The Titan Stratagem

[BDelacroix]

Just the 5 which do exist in games as part of an old CG would be a massive help

What I find funny about this is that when that CG was out, nobody wanted a thing to do with it and so we got just the size 2. NOW that it seems useful, people wish they had been involved.

Not that I'm against having more options, just find it a bit funny.

 

[JR250]

remaining Titans will test your coordination
They'll need to be much more vulnerable

We need better focus on the task or were the Titan's strength upped some vs how Taranis was?

 

[aRJay]

It's 2 rights, up, down, and 2 lefts isn't it?

Not on even numbered Fridays.

 

[aRJay]

Thank you for your kind advice!
Unfortunately, that usually triggers the "Hold my beer!" guys

Yes, which is a good thing because as they blunder in and trigger the traps you can watch and learn how not to get in there.

 

[aRJay]

We need better focus on the task or were the Titan's strength upped some vs how Taranis was?

Maybe they are like ranks each one is as strong as all the previous ones.

 

[Factabulous]

We need better focus on the task or were the Titan's strength upped some vs how Taranis was?

Taranis had 7 Controlled systems supporting it. Leigong has 10. 10 is larger than 7. Imagine if it were only maybe 5 instead ... just imagine

 

[Jack Winter]

With all these official congratulatory posts about the destruction of Taranis, I wonder whether we're going to find a bad surprise where the titan stood, once the cloud dissipates.

I suppose it's a possibility that we seeded the titan with nanites containing salvations consciousness. Who knows, maybe something very frightening was just born..

 

[CMDR X]

Taranis is defeated and Leigong (HIP 8887) appears to be your next target.

The community's success at Taranis was hugely impressive but the remaining Titans will test your coordination. They'll need to be much more vulnerable for your attacks to be effective. It's time to take back every star system and make that final assault count.

Get to work, Commanders.

I'm a combat pilot not into politics. How do I "take back a star system"???
Sounds boring. Let us know when it's time to start shooting Titans again.

 

[Shurimal]

How do I "take back a star system"???

Go to a thargoid controlled system and shoot everything that's vaguely flower-shaped until they go away?

 

[CMDR X]

Go to a thargoid controlled system and shoot everything that's vaguely flower-shaped until they go away?

OK, but how do I know they're gone? Is there a gauge or a meter that shows me how I'm doing, like with the Titans shlong?

 

[Kira Goto]

OK, but how do I know they're gone? Is there a gauge or a meter that shows me how I'm doing, like with the Titans shlong?

There’s a progress bar for all Thargoid states.

 

[Ian Doncaster]

I'm a combat pilot not into politics. How do I "take back a star system"???
Sounds boring. Let us know when it's time to start shooting Titans again.

For the remaining ones around Leigong, about the only combat approach would be to show up to them (most of them do have CZs) and destroy some Interceptors (or Scouts, if you prefer). It won't do very much (you'd have to sample them for that, unfortunately) but it'll add some progress. The systems have progress bars on the galaxy map to show progress to date, and there'll be a comms message when it hits 100% and it's safe to move on (plus the remaining Thargoids will retreat anyway at that point). Picking one that's already got some progress is probably more effective.


Alternatively, combat defence of alerts and invasions (especially at Oya) will help later.


Alternatively, just keep shooting the Titan - they don't heal, so even inefficient damage (and Leigong is a lot weaker than the others) is better than no damage. The plan is to weaken Leigong to the point where a direct attack is practical next week.

 

[CMDR X]

There’s a progress bar for all Thargoid states.

For the remaining ones around Leigong, about the only combat approach would be to show up to them (most of them do have CZs) and destroy some Interceptors (or Scouts, if you prefer). It won't do very much (you'd have to sample them for that, unfortunately) but it'll add some progress. The systems have progress bars on the galaxy map to show progress to date, and there'll be a comms message when it hits 100% and it's safe to move on (plus the remaining Thargoids will retreat anyway at that point). Picking one that's already got some progress is probably more effective.


Alternatively, combat defence of alerts and invasions (especially at Oya) will help later.


Alternatively, just keep shooting the Titan - they don't heal, so even inefficient damage (and Leigong is a lot weaker than the others) is better than no damage. The plan is to weaken Leigong to the point where a direct attack is practical next week.

Thanks CMDRs! I'll be approaching my hangar in about 45 minutes and I will get right on it!

For the Humanities! o7

 

[Sublime]

A shiny Python Mk II will burst from the ashes, like the Phoenix of folklore...

If the Thargoids promised us new ships instead, we’d happily burn down the bubble ourselves if that’s what it took..

 

[Kira Goto]

A shiny Python Mk II will burst from the ashes, like the Phoenix of folklore...

Followed by a new Hunter that totally won’t wreck it in front of the incredulous eyes of the gawkers. There may also be applause, or the Thargoid equivalent thereof… whatever they can manage with their arms.

*Don’t actually know if this is coming but wouldn’t be a huge surprise to me either.

 

[yttrbio]

This was about as tone-deaf as the "focus on alerts" Galnet from last year. The folks who are actually coordinating things in the forums, who are already doing exactly what this post suggests they aren't doing, are having a real laugh at this thread. Coordination is not the problem, it's finding enough players patient enough to spend their free time just staring at a second screen while holding down the "fire" button, waiting for research limpets to return from the lazily-floating scout, because that's the only activity the developers' war design made at all significant in control systems. And from past experience, the much more effective approach is to NOT do any of that and just wait for the developers to nerf the Thargoids, as opposed to being too successful and having them provide Thargoids a buff like they did in December (when the community did exactly what this post said by stripping all the controls from around Taranis and Leigong).

 

[SlickPBW]

Since it looks like there’s a clear path ahead to wiping out the Titans…

When the dust settles, I sure hope that there will still be a use for all these specialized modules and weapons that we had to obtain in order to get to this this point.

I’m sure I’m not the only one who has more than a few AX ships with weapons and modules that would have little to no use when the Thargoids are pushed back into insignificance…. which is where I think this saga is headed.


Edit: And it’s looking increasingly unlikely that the captured Xeno morph humans will be transforming into ground targets for on-foot combat. Unfortunate, this is. It would have been a fun development of this saga.

 

[amigacooke]

Go to a thargoid controlled system and shoot everything that's vaguely flower-shaped until they go away?

That just get a contract put on you by the Association of Florists Guild

 

[DemiserofD]

It's boring to just do the Titans all the time anyway. I like to alternate between many different activities. Grabbing escape pods right now.

 

[amigacooke]

Alternatively, just keep shooting the Titan - they don't heal, so even inefficient damage (and Leigong is a lot weaker than the others) is better than no damage. The plan is to weaken Leigong to the point where a direct attack is practical next week.

Hmmm, do you think 2 months is enough time for Frontier to get PP2 ready?