Elite Dangerous Odyssey: Into the Thargoid Maelstrom

[@sacreddawn7778]

Huge o7 for the bravery of going in there and capturing that amazing footage. Top notch exploring.

[@Smitsva]

There is no bravery if flying with a hundred or more rebuys in the bank. Flying without rebuy, that is being brave.

[@vayneshepard6938]

I have 2 or 3 rebuys for my cutter in my balance, yet I still get the mega creeps venturing near even black holes.

[@Smitsva]

@@vayneshepard6938 ok ok, 2 or 3 still counts. 10 or more and it is gone ;)

[@cocofuccorio7913]

Nerd

[@213fenix]

As always the sound team does an immaculate job, just wish the rest of the teams had the same effort and the company put more funding back into this game

[@Svvep]

Honestly the sound design of Elite is really really great. It's insane!

[@danilooliveira6580]

art design and graphics department are also top notch, the game looks too good to run this well too. its more the game design part that is a bit behind.

[@victorhugo-wo2ci]

Im sure all the teams do a great job and are only held back by fdevs greedy nature

[@Crusina]

The audio team would be upset if they ever saw this comment. Don't praise devs by putting down others.

[@213fenix]

@@Crusina dont get me wrong I still love what theyve done, but am also winded that a lot of times it doesnt feel like they fully listen to their playerbase or focus on what makes ED special in the first place

[@iamlegend5900]

Why do I have a haunting feeling that storm is somewhat alive

[@PowderandViolet]

I guess this is the actual mothership

[@jisazuramee1006]

​@@PowderandViolet We actually still don't know what they are. Some people are even convinced that they're not Thargoid-related whatsoever.

[@kalvinis9485]

@@jisazuramee1006 What, like a "by-product" of whatever the Thargoid are doing? Not exactly aligned to the Thargoid, but rather "exists" due to the Thargoid's actions. Might be mis-reading, however.

[@tailsfan11westandwithukraine]

Wow. Just… *_WOW._* I’d call anyone doing such a thing out of their mind, but you were very, VERY brave for getting inside, discovering and witnessing what could be the center of that Thargoid base and getting out. I hope Galnet uses this in their videos!

[@DaxyTheCat]

Great footage commander, thank you for sharing!

[@marianasempire486]

Whatever's in there, it sure as heck didn't want you hanging around!

[@juans.santos5529]

1:53 the fastest cutter alive hahaha

[@Margonite]

I kind of want to see what happens when you fly deployed Guardian fighter jets, guns blazing, in there.

[@gavinmitchell4632]

They immediately disintegrate due to the cloud causing universal caustic and guardian module damage.

[@RJ-ig2el]

This is incredible! thanks for sharing commander

[@AntneeUK]

Wait, so it just yeets your ass back out of the maelstrom? That's hilarious

[@ludicrousspeed8177]

Most of the time that blast straight up kills you. The Cutter and Corvette have enough protection to survive it once. If they hang around too long the second blast gets them.

[@JonBergacs]

@@ludicrousspeed8177 I'm gonna have to try my PvP vette. Spam banks before the second blast. With a repair limpet engaged.

[@NongrataRaw]

@@ludicrousspeed8177 My Krait Mk II survived it several times before finally dying

[@Andrei15193]

Yeah, the way it kicked the commander out was just hilarious. "Get out of here, we ain't got nothing"

[@tommykovalick2596]

Landing permission denied commander

[@schlirf]

Suggest that any further Recons into the Maelstroms be titled as "Operation Henry V": "Once More Into The Breach My Friends..."

[@jackee-is-silent2938]

The next line is rather on point here. > Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; > Or close the wall up with our English dead.

[@DARK_DEEP]

It's a giant meatball

[@zdamage3081]

I spawned in it's arrival system to see what will happen there. Was really surprized that my guardian FSD booster went off almost immediately. These things really don't like guardians.

[@DonnSensei]

Lol the maelstrom charging the pulse is EXACTLY like Godzilla charging his atomic breath

[@spretcher]

Maelstrom: I'm dangerous, hear me roar! Humans: Must boop the snoot!

