Thargoid invasion - Next target systems?

Kira Goto

Kira Goto
BDelacroix said:
I saw on reddit they fixed it apparently.
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Also on Twitter, though I haven’t yet been on my alt to check for myself. It’s not that much if a bother that I would rush to take a look.

Awaiting whether Thor exposure(vulnerability) comes with any twists or the boring Titan duck shoot show continues until it explodes (and the following weekly reset), right now.
 

BDelacroix

BDelacroix
Kira Goto said:
Also on Twitter, though I haven’t yet been on my alt to check for myself. It’s not that much if a bother that I would rush to take a look.

Awaiting whether Thor exposure(vulnerability) comes with any twists or the boring Titan duck shoot show continues until it explodes (and the following weekly reset), right now.
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It does appear to be fixed.
 

Aleks Zuno

Aleks Zuno

Week 90, 15th August 3310​

Report
Four Alerts repelled at Isla, HIPs 117177 and 40786, and Daisla.
Six Invasions defended at Nibelaako, Asletae, Ixbaksha, Vistnero, Picenile and Col 285 Sector ZE-P c6-11.
Twenty-three Control evictions at Hosan, Hupang, Pegasi Sectors XQ-J a10-1, XQ-J a10-0, SP-L a9-1, KH-V c2-25, ON-S b4-2, KC-U b3-1, LC-U b3-4, RE-N a8-3, WK-L a9-3, RE-N a8-1, PE-N a8-1, VK-L a9-1 and RE-N a8-4, Attada, HR 8536, Col 285 Sectors TC-J b10-0, DA-E b13-1, OS-T d3-82 and US-H b11-5, and HIPs 39468 and 39186.
One Matrix system cleared at Pegasi Sector NN-S b4-3.
In addition to the defended Invasions, three recaptured systems starting Recovery are Hosan, Hupang and Attada.
Titan Thor has overheated and exploded.

