Elite Dangerous - There's a SECRET Inside the Maelstroms

[@maniacwand12]

im pretty sure the difficulty of the interdictions is the way it is on purpose and nothing to do with being out of practice, I can escape interdictions fairly often in my krait but it handles like a type 9 would getting interdicted when the thargoids do it. Makes sense considering our frame shift drives are literally reverse engineered from their drives so their version of interdictions are going to be vastly more difficult.

[@mikkdc]

I think best option if you have a fast craft is to submit then high tail it outta there!

[@Loli_lover206]

@@mikkdc works great with my mamba

[@maniacwand12]

@@mikkdc Yeah thats what I started doing in further interdictions, my krait can punch 500+ when boosting so I can pretty much just outrun the thargoids after submitting till the FSD cooldown is done

[@k3v1n73]

wasnt the fsd only partially based on their tech, hyperspace travel was taken from them supercruise invented by us havent read into the lore for a while but i think, as i said supercruise tech isnt based on goid tech

[@maniacwand12]

@@k3v1n73 it doesnt matter either way, the basis came from thargoid tech anyway as faster than light travel (supercruise) piggybacks off of the frameshift drive which is reverse engineered thargoid tech, meaning its much easier for them to reverse engineer our variants than it was for us, with nothing, to reverse engineer theirs. Thats the entire point I was trying to make.

[@tbone9912]

The thing that you forgot is that this maelstrom is in the top 1% of all maelstroms out there.

[@dmj271095]

Some tips on dealing with the hyperdictions and interdictions in non combat/slower ships is to submit, pop a heat sink and run. If you submit, your fsd recharges faster and if your temperature is below 10%, they can't target you effectively

[@thehipinmyear]

If you haven't already, you've GOT to approach the mealstrom with the planet and its terminator line behind it, so you can see the local star that's on the planet's horizon shining through the cloud. THAT is a beauty shot. Absolutely stunning. I got interdicted SO MANY TIMES just flying back and forth in supercruise to see that amazing lighting tech.

[@Crusina]

FYI you are always moving inside the cloud, it's not that the material moves but that your ship and everything is moving too! So bring limpits people If you want to collect!

[@john-vince5311]

Aren't they effected by caustic damage?

[@MistedMind]

@@john-vince5311 Well, they needn't live long, just to get the shards into the hold :D

[@Turboy65]

This seems to be reviving interest in ED. That's a good thing. I'm back in for the first time since 2020. Gotta grind for a bit to do some ship upgrades. Shard cannons are good 'goid medicine and I need plenty!

[@ralkia]

ED will always have players if there's content worth playing. sadly that's not the case the vast majority of the time

[@dugyc]

Suspect we'll need to collect the 'Massive Pulse Analysis Data' or whatever it was called for Ramtah/Palin to develop tech to overcome the pulse and allow us deeper in.

[@CMDR-7652]

caustic sink(gets rid of caustic) coming soon, not sure what else...

[@TimberwolfCY]

Man, thanks for spending your time, ships, and currency to show us this. I'm unsure I'll play again, but I love watching your stuff to sort of vicariously experience the game. Thanks again ObsidianAnt :)

[@FrostlikeReign]

New to the game, quick question. How come ya stopped?

[@ItCameFromTheSkyBeLo]

We haven't had this much Obsidian Ant Elite Dangerous content in a year. Woo!!!

[@fightingblind]

Entire system tries to kill him. "It's good to see inside this lovely location"

[@thehipinmyear]

*Sips freshly poured coffee/tea*

[@sam23696]

I've seen a bunch of attempts to reach the center already. One of them was very impressive, taken from a well equipped pilot that had field neutralisers and beams to overheat the ship and remove the caustic effect. All that happens is they survive long enough to be thrown away multiple times by the wave. It's pretty clear to me the center is still locked away, until we get some kind of new module or someone finds the trick like carrying relics into it.

[@cetifoxproductions]

Never more glad that I live in the Colonia region. I don't have to worry about any of this.

[@ebrietas-biscuit]

The inside cloud reminds me of when a fleet carrier is reaching its destination in witch space. I’m wondering if we are watching something massive pass through/push through witch space.