[@Soundwave142]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!

[@cryswhyle]

How frightening. I didn't play Odyssey but it reminds me the first time I met a Thargoid ship while jumping in another system. What a shock.

[@landrycormenier4813]

And that guys, is a damn good sound design ! o7

[@npelolli]

Imagine you get yeeted back by the wave into a caustic generator, who also proceeds to explode, yeeting you back. Thargoid Maelstrom starts playing Pinball with your ship

[@ImaRadish]

Probably need to try approaching with an unknown artifact in your cargo hold. You used to be able to intentionally overheat yourself by going into silent running to "burn" the acid off your ship, only thing is you will lose your shields :D Cool video, thanks!

[@thekingsmencrew]

Let's note that that was definitely an EMP blast, which is interesting to see here. It seems to react to a perimeter of some sorts as well if you get to close. It patty smacks you out and that's the end of it, no attack, just a guarded warning. Very interesting find!

[@unclesloppy8518]

kinda puts into perspective just how utterly eldritch the thargoids are

[@combineconformist]

now I’m thinking of a thargoid Cthulhu lurking within the maelstrom

[@417Owsy]

that has me thinking now, what if the guardians were the great race of yith who were wiped out lol

[@syntience_wings]

Holy shit. This most scifi thing ever in a videogame

[@GreyJanuary]

The amount of F*** OFF FROM HERE is impressive.

[@som3body3]

So that's how it feels to be yeeted

[@argentumoculisgrimm9619]

Oh god, what if that big ass cloud in the center IS the fucking Thargoid? It’s not a cloud, or a gas, it’s a biomass……a nest? Idk exactly what’s going on because I’ve been off of ED for about a year but holy shit, the galaxy seems to be really fucked up right now.

[@tailsfan11westandwithukraine]

Sure is. Thankfully, it’s mostly around the SOL bubble, but we are in a full-blown galactic war. Ever since these maelstroms arrived, they’ve taken over system after system. It’s worse than anything I could have ever imagined.

[@homonovo]

Great footage, don’t think I’d have risked that re-buy though. Big balls that Commander!

[@jw191]

If lots of cmdr’s formed a line trying to get in, do you reckon the ones at the back might make it through. The pulse might not regenerate quickly enough. Depends how far out that shockwave goes I guess

[@Writers_End]

My group is going to try something like that today, probably won't work, but will still be fun to try.

[@Wishblend]

@@Writers_End The key to get in is in the Cmdr Jameson’s Logs 2 0f 4 // Threaded my way past their perimeter, masked my heat signature so I could get close to the superstructure.

[@Volkaer]

@@Wishblend So if your heat is low enough, you can avoid the knockback EMP?

[@engineeringbysophie7392]

@@Volkaer Silent running.

[@SeamusOR]

The maelstrom Is like a mobile proteus wave

[@mikkdc]

Yeah. Except its kinetic rather than emp, or perhaps both.

[@LycanLucian]

@@mikkdc if you watch closely you can see there is 2 weaves. The first is the emp that shuts down you ship so you can't thrust your way back in after the second kinetic wave.

[@dannym5865]

Thargiods have newly acquired seismic charges from Star Wars.🤕

[@MoIecuI3]

(consuela voice) “No, no. Mr Thargoid no here. Please go. No, no”

[@homonovo]

Lol, no service for you!

[@saitamaonepunchman8176]

whatever that is, it does NOT want anybody even slightly close and it knows how to do that perhaps they're like hubs/temporary hives for the thargoids to retreat to or come from?

[@tenryuta]

looks like a carrier jump gate, which would be reason why we cant see the their colony ship yet(also because they dont want to reveal it yet)

[@LukazChrom]

HOPEFULLY that is the case ... Thargoid Capital Ships should REALLY already be here!

[@1MagicAndMayhem1]

It is a Thargoid titan, NOT a hive ship from lore, It was datamined. Hiveships hold several titans This thing is big, colony ship likely to be in another two years

[@adawg3032]

proof the camera man never dies

[@-lnelyphnknaut-319]

this is a fuckin exigol of thargoids ngl

[@Soundwave142]

Better than Disney's!

