know what that means and I've been playing for like two years-not saying i've been around forever-it's just strange to not be exactly brand new yet be invited, come one, come all, to be a part of 'the game's history' which really boiled down to very niche AX activities.
Those of us not kitted out for Thargoid combat / defence were certainly up a creek. So I logged on, went to one POI, immediately got attacked in an unarmed ship & barely escaped to a nearby, frantically chosen system where luckily, a fleet carrier with docking permissions was right by the star. Docked with seconds to spare thanks to that caustic damage, and promptly made my way back to the bubble wondering why I woke up at 6am to do any of this.
It was a
momentarily interesting & odd experience but nowhere near the hype, and I still have zero interest in this tired, cliche "attack aliens because we're violent and keep screwing up" narrative. So it comes down again, to being just strange, very strange storytelling indeed.
At least FDev recommended in the evacuation message to only go back to HIP 22460 with an AX ship, which seems much more in line with the kind of player who would be interested in this event / storyline.