[@martinmc0950]

Perhaps. Many theories suspected the stargoids were some kind of stargate

[@AlexGrom]

Yeah, but it for sure has some countermeasures against humans, that cloud that yeets you away hints it. It only activates sometimes after all

[@ebrietas-biscuit]

@@AlexGrom makes sense

[@whendarknessfalls6969]

To help with hyperdiction. You can see the Thargoids in the contact panel now before they try to pull you out. If they grab you, just submit and boost! Fighting will give you a higher cooldown. Now for the Maelstrom. Either Lagrange clouds are baby stargoids. Or this is just the wake storm as the object rips through witchspace. Using the nearby star, I can confirm there is no actual object inside the cloud. Unless! The computer glitch isn't a glitch and the object is actually teleporting from spot to spot. Taking a break. But I noticed some curious behavior from an interceptor inside the Maelstrom. Flying around picking up shards and crystals it paid no mind. I shoot a mine for the mechanics though... It flew over to look where it was, scanned and cried as it shook. Then locked onto me...

[@CMDR-7652]

there is something inside it. the sun might go through it, but you can see distortions and large teal spots. this indicates some kind of cloaking device.

[@Ebalosus]

So I take it that the shards and crystals can be safely stored in CRCRs without causing caustic damage themselves?

[@CMDR-7652]

@@Ebalosus they are mats not commodities

[@zeelophone3765]

According to the changelogs, they added a new interceptor variant this update: the orthrus. It's supposedly a cargo or logistics interceptor, and is not made for attacking, and will instead call other interceptors in for support if attacked.

[@CMDR-7652]

@@zeelophone3765 they never added it, it was in the game files for 4 years

[@chrissanders2706]

I have found that if you fly erratically toward your selected target, you will not get interdicted by the Thargoids. Do not fly straight toward your target. You will get pulled every time.

[@CMDR-7652]

thats usual. you slow down when you approach the target.

[@combatwombat594]

In the patch notes there was a mention of a "binding added for the Shut Down Field Neutralizer", so I assume that will be what we use to get around the big shut down field

[@NaughtyShepherd]

No that’s so it’s easier to avoid the shut downs from interceptors. This object just yeets you outside the cloud (at 1000c in reverse) it doesn’t shut down the ship.

[@Supreme-no2ye]

Nope it's been tried

[@combatwombat594]

Then when I'm right and we upgrade it somehow to get around this, I want my credit 😂

[@Midnight24435]

@Xeno Crimson Imagine what that would be like at 1000c. That moment when the Stargoid imparts its relativistic speed buff to you via the massive energy surge. Once your ship is done tumbling, you find yourself several thousand lightseconds away.

[@AustinWigley]

The secret is that there's no new gameplay in the biggest patch since Horizons. They just moved combat with thargoids somewhere else.

[@Andromedon777]

That's all we need...more combat. The game is golden in that regard

[@kerravon6058]

Yeap absolutely zero new content for players with zero interest in thargoids

[@Andromedon777]

@@kerravon6058 I would say there's a lot of fun elements about this game that make it dynamic and bringing more content to that would be better, but combat is the primary reason people play (exploration eventually runs out once you see every type of star) and this is a great addition. Good lore too in my opinion. I agree still a lazy approach but I find it cool the way they introduce it.

[@lightwoven5326]

I prefer Potassium Chloride.

[@kerravon6058]

@@Andromedon777 I loath combat and I've being playing Elite in its various forms since 1984 - so we have already found an exception to your blatant oversimplification of what Elite Dangerous Players "want" now haven't we .

[@kovenbinion7243]

As a console player, I’m genuinely disappointed now. I was hoping I would see some action, but there’s nothing happening

[@NBDY-lp9vp]

If I ever get back to the bubble from deep space - currently ~5000Lys away from the bubble in the general direction of the galactic center (if there is a bubble left after all..) I will take a default sindy and try to approach one of these. Definitely not with an conda..

[@lightwoven5326]

It's a tornado in space, if you drop containers they go whizzing around. The pulse as its kinetic is a result of something spinning very, very fast. Crossing that boundary requires either skill/ new tech or there is a route in. I suspect a combination.

[@demonsorrows]

Perhaps the energy in the unknown artefacts in your storage act (or will be made to act down the line) as a false ping that tricks Thargoid ships into thinking you're friendly vessel for a short period until the energy runs out in the maelstrom. While it's active you can grab a few caustic shards, but have to book it before you're destroyed. Don't have odyssey so it's just a guess.

