I don't know if this is a known behavior. I dropped out at this threat 4 NHSS and there were 2 Scouts and a Thargoid Sensor. I killed them and while I was picking up the mats 2 more Scouts had jumped in and they had kept spawning in pairs, regardless I killed them or not. At first I thought they were spawning around me and I just farmed them, synth'ed, repaired and kept going until I lost them. Then I realized they were spawning around the Sensor, not me. I don't know if picking up the Sensor would make them spawn around me or it's a fixed point in the instance. As expected I couldn't relocate the Sensor, I was in deep space, no way to tell direction. My COVAS kept saying "frameshift anomaly detected", however I couldn't locate where they are and nor could they located me. I tried to see little dots flying around or parallax effect of the "portal" they use in the distance but no luck.
How many did you get?
Normal spawn for a NHSS3 is 2 scouts - I have seen multiple waves of 2 in an NHSS4 before, but I thought it was only 2 waves (I guess I was expecting 4, so I just left & didn't wait to see if there would be more).
Normal spawn for a NHSS3 is 2 scouts - I have seen multiple waves of 2 in an NHSS4 before, but I thought it was only 2 waves (I guess I was expecting 4, so I just left & didn't wait to see if there would be more).
According to combat bonds I have killed 22 - 24 Scouts. And there's those spawns I could not encounter and they were like 7-8 till I lost my hope and jump to SC. But they had kept coming, it didn't end. I thought even if I could find the Sensor there would be much more Scouts that I can deal with.
Have your instance got the Sensor too? If so, what did you do with it?
Main use of Sensor is to activate the Thargoid Structures (along with a Thargoid Probe & Link). You can also sell them for a nice profit, though you can no longer use them to 'bomb' stations. You also need one for the 2nd Ram Tah mission.
Watch out as they are corrosive and will eventually eat through your ship if you don't have Corrosion Resistant Cargo Racks (CRCR).
Watch out as they are corrosive and will eventually eat through your ship if you don't have Corrosion Resistant Cargo Racks (CRCR).
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yep, thanks for heads-up, I'm just destroying them for the fragments, those mats make a good ammo
