Thargoid Ship Build Help?

rOmiLaYu

rOmiLaYu
o7, rabblerousers.

I've currently on a two year hiatus from inhabited space. Currently somewhere in the Errant Marshes hunting green gas giants. I have only a tertiary awareness that the Thargoid war is happening.

It would appear that the narrative has progressed to the point that we can boop the big boys and I want to see them before they are all gone. I have an alt in the Bubble. Can someone point me towards a thread (or give me the run down themselves) about what grind immersive gameplay I need to do to get modules to allow me to get next to a bigboi? I seem to remember a GalNet about some module or the other that allows you to be in the caustic cloud....or something?

Anyone want to help an old vagabond out?
 

Kenpachi85

K
rOmiLaYu said:
o7, rabblerousers.

I've currently on a two year hiatus from inhabited space. Currently somewhere in the Errant Marshes hunting green gas giants. I have only a tertiary awareness that the Thargoid war is happening.

It would appear that the narrative has progressed to the point that we can boop the big boys and I want to see them before they are all gone. I have an alt in the Bubble. Can someone point me towards a thread (or give me the run down themselves) about what grind immersive gameplay I need to do to get modules to allow me to get next to a bigboi? I seem to remember a GalNet about some module or the other that allows you to be in the caustic cloud....or something?

Anyone want to help an old vagabond out?
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Check CMDR Mechan's build thread a few below this for build details a good krait mk2 should be all you need. Then hit up a rescue ship and get enhanced ax missles, caustic sinks and a pulse neutralizer all can be bought for cr now. I was one of the suckers that grinded mats to unlock em you on the other hand dont have to now.
 

Factabulous

Factabulous
Things should really start kicking off around Leigong on Thursday when it will get weaker - keep on eye out for Inbox messages if you want a chance to see it explode - probably Saturday or Sunday. Worth a watch - if it happens while you are online.
 

Kenpachi85

K
rOmiLaYu said:
Looks like the Caustic Sink Launchers no longer require materials. So there's that.

I think I have a Mamba hull lying around somewhere...
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Neither do the thargoid pulse neutralizer make sure to grab one its different than the standard field neutralizer and you need it to reach the core. Watch vids from people like CMDR Mechan and the tutorial vid The Burr Pit has on YouTube for how to do attack runs against the titans. Sirius missle racks while being the superior choice cost a lot of mil supercapictors you can make do well enough with enhanced ax missle racks. Look for those in the outfitting at rescue ships not the tech broker. Good luck CMDR o7
 

rOmiLaYu

rOmiLaYu
Kenpachi85 said:
Neither do the thargoid pulse neutralizer make sure to grab one its different than the standard field neutralizer and you need it to reach the core. Watch vids from people like CMDR Mechan and the tutorial vid The Burr Pit has on YouTube for how to do attack runs against the titans. Sirius missle racks while being the superior choice cost a lot of mil supercapictors you can make do well enough with enhanced ax missle racks. Look for those in the outfitting at rescue ships not the tech broker. Good luck CMDR o7
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OK, so i didn't have a Mamba hull. But I did have an FdL. I've ignored all AXI builds and strapped a shedload of missiles and torps to the Ferdie. No videos, either. Few more sips of Lavian Brandy and then I'm off to Leroy Jenkins a bigboi.

AAR some time tomorrow. Wish me luck! 🤠
 

Kenpachi85

K
rOmiLaYu said:
OK, so i didn't have a Mamba hull. But I did have an FdL. I've ignored all AXI builds and strapped a shedload of missiles and torps to the Ferdie. No videos, either. Few more sips of Lavian Brandy and then I'm off to Leroy Jenkins a bigboi.

AAR some time tomorrow. Wish me luck! 🤠
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Haha that's the spirit give em hell CMDR good luck! My carrier the Nozarashi is in nearby Hip 10047 if you need a drink afterwards.
 