[@ltf3247]

Oh boy I cant wait to boot up my console and check it out! Oh wait.. Thats right...

[@sideparting6845]

That's right, they gave you a FREE copy of the game and offered free profile transfers so you can play after publicly stating months ago that they were terminating console development.... Beats other cloud providers like Google who give you 2 months to exit and give you no alternative. Just use GeForce Now and transfer your profile. Saves you buying a PC and cheaper electricity too.

[@Cohen.the.Worrier]

I'll be returning from the black to help out with the evacuation.

[@mikkdc]

That pulse looks very similar to the Proteus wave on a smaller scale but is kinetic rather than EMP.

[@maniacwand12]

the system in general with the maelstrom in it messes up guardian tech too like in hip 22460 so it might well be an altered proteus wave style thing being deployed from whatever ship/structure is masked in the center of the cloud.

[@cmdrhops418]

Or perhaps it’s a thing they already had, as if the guardian species tried using something like the proteus wave on the goids before. It would explain how easily the proteus wave was countered.

[@maniacwand12]

@@cmdrhops418 It's a possibility sure, they are known however to rapidly adapt to weapons being used against them also, look at the AX weapons reduced effectiveness against the more difficult interceptors once they arrived. They may have just altered their usual shutdown fields to also damage guardian tech as they saw salvation was using a mass destruction weapon based on guardian tech. And then was further developed from there to be more widespread.

[@sideparting6845]

Like the repulsor beam in Homeworld Cataclysm of yesteryear!

[@presleydepaola]

Wow! You got incredible footage of the pulse! I'm very much feeling this is a Mothership or Queen. Interested to see how all this plays out, especially the release of the Orthrus. Has anyone seen it yet? I've been looking but haven't had any luck.

[@CMDR-7652]

orthrus can be found in the cloud

[@Django45]

I have heard people calling the thing in the center as possibly a Titan. Whatever that is, they were referencing something from the old games or other lore sources that I know nothing about.

[@DavidKnowles0]

This is the Thargoid version of a space station.

[@CMDR-7652]

@@Django45 titan was from ody datamined, when dropping into prototype taranis it said titan

[@teslapenguin1]

IIRC the Orthrus has been around for a bit already - it showed up over Palin's lab a while back, people got pictures while it was running away from them.

[@DennisMatheson]

OK, something of interest from poking around... "In Celtic mythology, Taranis (Proto-Celtic: *Toranos, earlier *Tonaros; Latin: Taranus, earlier Tanarus) is the god of thunder," Yeah, and all of the Maelstroms are named after thunder dieties. But, there is something else associated with Tanaris... "The wheel, more specifically the chariot wheel with six or eight spokes, was an important symbol in historical Celtic polytheism, apparently associated with a specific god, known as the wheel-god, identified as the sky- sun- or thunder-god, whose name is attested as Taranis by Lucan." So... Thargoids kinda look like wheels. Dark wheels. Wait a second... Is the center of the Maelstrom... Raxxla?

[@thehipinmyear]

Hmmmmm, makes me think about the Far God cultists deifying the goids.... some say Raxxla can be interpreted as a "state of cosmic enlightenment"... However, another part of the Raxxla mythos states that it "is said to hold an alien artefact called the Omphalos Rift, which acts as a gateway to parallel universes." Dang... who knows.

[@lunamaria1048]

I really hate not being able to play this on console!... That looked amazing!

[@AlicanGoodmane]

When you are trying to get those shots from around the planet thargoids interdictions going like "Pervert! Trying to peek to our Queen 👑!!" 🤣

[@ElonShmusk]

the thargoid interdictions definitely aren't you not being used to them, they're impossible to escape in my experience as well

[@Kaldortangerine]

okay heres an idea we need to start working on first we need to destroy those caustic field generators that are around the maelstrom, i believe that will effect the maelstrom since they seem to be the source of the cloud. second we need to start scooping up those shards(they may be a thargoid catalyst for the anti guardian wave, as well as our means to counter the wave.) third we need to start targeting the new variant as i suspect they will play an important role in keeping systems secure. if you see one in a system without a large thargoid presence, kill it and report it. a scout ship maybe only just that, a scout. but if it makes it our of a system it could bring more back. this is no longer about stopping a menace. its about survival.