Targets updated at 07:50 22nd August 3310
Col 285 Sector US-H b11-1 Control 90% *90.4% — Cocijo 30 Ly, 456 strength
Col 285 Sector YY-F b12-6 Control 90% — Cocijo 30 Ly, 475 strength
Pegasi Sector BQ-Y d101 Control 84% *84.4% — Raijin 27 Ly, 758 strength
Pegasi Sector TK-L a9-3 Control 84% — Raijin 27 Ly, 778 strength
Pegasi Sector FW-W d1-104 Control 84% — Raijin 27 Ly, 779 strength
Pegasi Sector NN-S b4-9 Matrix 64% *65.3% — Raijin 14 Ly
Pegasi Sector LY-O a7-0 Control 64% — Raijin 27 Ly, 1752 strength
Tagin Control 56% *56.8% — Raijin 23 Ly, 4812 strength
Col 285 Sector XT-Q c5-18 Matrix 50% *50.9% — Cocijo 11 Ly
Pegasi Sector HW-V b2-6 Control 44% — Raijin 27 Ly, 2727 strength
Col 285 Sector OS-T d3-143 Matrix 38% *39.3% — Cocijo 16 Ly
Col 285 Sector VY-Q c5-23 Control 32% — Cocijo 30 Ly, 3237 strength
Pegasi Sector WK-L a9-1 Control 32% — Raijin 27 Ly, 3314 strength
Col 285 Sector ZE-P c6-18 Control 28% — Cocijo 30 Ly, 3429 strength
Pegasi Sector KC-U b3-0 Control 26% — Raijin 27 Ly, 3604 strength
Col 285 Sector VD-G b12-5 Control 24% — Cocijo 30 Ly, 3625 strength
Col 285 Sector YT-F b12-4 Control 22% — Cocijo 24 Ly, 3885 strength
19 Puppis Control 20% *20.2% — Cocijo 27 Ly, 3900 strength
Pegasi Sector JH-U b3-4 Matrix 16% *16.2% — Raijin 7 Ly
Pegasi Sector NN-S b4-7 Matrix 16% — Raijin 11 Ly
Pegasi Sector KC-U b3-4 Matrix 12% *13.7% — Raijin 18 Ly
Pegasi Sector NN-S b4-2 Matrix 12% *13.7% — Raijin 5 Ly
HIP 116052 Control 12% — Raijin 27 Ly, 4290 strength
Pegasi Sector QE-N a8-3 Control 12% — Raijin 27 Ly, 4290 strength
Col 285 Sector KM-V d2-72 Control 10% *11.5% — Cocijo 28 Ly, 4273 strength
HIP 116542 Control 10% — Raijin 24 Ly, 4487 strength
Col 285 Sector PM-J b10-3 Control 10% — Cocijo 30 Ly, 4294 strength
Col 285 Sector ZT-F b12-3 Matrix 8% *9.5% — Cocijo 17 Ly
Col 285 Sector VN-H b11-1 Matrix 8% *9.1% — Cocijo 15 Ly
Mapon Control 8% *9% — Cocijo 18 Ly, 10.6k strength
HR 3048 Control 8% — Cocijo 25 Ly, 4567 strength
Pegasi Sector KH-V c2-7 Control 6% *7.4% — Raijin 23 Ly, 4669 strength
Pegasi Sector NY-O a7-5 Control 6% *6.4% — Raijin 24 Ly, 4666 strength
Pegasi Sector GW-W d1-115 Control 6% — Raijin 23 Ly, 10.5k strength
Pegasi Sector KH-V c2-13 Control 6% — Raijin 25 Ly, 4659 strength
Pegasi Sector PI-S b4-3 Control 4% *4.4% — Raijin 22 Ly, 4827 strength
Pegasi Sector NY-O a7-3 Control 4% — Raijin 25 Ly, 4748 strength
Pegasi Sector ZQ-J a10-0 Control 4% — Raijin 23 Ly, 4829 strength
Pegasi Sector PI-S b4-6 Control 4% — Raijin 24 Ly, 4800 strength
Pegasi Sector YQ-J a10-2 Control 4% — Raijin 26 Ly, 4710 strength
Pegasi Sector YQ-J a10-3 Control 4% — Raijin 27 Ly, 4693 strength
Col 285 Sector OS-T d3-102 Control 2% *3% — Cocijo 26 Ly, 4749 strength
Pegasi Sector GW-W d1-112 Control 2% *2.9% — Raijin 25 Ly, 4815 strength
HIP 117229 Control 2% *2.9% — Raijin 23 Ly, 4870 strength
Col 285 Sector XY-F b12-2 Control 2% *2.8% — Cocijo 5 Ly, 5536 strength
HIP 112219 Control 2% *2.7% — Raijin 24 Ly, 4838 strength
Pegasi Sector LC-U b3-3 Control 2% *2.6% — Raijin 24 Ly, 4855 strength
Pegasi Sector OI-S b4-4 Control 2% *2.6% — Raijin 22 Ly, 4916 strength
Pegasi Sector VK-L a9-2 Control 2% *2.3% — Raijin 24 Ly, 4854 strength
Pegasi Sector NY-O a7-0 Control 2% *2.1% — Raijin 26 Ly, 4808 strength
Col 285 Sector BA-P c6-10 Control 2% — Cocijo 28 Ly, 4745 strength
Njana Control 2% — Cocijo 26 Ly, 10.6k strength
Pegasi Sector NY-O a7-2 Control 2% — Raijin 25 Ly, 4860 strength
Col 285 Sector YT-F b12-5 Control 2% — Cocijo 30 Ly, 4680 strength
Pegasi Sector ZQ-J a10-1 Control 2% — Raijin 23 Ly, 4922 strength
Pegasi Sector HW-V b2-1 Control 2% — Raijin 26 Ly, 4808 strength
HIP 112595 Control 2% — Raijin 24 Ly, 4903 strength
Pegasi Sector QE-N a8-5 Control 2% — Raijin 23 Ly, 4919 strength
Pegasi Sector QZ-M a8-0 Control 2% — Raijin 27 Ly, 4779 strength

Notes
The Alert report lists predicted attackers.

Week 89, 8th August 3310​

Report
Four Alerts repelled at Tvasu, Koko Oh, Ao Kiang and Col 285 Sector OS-T d3-146.
Six Invasions defended at Chibis, Ngolite, Col 285 Sector AF-E b13-5, Sukurbago, Jawul and Wanmi.
Twelve Control evictions at Rajuarpai, Leunii, Gluschen, HIPs 19091 and 113076, Pegasi Sectors VK-L a9-5, RE-N a8-2, PI-S b4-1 and OY-O a7-0, Kamato and Col 285 Sectors AP-F b12-2 and AP-F b12-4.
One Matrix system cleared at Pegasi Sector IH-U b3-4.
In addition to the defended Invasions, six recaptured systems starting Recovery are Rajuarpai, Leunii, Gluschen, HIPs 19091 and 113076, and Kamato.
Maelstrom Thor is depleted!
 
