A Day in the Life: Solo AX Conflict Zone [Elite: Dangerous Thargoid Hunting]

AX Conflict Zones are an intense endurance test for a ship and a pilot, especially while solo. No, I don't kill the Hydra.
0:00:00 Launch, arrival & scouts
0:06:52 Cyclops 1
0:13:00 Basilisk 1
0:20:01 Cyclops 2
0:27:40 Basilisk 1, cont.
0:32:25 Cyclops 3, 4 & 5
0:41:05 Basilisk 2
0:57:51 Cyclops 6 & Hydra
1:04:22 Interdiction & docking

[@notyourconcern1411]

Do you have a link to your build?

[@asd-iv1uf]

for sure edsy.org/s/vOeBRfs i'm still playing with different hardpoint combinations. in the video i have 2 medium and 1 small gauss cannons, but i've downsized to 1 medium and 2 small which generates less heat during firing.

[@thedalailmao]

An almost full-length feature film on the most thrilling and fascinating of all gameplay loops in ED by a CMDR with exceptional skills, unflappable character, sage-like patience and best of all, a sense of humour. Thoroughly enjoyed it and added it to my ED AX Masters playlist. Kudos - from a CMDR who has killed 1 Cyclops with a Krait MkII and has felt as proud as a freeborn peasant.

[@asd-iv1uf]

you're far too kind- but thank you very much. good fortune on your continued career as an AX pilot.

[@Tokari_]

It almost makes me erect

[@luckybrand6762]

Anyone else feel comforted by having elite combat gameplay/sounds play in the background while driving or working?

[@hobdecj]

By far the best and clearest tutorial I have seen so far on dealing with the more dangerous Thargoid vessels excellent work!

[@asd-iv1uf]

thank you, that's really kind. there are some great tutorials out there kzbin.info/aero/PLYx7o8laj9zCHVZxq_88_0Lj4fGHpUxCD

[@hobdecj]

@@asd-iv1uf No problem, well earned praise. I am really struggling with Thargoid combat - my Anaconda isn't really set up for it and i'm now below 100mil in credits having spaffed about 150mil + on new ships over the last week at 20mil a go. Now back at Jameson trying to grind back the cash I lost to go back in again probably with a smaller ship :(

[@CMDR_Razor-Firefly]

Excellent flying CMDR. Certainly more fun than laser mining for plat!

[@stevehensonuk]

The comments you put on the video are so helpful - thanks!

[@peterkistler3537]

20:00 what a shot.

[@Valliac]

"Please restrict speed until clear of the station." Proceeds to blast ass right through the mailslot.

[@nirui.o]

"Anyone looking for a wing?" My first reaction looking at my chicken wing: Sure, I can fit another one.

[@sabru72]

Incredible. I am happy to see this, knowing I have much to accomplish. Thank you, commander o7

[@emilydarksparks3546]

could you imagine fighting all those thargoids just to blow up while trying to land at the station

[@asd-iv1uf]

i would have cried

[@josephabboud1151]

wow mate that was so mesmerizing informative, and exciting! good job commander!

[@iRiccardoArpino]

This was a masterpiece of an experience. The flying skills, the tenacity, the insight, the outright fear I felt when you were inevitably floating in the drift... Also the sound design of this game is on its own level... I couldn't compile enough adjectives in this comment to portray what I just had the pleasure of experiencing. Thank you for sharing a glimpse into your venture in the drift, Cmdr. o7 Looking forward to future uploads!

[@asd-iv1uf]

i love this game, and i've wanted to put something like this together for a long time. so it means a lot for it to be appreciated- thanks.

[@swiftbow2110]

Well played CMDR, well played.

[@heypca9018]

532 is ludicrous, amazing speed and balance there cmdr 👌

[@arrynroyce72]

Nicely done commander. Keep it up and that salad man at the end is going to regret jumping in.

[@Smokey_MR2]

Wow great content, I'm just getting into the Thargoid war myself, played ED for years but never bothered with the Goids until recently, I got quite a few good pointers and learned a few things I hadn't learned elsewhere! Thank you for uploading and I hope you get many more subscribers as you have a good presentation and bit of good humour with it.

[@Lev069]

I can't wait to go out thargoid hunting dude 😂

[@akula625]

I had to watch this after reading the title. The unsung heros of this war.

[@DevilbyMoonlight]

well done youhave just pulled me back into the black cmdr!

[@Vasya_Vassiliy]

Just great... Thx a lot, CMND, it was rly interesting!