[@Andromedon777]

Bro it's a game. The humans will always win.

[@Andromedon777]

Imagine if this was Frontier's way of shutting down the servers though. If players lose, we shut down the game. Extinction

[@TheBlazingBomber]

@@Andromedon777 theres always colonia lol

[@Andromedon777]

@@TheBlazingBomber lmao

[@CMDR-7652]

shards are used for synth of caustic sink, not useful to overcome reverse proteus.

[@Kidozy]

I've beaten the interdictions twice.

[@astrayamatu]

who knows maybe you need to take some of the alien relics with you when you go to the center of the maelstrom as it is registrating you as human , will try out my self soon

[@sideparting6845]

Let me know how it goes!

[@90Ferd]

It's not the caustic shard evading the scooping, it's the ship thrusters malfunctioning constantly while trying to do that. Just my own observation, nothing proven. My ship is constantly fighting whatever the force is preventing him from getting too close to the center

[@sfs2040]

I suspect we'll need to find a way to counter that pulse

[@Dark__Thoughts]

Did you, in your PREVIOUS video, happen to change the GRAPHIC SETTINGS? I experienced very WEIRD performance degradation when changing SETTINGS (regardless of the DIRECTION of the QUALITY), until I RESTARTED the client. I've dropped out of trying SEVERAL updates ago though.

[@sideparting6845]

Update 14 runs and looks far better than it has before, from what I can tell.

[@MrZlocktar]

The interdiction is amazing thing to farm materials and goids without wasting time on looking for them. Can be irritating for explorers and non combat pilots i guess.

[@tezzy5584]

I'm also finding that the interdiction's become stale VERY quickly - it's a nightmare if you're going into these systems for anything other than combat. Perhaps FDev will tweak it so it happens a bit less frequently.

[@eddiemarohl5789]

I mean what do you expect we're at war.

[@Reimastered]

it is a warzone sir anything that you do that isnt fighting is secondary

[@Andromedon777]

As the other commenters said, it's a war. Expect it. There's a way to go back to Horizons to bypass this

[@tezzy5584]

@@eddiemarohl5789 Not being interdicted 3-5 times when trying to get into a CZ? Adds up to a lot of time effectively wasted for players.

[@john-vince5311]

@@tezzy5584 kinda the point. The thargoids are going to make it as hard as possible for players to fight back

[@mikedrones537]

maybe bringing some Guardian tech or Relics might have some effect ? Also, having a few wingmen on your side may help with the interdictions. Might need to overwhelm the Thargoids. Players should meet in adjacent system, jump in with as many fighters as possible. Kinda like a " Distant Worlds" but for AX combat. ( Is that "healing" laser mod still in the game?) and does armor help defend against the effects of the Maelstrom??

[@CMDR-7652]

healing laser exists, but only for shields.

[@fossiliitv824]

Been in there this morning.....new materials and a strange thing.....a spikey strange looking object.....u can see it acrivating night vision

[@cmdrls212]

looking at twitch viewers right now, this seems to have picked up some interests in the game. ED: 1K viewers NMS: 500 viewers SC: 3K viewers The question is, for how long will the uptick last if Fdev don't do anything until 2023...

[@Neo-vz8nh]

The standard interdiction rules still apply, i guess the thargoids are present as contacts, they are just not visible. So moveing slowly in a staright line is not the best idea. Throttle up, and do loop of shames. Otherwise the interdiction fights seems impossible to win, so always submit, so low the FSD cooldown will be significantly lower. The best solution here is to bring a fast ship. In the mealstorm there are thargoid caustic generators which makes the caustic cloud. Geting close to one makes them explode, so watch out. In the middle there is the thargoid Titan. The left side of the radar shows it shape, and its siluette clearly visible when it uses its surge wave, which is currently unavoidable. New stuff will come, one of them is caustic sink which probably will be similar to the heat sink. So probably a new method will be comeing to reach the Titan, but we not there yet.

[@sideparting6845]

The Thargoids are visible as contacts on the radar and the contact list in supercruise. It is possible to avoid an interdiction (my brother spent 5 minutes avoiding one) but then got a sidewinder error I think, so perhaps they're expecting you to submit from a codebase perspective.