[@carloschaparro07]

Nice! Thanks for the video. I stopped playing because the grind but still watch this kind of videos.

[@Wishblend]

Excellent video, Is it ok if I grab a couple of screenshots for a fan project?

[@Writers_End]

Go for it.

[@Wishblend]

@@Writers_End Thank you

[@depressedutchman]

Whatever it is... It does not want us to know

[@tailsfan11westandwithukraine]

Who would’ve thought the _Thargoids_ would have fear of something!

[@JaymeSplendid]

i just got a HOTAS and I have been playing this game for YEARS on console but switched over after they stopped support. Christ man, I thought it took me for ever to remap my controller to my liking...I got this game a month ago and hardly been playing as I have been spending time tweaking controls, flying practice runs, rinse, repeat...

[@darkseraph2009]

Do you think a grelic would be the key to bypassing the shockwave?

[@cmdrdyland]

Tried it, no success

[@mnal5gex]

I wonder if fighting the ships nearby would unlock what’s inside

[@wethepeople3670]

Someone needs to team up with repair limpets

[@rixgaming9989]

What about using the anti shutdown module right when it releases the wave?

[@cmdrdyland]

It keeps your hud online but still knocks you back

[@rixgaming9989]

@@cmdrdyland "wait for galnet article announcing some cooperation developed something" i guess

[@nothanks4204]

God this looks so fucking cool

[@thataussieguy4770]

what about scanning while inside it

[@owend1453]

I've got a courier that goes about 880m/s, think I could boost in there before it yeets me back?

[@Writers_End]

I'll be testing my 920 viper today, see how it goes!

[@Alp577]

Someone should bring a boosted imperial eagle and do a little experiment. 😄

[@owend1453]

@@Writers_End keep us posted!

[@StrikeEagleCinema]

"Update 14 will change the galaxy as we know it." The change: theres a space thunderstorm that sounds cool

[@DemonHippo266]

has anyone tried to send in a probe or anything?

[@Vertexnine]

You've documented this work by frontier that is absolutely amazing - just hoping the center of the maelstrom isn't another park management game DLC :(

[@Vertexnine]

I realize this is a terribly cynical comment, what i mean to say is that your video is incredible

[@Vertexnine]

So is it impossible to get to the center?

[@tailsfan11westandwithukraine]

@@Vertexnine likely not. It’s a base of operations, and bases are practically impregnable.

[@Kaldortangerine]

ill be starting the void runners chapter of the HAND OF SKARRO

[@congruentcrib]

Have we tried flying in there with thargoid heats sensors etc, guardian relics, unclassified relics… anything of this nature. I want to study this area but can’t due to not having proper funding. Something I really find interesting, what is the pride thing the new interceptors shoot out? Can we collect it?

[@Volkaer]

How much funding do you reckon one would need for such an operation?

[@clarko-ow5oq]

I wonder if there is a way to skip the energy pulse thing, like just lagging enough

[@olgaderwaldfee]

i miss a research drone xD

[@TheM9lta]

"Uh oh, very muh xeno content, no u wrong, it isn't thargoid from 2019"

[@B1oHa2ard]

Is it... Could it be... Raxxla? Regardless, I almost want to play again

[@ghost-like3396]

HOW BIG IS THAT THARGOID!?!

[@darkpit2157]

Man wish this was on console hate how they abandoned it

[@zachjollimore4339]

just can't make it work with all the code differences, this exists because they dropped you console peasants, just can't make the game better with the limitations the consoles have.

[@deeku.4009]

@@zachjollimore4339 Unfortuately, you're just 100% correct. Kinda harsh, but it's always going to be the reality.

[@boring_incarnate]

@@zachjollimore4339 you speak of code differences, yet all the other multiplatform games exist just fine. FDev are just incompetent, it's an undisputable fact. And since you look down on console players, I'm gonna have to ask you very cordially, to go and eat some glass

[@Volkaer]

@@zachjollimore4339 100% this. I'm glad they dropped the console anchor so the game can get better.