[@jimsmith8062]

Aye Good stuff Cmdr. I was being too aggressive, what I learnt from you was... Less haste more speed...take your time and kill more. You might get used to the dying screams but you never get tired of it:)

[@DJ_Dett]

As an AX newbie that's had some minor success and plenty of failure, thank you for sharing this. It's been incredibly informative.

[@solidus4prez]

All that excellent shooting and flying, and you land like THAT? I about died. This was a really cool video, nice going CMDR!

[@asd-iv1uf]

any landing you walk away from, etc etc...

[@NuclearFalcon146]

That was a pretty good haul credits/hour. Would have been right at 100 million/hour if not for that one cyclops theft. This could get very lucrative in groups.

[@absolutelyscrumptious7552]

AX conflict is really good, I've been doing it forever now. It's a steep learning curve but when interceptors payout 8mil, 24mil,40mil and 60mil each depending on the type of interceptor, you can easily gain a billion within 6 hours or so

[@lucernaguadium5291]

every friday the Anti xeno innitiative discord hosts a "finance friday" basically just huge group slaughtering thargoids. bought a FC from just 3 of thoose

[@Adhzap]

@@lucernaguadium5291 hey how to gez in contact with them? Im building an ax krait atm

[@tacoboy2218]

@@Adhzap they have a discord

[@sundancelightfoot5342]

The lance guardian fighter is a beast a master and above pilot

[@eccodreams]

This is some stellar bug huntin'. Real nice.

[@247elite]

nice, always just liked to fly and explore, but might give this a try!

[@yungsteezy4500]

I'd like to battle the scouts while others deal with the death flowers. Also, support with repair limpets

[@matt2513]

You are not alown. Fly safe commander.

[@DoctyrEvil]

Very instructional!

[@kaizaki9148]

I remember the fight for Wakata, I made many good credits there

[@Likdoe3968]

wow that was great. please do more elite videos.

[@asd-iv1uf]

i intend to try tackling a Medusa-class interceptor at my next opportunity, so we'll see...

[@Edricofifrit]

How embarrassing, I've been playing for a bit more than a year and just now learned you can use repair limpets on yourself.

[@noir2559]

> No, I don't kill the Hydra. understandable lmao

[@rohesilmnelohe]

From personal experience in this game, Full EAXMC build is perfectly good for Cyclops and Basilisk. With a medusa, i needed AX NPCs to help exerting the hearts. Hearts themselves melted fast. Hydra... Yeah. Not ready to even try. Probably have to switch back over to HOTAS an FA off flying for that.

[@theplague4u]

i need to get me some guardian weapons, awesome solo job.

[@yungsteezy4500]

I might do some AX in the future

[@WickedScott]

Just finishing up my Chieftain shieldless build. Finally unlocked all the guardian modules and weapons. MOre fun than I thought actually. Going without shields is counter-intuitive, but it works for the xenos. Dunno about PVP etc. yet.

[@asd-iv1uf]

definitely bring a shield for PvP, you'll be in trouble without one! congrats on finishing your build, have fun out there.

[@WickedScott]

@@asd-iv1uf Yeah got interdicted twice trying to leave the area, Lucky the Chief is fast. Denied their ganky fun that day.

[@sharknoms4467]

With your ability to avoid getting oozed by caustic stuff I wonder if it would be better to take dedicated repair limpets instead of the scrubber one... You can still burn the caqustic ooze of if you happen to get hit.

[@asd-iv1uf]

maybe, as it would save me some time and limpet synthesis. but i think the decon limpet saved me in the end, i doubt the canopy would've survived a few seconds at overheat. like everything else in outfitting, it's just a matter of picking your tradeoffs.

[@BRODIRATOM]

whatre your input controls? this is some smooth flying and fighting

[@asd-iv1uf]

i use a single VKB Gladiator joystick. great stick, i do recommend it, although if you want a dedicated throttle you'll need another solution. thanks.

[@WinghavenET]

question: why are most AX builds I see hull-tanks if it's well established that shield tanks are the way to go in this game? What's stopping me from taking an engineered Cutter load it up with the biggest guns I can find, a shutdown field neutralizer and blasting Thargoids up?

[@B3nnettB]

To my (inexperienced) knowledge, I believe it's because of the fact that thargoid weapons have phasing, and that combined with the shield giving you a larger hitbox, means taking a good chunk of damage

[@asd-iv1uf]

it will depend on the ship. larger ships do indeed prefer shields and shield cell banks even for AX combat, but smaller ships can use speed to their advantage so reducing your hitbox size and heat signature is more effective. the cutter is a very potent if expensive way to fight thargoids, nothing is stopping you at all!

