So, um.... is this real? http://xboxclips.com/DP%20Sayre/ba5a8340-5ee6-42e9-8a34-a763076e80d9/embed If not, someone's making a lot of effort to fake it. An actual, flying alien ship, that apparently knocks out your power for a while. E: More poo poo about it on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/5m9dtq/thargoids/ Wolfechu fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Jan 5, 2017 |
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Wolfechu posted:So, um.... is this real? I'd say it's real, since it actually matches the organic looking alien crap we've been finding very well. I think it even looks like the non-crashed version of the crashed alien ships. If that's a fake, it's the best made fake ever and that guy should be employed by Frontier immediately.
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Libluini posted:I'd say it's real, since it actually matches the organic looking alien crap we've been finding very well. I think it even looks like the non-crashed version of the crashed alien ships. If that's a fake, it's the best made fake ever and that guy should be employed by Frontier immediately. FD are already sharing it on Twitter, you know they've been waiting for it to jump out at someone. https://twitter.com/EliteDangerous/status/817135524213297153
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Happening status: it's.
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# ? Jan 5, 2017 23:58 |
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Breetai posted:Happening status: it's. Well thank gently caress something is. That did look very cool, love the ship design
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# ? Jan 6, 2017 00:06 |
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Calling it right now, the ship is invincible and the only interaction with aliens is a hauling CG
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Good Dumplings posted:Calling it right now, the ship is invincible and the only interaction with aliens is a hauling CG I bet they'd love some galactic guidebooks.
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# ? Jan 6, 2017 00:12 |
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I feel like everything in the bubble's about to get deleted in an 'alien invasion' with no insurance payouts. That's why they're letting everyone exploit!
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I was feeling like I should really gear up and get a Corvette or Anaconda ready for this, but then uh, you know if the bubble is going to go to poo poo then it'll be nice to be able to land anywhere in a Python. I sure hope we get Python ship kits before everything catches fire
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Wolfechu posted:I bet they'd love some galactic guidebooks. They want to share their wisdom and help us achieve our great potential as a species! It's all in this book that says "To Serve Man" on the cover... weird, the title is in English but the inside is gibberish... well, whatever, they're paying me millions to haul them!
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That looks amazingly cool. I like the weird distortion effects particularly. Time to buy a wake analyser, clearly.
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Wolfechu posted:I bet they'd love some galactic guidebooks. Three weeks later:
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This video includes the getting ripped out of hyperspace part which looks pretty rad too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slbWLXIpCv8
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That looks amazing.Aethernet posted:Time to buy a wake analyser, clearly.
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# ? Jan 6, 2017 00:47 |
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Anyone want to buy a premium doomsday bunker on Daisy? Big Harry protects.
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Eyud posted:This video includes the getting ripped out of hyperspace part which looks pretty rad too: putting a wake scanner on the old 'vette I guess
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# ? Jan 6, 2017 00:58 |
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I've been too cool for school about the slow build up to aliens but the second it flashed up that warning about the hyperspace tunnel being hosed I was like Joaquin Phoenix in Signs. I didn't realise it but I've missed those miserable octagonal dickheads. Edit: it's happened to a pc player too apparently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzEtlaAUM2k Double edit: calling it now, there's a cg to collect "unknown ship signature" and the reward is we're no longer disabled when they pull us out of hyperspace Pilchenstein fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Jan 6, 2017 |
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Edit: Need to learn to refresh DancingShade posted:When they integrate Planet Coaster into ED then all you'll need is a Sidewinder to get from theme park to theme park. Has anyone started filing bugs on the planet coaster forum yet about how some people are making theme parks that generate revenue and how it's ruining the game?
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# ? Jan 6, 2017 01:14 |
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Is the money faucet still there?
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# ? Jan 6, 2017 01:15 |
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Ah geez, that hyperspace effect was absolutely badass. Guess it's time to reinstall.
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Mailer posted:Edit: Need to learn to refresh Nah PC has a sandbox mode.
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Is the money faucet still there?
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:
So glad I already brought one because I forgot to take it off! Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Is the money faucet still there? New money faucet is wake-scanning thargoids.