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Blaggerdy

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Bio storage capsules for Raijin best held onto for another week. I don't have many but want to deliver them at the appropriate point, and I quite enjoy collecting them as a break from other activity

Thor's second heart lasted about 4 1/2 hours. Having tried in open I could see around 8-10 CMDR's, then teamed with a regular companion in the open instance. I found it far more stable than previous titans - the odd early vent closure or double core exposure but neither vents or core got stuck over several hours unlike every other titan to date. If other people's experience is similar I'd say this will be one of the quicker ones to go particularly if solo /duo players can regularly get the core to 0%

We then tried in my player group and regularly got the core below 30% with at least one drop to zero. I'm not great at titan-bombing but between us it felt like a good result and we each got 2 x 400 arx for the two hearts
 

Kira Goto

Kira Goto
Looks like we may get another Saturday clear for Thor, since the surprises would probably have dropped on this Thursday if they did, and its third heart isn’t far off. Be nice to have those port CZs around Raijin with the next cycle… providing it has any populated controls within the counterstrike range when the big wave starts hitting it (but it probably should, even with the vast majority of its controls unpopulated).

Was also thinking of doing some pod rescues here and there if it remains a viable - or sensible - tool, even when I’m doing it with a Krait at 32-64 a run.

(Other thing I decided to pay attention to is that Raijin’s Thargoids didn’t immediately attempt to retake the cleared spire by abandoning surrounding controls, so that may be subject to the cooldown mechanism?)
 
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Aleks Zuno

Aleks Zuno
Kira Goto said:
Looks like we may get another Saturday clear for Thor
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After T. Indra, definitely reserving judgement there! We are still convinced that its per-ring integrity increased for the weekend then reverted on Monday, with little else able to explain why the weekend rate projected survival, then followed by a two-hours-per-ring decimation on Monday.
 

Ian Doncaster

Ian Doncaster
Kira Goto said:
Looks like we may get another Saturday clear for Thor, since the surprises would probably have dropped on this Thursday if they did, and its third heart isn’t far off.
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Most of the time the big changes have come at the start of a clearance (after Hadad the linearisation of difficulty, after Indra the focus on inhabited systems) so the end of the week is the time I'd expect something to happen if they're going to change things up for Raijin.

Kira Goto said:
(Other thing I decided to pay attention to is that Raijin’s Thargoids didn’t immediately attempt to retake the cleared spire by abandoning surrounding controls, so that may be subject to the cooldown mechanism?)
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The two chosen at Thor would certainly be consistent with a one-week cooldown. And of course it may be something which only happens when the maelstrom is low on/out of spires generally.
 

Ian Doncaster

Ian Doncaster
Felix DiCestria said:
Is it just me or has anyone else noticed a lot of Yttrium on Matrix planets?
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It's one of the more common G4 raws in general, so that's probably also true of non-Matrix planets.

When they were first added I did compare with raw material set and didn't find any either notably absent or notably present across the set of Matrix sites as a whole, though I now can't find where I wrote that down...
 

MartinG

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Blaggerdy said:
Thor's second heart lasted about 4 1/2 hours. Having tried in open I could see around 8-10 CMDR's, then teamed with a regular companion in the open instance. I found it far more stable than previous titans - the odd early vent closure or double core exposure but neither vents or core got stuck over several hours unlike every other titan to date.
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I did some assault (till I ran out of ammo) on Thor yesterday in Mobius PvE Eurasia, encountering a few CMDRs. There was one instance of the blue field getting stuck, but it cleared itself after about 4 minutes. Other than that, no issues.

I have to say, 5 Guardian shard cannons (3×3+2×2) are a powerful combo to attack the Titan core; three salvos 5 shots each (which is as much as I can consistently manage per run without other CMDRs helping with the vents) were giving me about 10.5 million reward. (With other CMDRs I would usually get 14+ M per run; the record thus far was about 17.5 M.)
 