[@irsissz]

Thanks for sharing the experience. How much repair does a decom limpet do? looks like 5% ... wouldnt an actual repair limpet be better? Were you more setup for scouts?

[@asd-iv1uf]

the one i have equipped repairs 180 hull integrity. a repair limpet would give more, but does nothing for the caustic damage. i find i prefer having them at hand rather than burning the caustic off the hull.

[@panoslentzos2190]

well done CMDR!nice video,any chance to post your ship build so i can check it out?

[@asd-iv1uf]

thank you. i linked the build in another comment, which is now pinned at the top.

[@tk0pilot]

Does every ship interior look the same? Might get this game while SC is being dumb. Gg btw that was pretty awesome

[@landonvincent9586]

Would recommend anocana space guardian super shotguns if you know what im sayin 😉

[@ahhotep1833]

Amazing!! You have my sub...it's only one you deserve more Please make more vids on whatever game you want to play!! My only advice is leave your text up a bit longer

[@kenwaytr]

I build the Chieftain, everything engineered and learned the basics but i just can't fly with FA-off. I'm playing on M&K, any advice ?

[@eccodreams]

That sound at 59:45 genuinely fucking scares me. Close call!

[@thylmariage]

Hmm, where did you get heatsink with 5 munition ? With some CG ? Taurus mining ? Good job for the rest.

[@ianbunch1583]

I was wondering the same thing

[@asd-iv1uf]

Sirius Corp is selling them pre-engineered on their megaships via tech brokers. i got mine from the Kumiho Sky.

[@TheBlackOf1993]

I'm running the same ship, but I've noticed the beam laser doesn't get me to 0 temperature at all, best at 34 or so. I've engineered it at level 5 but I've made it Efficient rather than Long Range as expertimental. Do you think that's the reason for it? Also, my aser is turreted. Also, thanks for the video!

[@asd-iv1uf]

to my understanding, the thermal venting is an inverse of the heat that would be generated otherwise. so yes, efficient will have greatly reduced the effectiveness. i've heard that turrets also do less cooling than gimbals and fixed when engineered that way.

[@TheBlackOf1993]

@@asd-iv1uf thanks a lot! Maybe someone asked for this already so apologies, but why running 3x gauss cannons instead of 4x?

[@asd-iv1uf]

@@TheBlackOf1993 it's a fair question, and mainly a matter of preference. the biggest reason is that i like to keep an AX multi-cannon to deal with scouts and partially cyclopses, saving more of my gauss rounds for the bigger targets. another reason is that i don't like staggering my gauss cannons across a firegroup, which is something you usually need to do to keep your temperature low enough when running 4 and firing them all. however, most people opt to run 4 because it gives you maximum dps output, and staggering the firegroup is a very valid strategy.

[@PaulSchofieldMusic]

Very nice content mate. What control combo are you using? HOSAM or KB+M for example?

[@asd-iv1uf]

i use a single VKB gladiator, it's a great stick and i find the basic throttle knob is sufficient for FAoff.

[@Brodir369Ad]

Came here to ask if you were hotas. Wanna try fa off but the 0-100 throttle is weird for it

[@Suzduko667]

How do you manage to maintain such a steady aim with FA off? Every time I even try FA off, I end up getting into a seemingly unstoppable cycle of overshooting my rotation and overcompensating that makes it nigh impossible to hit anything with fixed weapons.

[@asd-iv1uf]

practice and patience. try just docking with FA off first, there's a training simulation you can access on your right hand panel that'll spawn you in a free sidewinder to try with.

[@tacoboy2218]

One of my go to exercises for FA off is go to a station with the rings and "tether" your nose to a point on that ring and follow it at different distances and angles

[@blacksunslair]

Beast! You a part of AXI? If so, add Hoshea and meet me in space sometime!

[@atheist101]

If you don't boost through the mail slot do you even elite?

[@TheDarmach]

Does federal corvette have any sense as an AX ship? (attempting to return to the game after few years off)

[@asd-iv1uf]

it can be used, however it's one of the most challenging choices. if you're totally new to AX, this is the best place to start learning wiki.antixenoinitiative.com/en/home

[@NX1984]

​@@asd-iv1uf How do you fly so well with FA off? Is there some trick to it, everytime I do I just end up spiralling out of control, haha

[@sundancelightfoot5342]

I hung with a krait running healing beams and gauss cannons

[@MuZeSiCk77]

I wish I could buy the nesserary weapons right away and join the fight. I'm not making it in time before the end of humanity , if I have to gind for these....

