Elite Dangerous | Update 18.06 | Thargoid War overhaul |Tuesday 28 May 2024

[pFVD]

Is it intended that AX Reactivation Missions no longer spawn? Haven't seen them in game since update 18.04
Overall really liking these changes I look forward to the update!

Ditto.

 

[GroG79]

No actual mention of Research samples beyond calling them an outlier, so I presume it is more a case of all the other actions we would prefer to be doing having been increased in efficacy!

You know how much more effective sampling is. Given that it is unlikely that all other activities were buffed. That would lead to a very short war.

 

[Stanley Xenon]

Oh Joy. Another 5+ hrs of downtime and a weekend of endless pilot federation emails about Thargoids. Zzzzz.

Get it over with soon please.

Meanwhile those out in the black get to see no changes and improvements to gameplay

 

[Syzuna]

Oh Joy. Another 5+ hrs of downtime and a weekend of endless pilot federation emails about Thargoids. Zzzzz.

Get it over with soon please.

Meanwhile those out in the black get to see no changes and improvements to gameplay

That is a you thing then.
I enjoy the content and dread its ending and going back to mundane BGS cargo shipping or whatever boring thing they do with Powerplay

 

[Zalwig]

Oh Joy. Another 5+ hrs of downtime and a weekend of endless pilot federation emails about Thargoids. Zzzzz.

Get it over with soon please.

Meanwhile those out in the black get to see no changes and improvements to gameplay

Think positive. This changes will end the war faster.

 

[Rat Catcher]

Meanwhile those out in the black get to see no changes and improvements to gameplay

I agree, those out in the black need gameplay improvements, why are there no Thargoids out in the black to give them some excellent gameplay, make it so, FD!

 

[cyberbofh]

These changes will take effect with the release of 18.06 on Tuesday 28th May.

Release Schedule

• 08:00 - Live/4.0 Servers offline for update
• 12:00 - Servers Online and Update available

Please note that these times are subject to change.

??? UTC (game time) or BST ???

 

[JR250]

Holy macaroni, that's one heck of a deep-dive, thorough, and focused review you guys did into Thargoid mechanics.

I'll fanboy some here and say, whoever is pushing the buttons and pulling the strings now, thank you. Love for the game has returned

Edit: "dive"

 

[Trouvere]

Mishtake shuely?

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150,000,000? Or a reduction?

A reduction. It seemed like way too much beforehand.

 

[Danieros]

You know how much more effective sampling is. Given that it is unlikely that all other activities were buffed. That would lead to a very short war.

That's what the post says, though - all other activities buffed. The war is on its final phase, and Frontier is taking the steps to ensure the final titans progress don't end up stuck - including making the system scaling linear and ensuring the peripheries are always useful.

 

[Pigletslastand]

Issue Tracker:

• Fixed an issue where context menus were not working with HOTAS (Issue ID 64078)

OOh you absolute BEAUTY!!!!! Thank you thank you THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

 

[Jack Brolin]

Oh Joy. Another 5+ hrs of downtime and a weekend of endless pilot federation emails about Thargoids. Zzzzz.

Get it over with soon please.

Meanwhile those out in the black get to see no changes and improvements to gameplay

Pop back to the bubble to engineer yourself an SCO drive and you'll see where your gameplay improvements went. Srsly it's a godsend for exobiology.

 

[CMDR X]

I agree, those out in the black need gameplay improvements, why are there no Thargoids out in the black to give them some excellent gameplay, make it so, FD!

Lol. Imagine CMDR StanTheScanMan out in the black, in his Paperconda, come face to face with a Hydra.

 

[Shadowsnog]

awesome news! thank you!

 

[Jack Brolin]

I agree, those out in the black need gameplay improvements, why are there no Thargoids out in the black to give them some excellent gameplay, make it so, FD!

I found this Thargoid sensor 70 ly from Sagittarius A* the other day, so they're out they're somewhere...

 

[Stanley Xenon]

Lol. Imagine CMDR StanTheScanMan out in the black, in his Paperconda, come face to face with a Hydra.

I have a FC - impervious to Thargoids. And don't use a conda either, I mean I could if I could be bothered to spend the 30 Billion I have sitting around.

Go play pew pew

 

[Stanley Xenon]

Pop back to the bubble to engineer yourself an SCO drive and you'll see where your gameplay improvements went. Srsly it's a godsend for exobiology.

I might pick one up for my System miner, and Trit hauler, But having a FC + 30 Billion credit balance means I really don't need to worry about speeding about gathering data on bugs and systems

 

[Jack Brolin]

Gathering data on bugs and systems is a pretty good summary of exploration in Elite...what are you even doing out there?

 

[CMDR Mechan]

My personal reaction -

 

[Martind Forlon]

10+ improvements and 1 "nerf" (which was long time overdue) ... complaints starts

... sorry but ...

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