Where is the 2.4 Thargoid content?

[Kerrash]

...That's heresy

How very dare I suggest that a game that promised to 'never hand hold' the player, might not actually do such a thing...

It's in the next update mate, it's always the next update [yesnod]

Which space game are you talking about here? Sounds familiar...

 

[sollisb]

So... besides a few flowerpot ships hidden inside a USS, the mountain of bugs, how does 2.4 progress the narrative exactly?

The additions to the exploration plotting is the saviour in my opinion. The Return.. Hyperbole and Vapourware.

 

[Cmdr Wullfen]

Nothing in Galnet. No in-game email. No missions at my local station.

Where do I go or what do I do to experience the 2.4 content?

Nothing on Glanet? That was the first thing I checked and it directed me to Pleiades where AEGIS got wrecked. Was dancing with Thargoids in minutes.

I think some people have been playing the wrong game for too long. The gameplay loops aren't going to alter. The information is going to be relayed in the same ways and the actions we take with that said information will still be the same.

Either play Elite Dangerous or don't but please, if you want to play and take in the content. At least actually try and play Elite Dangerous

 

[sollisb]

2.4 is Thargoids story update. It is using existing gameplay elements to tell story.

I think Only Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time took longer to tell than this story!

 

[CmdrKull]

I didn't want to spoil anything so I tried to avoid the threads about Thargoids before I got in, and so the first thing I did was explore the changes, wound up on the Galaxy map and saw the CG icons, read the descriptions, and I was face to face with Thargoids within 10 minutes. It really wasn't hidden, and now that I'm there I see so much information. There's also missions which make reference to Thargoids, passenger missions to see crash sites, one regular mission that referenced a Fed ship attacked by Thargoids... its there. It's presented in the way Elite presents such things, which isn't cinematic or hyped, but just there, waiting to be discovered. Not everyone likes that, but you can't realistically expect them to change it now, this is Elite's style and it has quite a few fans.

 

[EUS]

I think Only Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time took longer to tell than this story!

Oh geez, don't remind me of that.
Started hating it in book 4, quit after book 6 or 7.

 

[Nara]

Can someone PM me when there is actually something new to do in ED? I've watched a few youtube vids and I don't feel like I'm missing any of the "content" thus far in 2.4.

 

[Urazz]

Yeah, I was one of the ones hoping for some actual story but this time we can't really say FDev haven't delivered because they did pretty much point out where the Thargoids are at (even with an exact system name as well). No excuse to not see them now I think. Where as before, you had to look up the information others had done in the past, at least now you got an idea of where to go from the game itself (the launcher articles).

I do think they could add in something to point you in the right direction in the game itself but you can't say they aren't trying to do that for us now with the new content now. Not only that but a lot of people seem to forget that the thargoid content is coming in waves and not all at once.

 

[CMDR DARKFLOW]

Yes. A mission with some story content would be nice. I don't want to have to go to X place and then visit forums and YouTube to fill in the gaps. I was hoping for actual in-game narrative this time.

try reading the news papers in obsidian orbital,there is a story about a prospector who went missing,i followed that and that lead me to an incident.:x