[@MarkZeroGaming]

You can just buy human AX weapons, and they're in the process of being significantly upgraded. Guardian tech will still be better but you will soon be able to be relevant in an AX fight just by spending credits. Grind is optional but helpful.

[@AlexVangeenRacing]

4 mins in the lack of shield is giving me anxiety!!!

[@asd-iv1uf]

took me a while to get used to as well, haha.

[@shinyobsessed1271]

Wow, impressive! I will NOT reach that level

[@tacoboy2218]

Practice my guy you'll get there

[@destroyer-cq2lm]

I just don't get how you don't get the swarms an you. Whenever I do it, I get them on me and a bunch of caustic misses shot at me

[@asd-iv1uf]

it's all about the lateral thrust and keeping your speed up. around 8:33 i mention keeping track of the swarm and orbiting away from it.

[@OldManPaxusYT]

What is meant by 'it's more _efficient_ to re-arm on empty?....

[@asd-iv1uf]

in terms of materials. you can only fill up to your maximum ammo, and it costs the same amount of synthesis materials regardless of how many rounds it will require to reach your maximum ammo. so if you're rearming at 50% you're only getting half as many rounds for the same cost compared to emptying your reserves.

[@R4zorkl4w001]

It sounds a bit odd but I'd love to see enhanced ax torpedo pylons.

[@asd-iv1uf]

too much synthesis required...

[@Chyronn]

What HOTAS are you using?

[@josephanot]

same question my xbox controller can't handeld gauss cannon

[@asd-iv1uf]

i use a single VKB Gladiator joystick. i do strongly recommend it if you like a stick, but the best control setup is the one you most enjoy using.

[@josephanot]

@@asd-iv1uf thx, nice skills again

[@asd-iv1uf]

@owen just the single stick actually, everything is bound to it.

[@OldManPaxusYT]

I'd prefer narration but still, all the written stuff is brilliant, 👀this is a GREAT as an anti-xeno TUTORIAL!!!!!

[@jesterM60]

Where is that hydra? You just skipped the main part of CZ

[@sundancelightfoot5342]

You running thermal vent?

[@asd-iv1uf]

yep, on the little beam

[@nnktv28]

bro needs no shields bro is giga ship

[@mattzarella4169]

Probably necro'ing the comment section a bit, but wheres the best places to grab Enhanced AX Parts and weapons? I have a kitted out 'conda, and want to convert it into an AX Conda :P Returning player who only just now found out you can buy them!

[@asd-iv1uf]

best place to check would be the wiki, or ask in the AXI discord. the marked rescue megaships sell most of it.

[@NX1984]

I wanna do AX but I need someone to teach me

[@asd-iv1uf]

check out the AXI and join their discord, lots of helpful resources antixenoinitiative.com/

[@CMDRTonyCurtis]

Solo in....Solo...

[@nirui.o]

I keeps wondering why Thargoid sounded like loud deep sea whale orgasm.

[@sundancelightfoot5342]

I'm on Xbox series x

[@vauxra]

Cool!

[@king8-savage137]

i never understand how you guy's aim so precisely while fa is off could you give advice?

[@asd-iv1uf]

practice. gotta start somewhere, if you're really new to flight assist off try the docking scenario in the training section.

[@sundancelightfoot5342]

07

[@lo8410]

they will fall

[@sundancelightfoot5342]

Sorry bro

[@RH-mk3rp]

Why Elite Dangerous players like to put narration next on screen rather than speak?

[@TwstedTV]

I am only 6 days old, and I am almost in a python. It will take me another 4 years before I can efficiently start killing Thargoid's like this. hehehe 🙃

[@gregbird295]

poor space whales why cant you leave them alone

[@asd-iv1uf]

unfortunately for them, hunting them is just way too much fun.

[@ajax1035]

seems cool but looks so boring

[@bovice5072]

Not sure how it can look cool and boring at the same time. It isn't boring, but it may seem that way because doing it solo is long and tedious. Or maybe you're just a Star Citizen player coping hard. lol

[@Squidgy55]

It looks boring because the good Commander makes it look easy. Spoiler alert: It's not.

[@District.24]

Lame game. Wish I never bought it. Star Citizen crushes it.

[@bovice5072]

You're right. Elite Dangerous is a game. Star Citizen is an unstable tech demo that nobody can describe without using the word "eventually."