Favourite Thargoid Design

RELSPI · Jul 13, 2019

Out of all the delicious Thargoid content in the game, what's your favourite bit of Thargoid tech? This counts everything related to Thargoids - their buildings, their weapons, their music, et cetera.

Personally, I'm torn between Scavengers (who I find really adorable, in a spooky kind of way) and the groans/horns that the Thargoids use to make sound. It's like the Reaper noises from Mass Effect - just hearing a Thargoid, even a peaceful one, make those weird noises freaks me out if I'm wearing headphones.

BDelacroix · Jul 13, 2019

The ground sites are the winner for me. They are huge. Like a mountain range. Then you can go inside and its even creepier. I have a picture for a desktop and every time it comes up I am put in mind of The Mountains of Madness.

Hanerib · Jul 13, 2019

I like it when they sing and they find you.

Hacker#451563 · Jul 14, 2019

The first time I managed to get into a Thargoid base I got a shiver down my spine. I then totally looted it and destroyed everything inside of course.

sgurr · Jul 14, 2019

Hacker#451563 said:
The first time I managed to get into a Thargoid base I got a shiver down my spine.

I'd be careful about that, someone here has a thing for spines.

I think the Thargoids as a whole are so well done, but the first time I made a goid angry and it turned towards me with the swarm coming at me was incredible, a la:

Source: https://youtu.be/ei3bz53aA5c?t=49

As an aside, Buur and Rheeney do some fantastic stuff

Phongsalt · Jul 14, 2019

Oh yes,the probe i ran into a while ago was deffo a highlight.But i was newbier,and didn't take notes to where it was.

ZAKALWEINC8876 · Jul 15, 2019

I love the scouts, full on mars attacks action! An they helpfully let me repeatedly miss them until i got half decent with gauss.
Now they mainly just let me explode them, if i am not too drunk.

o7

Crimson Echo · Jul 28, 2019

The Hydra is so elegant looking. The flower ships in general are a brilliant design for an alien ship. The UA design was also cool when it was first discovered, and felt believably alien.