[@sittingduck5477]

Does that thing boot you out of the cloud ??

[@xdeckard6]

I've been shiting a lot on ED lately in comparison to Star Citizen, but that looks fucking amazing

[@nikushim6665]

to be fair everyone has been shitting on scam citizen for like twelve years though.

[@InvisibleSquids]

They are both vying for the same end goal, just from different directions. ED made *the galaxy* explorable, with unique encounters in every system. SC tries to make the most immersive experience possible with the highest level of detail. Main difference is one is fully released and receiving game expanding updates while the other is in perpetual "open alpha"

[@Keloot]

One would have ti have shit for brains to even compare scam scitzen to a fully released game that gets updates.

[@xdeckard6]

@@Keloot yeah? that's why so many left ED to play SC and never came back? The thing about SC is immersion and interactability in a depth ED will never come even close. But I think both games complements each other in a way. You can't really say ED is better than SC or the other way around, and I personally left ED once ground combat started to feel like a Destiny game and lost that realistic/sim feel to it

[@Alp577]

@@xdeckard6 To be fair, a lot also left star citizen or waiting for the release, while a lot of people are still hopefull for ED to turn things around. ED is still selling and people are still playing it. At the moment, it's a lose lose situation for both fans. Hopefully starfield will keep everyone happy while these two games fix itself.

[@brycek111]

Could you possibly avoid getting shut down if you used a field neutralizer?

[@suavevalen]

Tried and failed. The Maelstrom laughs at your puny field neutralizer.

[@Danspy501st]

@@suavevalen Tried to get two commanders in there? Like one behind the other to make like a opening? Kinda like what we can see on a cars in air, then two cars getting close enough, or how some places an icebreaker want the following ship close as to make sure the ice down have enough time to refreeze too. Im interested in to hear or see if the pulse wave can go through the first ship to shut down the ship behind it

[@chloedarbyshire-brown2938]

the field neut does work in that it stops you being disabled. doesn't stop the shove though

[@hasfidanken]

i went in the maelstrom but I didnt see that light explosion you saw in the video, how did you cause it?

[@Writers_End]

Gotta fly close enough to the center.

[@Marscommander1]

Are the guardian module reinforcements completely ineffective in the Maelstrom? Trying to build my own cutter to explore

[@Writers_End]

Go to 2:23 and you'll see that most of my guardian hull reinforcements are just fine. I think they're what kept me alive.

[@Writers_End]

Only the module reinforcement was affected.

[@Marscommander1]

That's what I was asking, could see it red, just wanted to confirm that it failed as soon as you entered; not after sustaining damage.

[@Writers_End]

@@Marscommander1 Sorry I misread your comment. Yes you're correct, it malfunctioned very quick.

[@Marscommander1]

Might just be worth outfitting more hull then in its place unless caustic penetrates... Thanks for the info!

[@038alpha]

I wish Star citizen had this audio team

[@Halumin2137]

someone please try going in there with a thargoid sensor/probe maybe that will work...

[@noahatcha2616]

What is it though

[@stargoid670]

Mothership

[@noahatcha2616]

@@stargoid670 do you think we will ever be able to see it completely

[@stargoid670]

@@noahatcha2616 absolutely!

[@ocu5850]

We will figure out once we find away to avoid that pulse i guess.

[@0skimmer21]

@@ocu5850 stupid question, but anyone tried to go silent running at 0 temp? Like what people use to stay invisible while solo hunting thargoids?

[@iamzorn9044]

Do we even have a chance? What can we do. I just started and it seems like I might’ve chosen the wrong time to play.

[@dediguise0018]

Humans have fought and defeated thargoids at war before. We do have a chance, but the tech to deal with them will probably be unlocked over the storyline. This is just the beginning.

[@raghav1026]

@@dediguise0018 we fought and defeated them yes, but they have evolved and stuff like the mycoid virus doesn’t work against them anymore, now they’re learning to counter our guardian human hybrid weapons, i think this will be a true war.

[@CancerArpegius]

Those Godzilla Atomic breaths do go hard...

[@oleabetsoemokoena12]

Legend!