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Grey Fox posted:Ah geez, that hyperspace effect was absolutely badass. Yeah it was, and I liked the spatial distortion behind the ship too. That sound effect though
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# ? Jan 6, 2017 01:19 |
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Welp, not gonna have a FDL before the end times. Ready to be useless!
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# ? Jan 6, 2017 01:22 |
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It's a tiny bit frustrating that right when I'm willing to put Elite aside as a deeply flawed game, they take a set piece like this and knock it out of the loving park. I am ready to meet my new alien overlords.
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# ? Jan 6, 2017 01:28 |
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Pilchenstein posted:Not right now, but possibly if another war kicks off before they drop the patch. gently caress.
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# ? Jan 6, 2017 01:30 |
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Conskill posted:It's a tiny bit frustrating that right when I'm willing to put Elite aside as a deeply flawed game, they take a set piece like this and knock it out of the loving park. I guess I should get that Python.
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# ? Jan 6, 2017 01:31 |
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Wolfechu posted:So, um.... is this real? I love the first reply there: quote:You can tell this is real because when he gets ripped out of witchspace, that bounty hunter still instantly lands on him.
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# ? Jan 6, 2017 01:32 |
adamantium|wang posted:I love the first reply there: That got a genuine laugh out of me
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# ? Jan 6, 2017 01:34 |
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Well poo poo, now the question is, is the appearance of the alien ship localized to certain parts of the galaxy, or can you theoretically encounter one even on the other side of the galaxy? Would be neat if my Imperial Cutter gets a little surprise on my journey... Also gently caress, I'm hiking all Saturday, but I certainly know what I will do on Sunday.
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# ? Jan 6, 2017 01:37 |
Libluini posted:Well poo poo, now the question is, is the appearance of the alien ship localized to certain parts of the galaxy, or can you theoretically encounter one even on the other side of the galaxy? Would be neat if my Imperial Cutter gets a little surprise on my journey... I saw at least one post where someone talked about shipping off to the Pleiades but whether or not it's localised has yet to be confirmed.
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# ? Jan 6, 2017 01:44 |
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I think that in this case in particular the npc showing up actually was part of the whole encounter. Because the moment the giant space whale decided to shoot his beam the npc stops shooting, probably blown up by it while you were spared. Some people are suggesting you have to have UAs in your inventory to trigger the event.
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# ? Jan 6, 2017 01:50 |
Is the 17Drac moneytrain still rolling? Having explained ED nerds and whiny grognards of the brown sea to her, and the general ridiculous expensiveness of everything in ED, my gf actually agreed that I'd be a fool not to rape this opportunity into the ground some more before it gets patched out.
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Cao Ni Ma posted:I think that in this case in particular the npc showing up actually was part of the whole encounter. Because the moment the giant space whale decided to shoot his beam the npc stops shooting, probably blown up by it while you were spared. Some people are suggesting you have to have UAs in your inventory to trigger the event. That's not part of the event, there's others where no ship pops up besides the alien. And you don't need UAs either. Shoot at it and see what happens.
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Libluini posted:Well poo poo, now the question is, is the appearance of the alien ship localized to certain parts of the galaxy, or can you theoretically encounter one even on the other side of the galaxy? Would be neat if my Imperial Cutter gets a little surprise on my journey... Cao Ni Ma posted:I think that in this case in particular the npc showing up actually was part of the whole encounter. Because the moment the giant space whale decided to shoot his beam the npc stops shooting, probably blown up by it while you were spared. Some people are suggesting you have to have UAs in your inventory to trigger the event.
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Surprise Giraffe posted:I feel like everything in the bubble's about to get deleted in an 'alien invasion' with no insurance payouts. That's why they're letting everyone exploit! It turns out that Skimmers are distant relatives to Thargoids. Also Thargoids have time distortion powers, and the instant they see you, they rollback all money and assets you acquired from killing Skimmers, out of vengeance.
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I'm from pleiades and I say, kill em all!
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Hexenritter posted:That got a genuine laugh out of me Yeah same. The first time I see Thargoids in E:D it's lame'd up by game design with that NPC photobombing the encounter.
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