CMDR X

CMDR X
By "bigboi" I'm assuming you mean a Titan. This is all you need to poke its noodle:

Coriolis EDCD Edition

A ship builder, outfitting and comparison tool for Elite Dangerous
s.orbis.zone s.orbis.zone

Replace AX Missiles with Enhanced, Heatsinks with Caustic and Torpedo with Nanite (bad Coriolis, bad).
Remember to set your power priorities correctly and keep the ship cold as possible.

Edit: I know EDSY. I don't like EDSY. EDSY interface is poop. Coriolis is much easier on my eyes and I stare at it A LOT.
FWIW, Coriolis is open source. I wish I knew how to program I would fork it or something.
 
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Tassier

T
rOmiLaYu said:
OK, so i didn't have a Mamba hull. But I did have an FdL. I've ignored all AXI builds and strapped a shedload of missiles and torps to the Ferdie. No videos, either. Few more sips of Lavian Brandy and then I'm off to Leroy Jenkins a bigboi.

AAR some time tomorrow. Wish me luck! 🤠
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For an FDL I would suggest something along these lines:

EDSY

EDSY is a ship outfitting tool for Elite Dangerous
edsy.org edsy.org

The torpedo pylon needs to be the nanite one, otherwise all as per the build.

As Kenpachi85 said the Sirius modified AX missile racks are better (more ammo and more damage) but they are also more involved and expensive to get, needing materials to buy each one.

Hopefully by this time you've already given the Titan a bloody... nose :D
 

rOmiLaYu

rOmiLaYu
Tassier said:
Hopefully by this time you've already given the Titan a bloody... nose :D
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Well, see...this is how the evening went.

Spent an hour or so tinkering around with a Mamba build. Realized that it lacked firepower and I wasn't able to fit four of the same size missile racks on it and that bothered me. So then I watched the AXI build video. All 16 flipping minutes of it. I decided to build an FdL because "it's different." Spent nearly another hour or so on that one. Tinkering, engineering, etc. Then I set out to the nearest rescue ship to buy some caustic heat sink thingies. Got two jumps from Jameson and realized that I hadn't equipped a fuel scoop. Five jumps back in economical plotting because "no fuel scoop in an FdL" and then into outfitting to equip one. Round trip to get caustic heat sinks was about another 30 minutes then I flew to my carrier. Realized that I had left 3D HRP that I swapped out for the fuel scoop at Jameson and rather than wait 16 minutes for the transfer, I flew my Hauler Carrier Dinghy to pick it up. When I got to Jameson, I started obsessing, seeing what I could do to get my Hauler up to 50ly jump. Well what if I don't use the 1A prismatic? It's pretty heavy after all. Or I could keep it and put a Guradian FSD booster...but then I'd have to overcharge the powerplant and it already runs hot because of the modified thrusters....you see the problem? Anyway, at that point, I realized I had to be at work in six hours and I was well deep in the Lavian Brandy. So I flew the dinghy back to the carrier, scheduled a jump to nearby system to Leigong and logged off for the evening.

Typical night, honestly. 🤓

But tonight?

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Blaggerdy

B
Macros Black said:
I built an AX Imperial Cutter: https://tinyurl.com/AX-TitanKiller

The 2 Large hardpoints are Guardian Nanite Torpedoes.

Full disclosure: Haven't managed to kill a Titan. Yet.
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Hello
You only have 4 AX missiles, therefore don't need the 3f stabiliser (nanites don't count). I have also found a single class 2 nanite will suffice for an entire run so while 2 class 3's are fine you could reduce to 1 or 2 class 2's, and have a pair of class 3 AX missiles (if you have them of course)
 

BDelacroix

BDelacroix
rOmiLaYu said:
OK, so i didn't have a Mamba hull. But I did have an FdL. I've ignored all AXI builds and strapped a shedload of missiles and torps to the Ferdie. No videos, either. Few more sips of Lavian Brandy and then I'm off to Leroy Jenkins a bigboi.

AAR some time tomorrow. Wish me luck! 🤠
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Anything that can take a little beating that you can fly well should do a good enough job.
 
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