[@DavidDude87]

it's getting interesting

[@TDogsYard]

All that hype and we don’t get to see the motherships yet!

[@finch_at_last]

how does your ED look so crispy

[@APM298]

I'm new ish to this game, I know what the thargoids are, but what's a maelstrom

[@cmdrHeliaxx]

They used to be the unknown anomalies that were slowly being discovered by players heading to bubble after Proteus wave misfire. With update 14, they finally arrived and turned into this. They Are suspected to be some kind of Thargoid hive ships.

[@APM298]

@@cmdrHeliaxx awesome, so what is the bubble? Lol

[@cmdrHeliaxx]

@@APM298 bubble is composed of all the human inhabited systems around Sol system, about 200 light years in radius. Most of the Elite Dangerous galaxy is not inhabited. You can see the rough size of the bubble if you change the view in the Galaxy map to "Powerplay".

[@pawn6]

@@APM298we can be friends in that game I like playing with new players

[@APM298]

@a lighter for sure man, I'm making my way to the auto cannon engineer Todd in one of the wolf systems right now

[@CouchCit]

That was dope

[@Paradigmfusion]

Really doesnt want you around hahha

[@FurryEskimo]

So there’s something in these clouds which will knock you out if you get too close?

[@骄傲的儿子]

Thargoid titan

[@骄傲的儿子]

3:17 you see it's outline

[@moretoknowshow1887]

I give ED credit for finally giving us something to play/fight against, that game that has citizens in its stars could take a few lessons from them on this account..

[@Hellyos90]

Too little too late from frontier tbh, I think a lot of us moved on to greener pastures

[@moretoknowshow1887]

@@Hellyos90 I agree, at least FDEV is attempting some world-building, unlike the competitor that's been messing around on getting a second system built..

[@stevenboughner7255]

@@Hellyos90 That's your opinion.

[@Keloot]

@@Hellyos90 there are no greener pastures. Cope

[@liquidgroove75]

To be honest I've been playing SC for a while and the only thing that's better about it is the 3rd person camera and being able to walk around your ship. Other than that it's quite tedious. It's ok to like and play both.

[@ExodiumTM]

WTF is this??? Never heard of that thing, is this very new?

[@Writers_End]

Very, came with Update 14 and the Thargoid invasion.

[@ExodiumTM]

@@Writers_End holy shit... I really should play this game a bit more. Loving the effects and the sound design

[@КубовичКисель]

Like abyssal in eve online

[@tuye8911]

o7

[@lasvista2tech]

We asked for atmospheric planets with thunderstorm clouds but instead we get thargoid clouds with more grinds for anti maelstrom coating and other crap

[@AustinWigley]

Bravo FD you added clouds to space

[@Keloot]

A yes the perpetual anti elite bot that is organic and not a stock bot account for a scam game that shall not be mention. BTW who the fuck is we? I sure as shit couldn't care about atmosfere worlds. I would care about game play tho

[@AustinWigley]

@@Keloot I've been waiting ten years for them to add ship interiors lmfao.

[@HunterCat1]

@@AustinWigley Then you've been waiting for something devs didn't promise to make. Congrats, i guess?

[@AustinWigley]

@@HunterCat1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/e36TeJaibM6Ig5o 3:00, David Braben says "...you will be able to walk around inside your ship, you will be able to get out of your ship and walk around inside space stations and other vehicles." 'didn't promise' uh ok, he only promised until we gave him kickstarter cash and then I guess it wasn't a 'promise' anymore.

[@wudimusic]

I´ve heard worse sound-designs, win acedemy awards

[@croozerdog]

Elite is all sound design and visuals and no gameplay lmao

[@netshaman9918]

As what i know about Fdev devs , there is nothing into that to see... Just a basic feature to try to keep players into the game , but like all other features, just nothing really interesting to see inside ( that's why there is this shockwave, just to keep players away from the void ) Just a waste of time imo.

[@Funkiyy]

Eww

[@mrb6144]

Wait so it’s just a cloud instance with sound effects... not surprising per frontier... Milking it for everything left the game has left