Kira Goto

Kira Goto
Aleks Zuno said:
After T. Indra, definitely reserving judgement there! We are still convinced that its per-ring integrity increased for the weekend then reverted on Monday
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It might've, but at the same time, that was also the week where invasions made their return, whereas they've been uncharacteristically slow to clear this cycle compared to previous ones, while Thor is (so far) progressing at the rates of previous Titans, ignoring Hadad's record time defeat. So perhaps it is the opposite where players favor targeting the Titan over the invaded systems... or Frontier just gave the invasions a little buff on the Thargoid side, instead. But if Thor also magically slows down over the weekend despite higher participation, then yeah, it will most likely have been a manual intervention rather than people spreading out to the other areas after getting their basic reward contribution in (or simply having enough of the Titan attack loop for this one).

Ian Doncaster said:
The two chosen at Thor would certainly be consistent with a one-week cooldown. And of course it may be something which only happens when the maelstrom is low on/out of spires generally.
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So I guess we just wait to see what happens when the Titan's spires become low in number or run out, then. Since it is an indisputable fact they will before their control spheres are removed (as it was for Thor so it's nothing new, but, yeah).
 

Blaggerdy

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Lack of torus and/or reward last night and this morning so still not completely fixed. I've equipped 3 caustic sinks to help get to the titan without so much need to re-fill them
 

O'Roarke

O'Roarke
Aleks Zuno said:
We are still convinced that its per-ring integrity increased for the weekend then reverted on Monday [...]
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Could very well be.

Normies play the game on a Sunday (the European Sunday + the American Sunday)...
...so it'd make sense to hold the sweatlords back a bit so that everyone gets a chance to punch the Core.
 

Aleks Zuno

Aleks Zuno
For a little glimpse regarding Titan rates, this was the per-ring progress at T. Indra:

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Vertical lines are daily at 07:00, starting with Thursday:
  • There was a very suspicious gradient change at the end of the Thursday working day, somehow becoming slower for Thursday evening, normally a relatively active time.
  • The pause on Friday was update 18.07, which removed the damage reduction of Anti-guardian zone resistance.
  • The gradient becomes slower again for Friday evening, normally an even more active time than Thursday evening.
  • The high-activity weekend rate dropped to one per day, which is below minimum for completion were that to span the full week.
  • Suddenly the rate rises sharply just after Frontier awakens on Monday.
Here is T. Thor thus far:

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Three rings on Thursday, two on the more active Friday, and what appears to be rate reductions at the end of both the working Thursday and Friday. It will never be more than a bit of evidence, but suffice to say that this goes exactly against all other measures of activity!
 

SergMx

SergMx
Aleks Zuno said:
For a little glimpse regarding Titan rates, this was the per-ring progress at T. Indra:


Vertical lines are daily at 07:00, starting with Thursday:
  • There was a very suspicious gradient change at the end of the Thursday working day, somehow becoming slower for Thursday evening, normally a relatively active time.
  • The pause on Friday was update 18.07, which removed the damage reduction of Anti-guardian zone resistance.
  • The gradient becomes slower again for Friday evening, normally an even more active time than Thursday evening.
  • The high-activity weekend rate dropped to one per day, which is below minimum for completion were that to span the full week.
  • Suddenly the rate rises sharply just after Frontier awakens on Monday.
Here is T. Thor thus far:


Three rings on Thursday, two on the more active Friday, and what appears to be rate reductions at the end of both the working Thursday and Friday. It will never be more than a bit of evidence, but suffice to say that this goes exactly against all other measures of activity!
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A lot of people have asked that they can't keep up, so you've been tweaked.
 

Kira Goto

Kira Goto
I am definitely starting to wish the top 5 controls in progress would be changed to display for the individual Titans (or could perhaps be attached to the Titan status display while they are not vulnerable?)... seeing how now some of Cocijo's controls have moved to the top purely by virtue of Raijin's spire-assisted ones in to 80+ range* getting cleared out. Mostly, one still remains.

Might not be a terrible inconvenience to check the DCoH site and copy/paste or type in the system name, but when you have a decent/informative UI in the game itself already it feels nice to use it.

*Right now it seems to be an easy way to catch some Tier 1 completion rewards. Already starting to look at a lot more filled material reserves for my alt from them (plus some missions in the invasions here and there).
 
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