[@sideparting6845]

Do you have footage of the Titan on radar and/or silhouette? I never got to see it

[@Neo-vz8nh]

@@sideparting6845 watch the video... Also siluette at for example 2:03

[@sideparting6845]

@@Neo-vz8nh I watched the video and have been inside the Maelstrom but I can't see what you're referring to? I must be going blind

[@Neo-vz8nh]

@@sideparting6845 4:40

[@slickrick8279]

WORNSTROM ! - Dr. Farnsworth It's a futurama joke

[@lasvista2tech]

Frontier throws players a tiny bit of crumbs again and people all forget about the bigger picture and lack of content and update

[@Dushess]

and lots of small bugs

[@robertb6276]

Hey you repaired your hull. :)

[@Nabekukka]

The interdictions are unbeatable, better to submit and have the 10 second FSD cooldown instead of 30 seconds

[@blethigg9320]

Anyone else get a V'Ger / Star Trek Motion Picture vibe from these Maelstrom?

[@neilscotter5191]

Maybe the Federation should send the Battlecruiser Enterprise to investigate.

[@sideparting6845]

Impressive that the lightning effects are visible in supercruise. Nice to see.

[@thumb-ugly7518]

Is it possible to coast toward the center in a shut down state?

[@Kvasiraz]

I'm still convinced mother/hive ships are within these clouds. My strongest reasoning for this, aside from them being the centers of an invasion force, is that the caustic cloud surrounding them is an effective and logical defense against Humanity. Why wouldn't they have developed it after what Commander Jameson did?

[@maysinbell5765]

Barnacle forests are broken right now. You can't get into one without your game crashing. My game saved my ship finally just above one, and now I can't log in and play; it just crashes. Something's broken in there.

[@Yotta_Guns]

Have we tried shooting the crystal shards? Or using limpets (idk if the game is coded to corrode those)?

[@CMDR-7652]

shooting shards will just kill the mats.

[@thedatatreader]

Regarding on foot combat, it seems like a missed opportunity to not include some either indoctrinated or simply a contingent of human NPCs who side with the Thargoids to make the invasion seem more absolute. They already have human NPCs and players who sympathize with the Thargoids, so then it'd be incredibly basic to add sabotage/anti-sabotage missions as the war progresses. The maelstrom does look quite interesting at least, I just hope they do more for the war than what boils down to Mass Effect 3 multiplayer "readiness" missions and actually involve the community.

[@cmdrleeloocatfish7619]

its really hard because they are tiny scouts and your ship is large , its all about mass

[@davidhenriques9048]

Im glad to see a new wave of interest is coming to Elite, hope it keeps up, seems like seeing the bubble burn is finally happening after all :) I rememeber this talk from years ago

[@NickHunter]

omg who was it on the podcasts of old who kept going "burn the bubble"? It still makes me cringe lol

[@davidhenriques9048]

@@NickHunter heheh it was still the original community team, those were good elite times thou, took them their sweet time to burn the bubble

[@TsvetanVR]

Ah, I thought I had zero chance of evading these interdictions because I was flying a non-engineered Anaconda. Good to see that others are struggling as well. 😀

[@UEENavy]

It's a large thargfart

[@WOOLFDEN359]

Thanks for the info

[@fasterspade4346]

I think the thargoids are doing a sweep and clear. Use ships to hit hard from sky and space to sweep and the use ground forces to clear.

[@thehipinmyear]

*Sniffles* w-what ground forces? - *breaks down sobbing*

[@fasterspade4346]

@@thehipinmyear Stages my friend stages. Their gulf waring us

[@rockerspaceman8641]

It sounds like to me that there's a Thargoid mothership in the maelstrom. Wish the devs hadn't abandoned console, would totally still be playing elite dangerous if they hadn't.

[@sideparting6845]

Transfer your profile and run GeForce Now. I'm using GeForce Now on PC since my gaming PC is so expensive to run in the UK.

[@Mattafunk101]

We will discovery how to pass the barrier with update 16…. So 2 year. And at the end…. A scout inside, but gold.

[@nzavon]

Wow, think I might take my Sidewinder in 🤣

[@CMDRaudaxius]

Flying to the very heart of this massive new intergalactic threat, epicenter of the Thargoid menace itself, and the fact you can't fly freely to get there and get interdicted is "annoying"? 🤔

[@tjmaximous8263]

Do you still need guardian equipment to fight thargoids sinces this update or can anyone fight them now as I do not want to go grind all the guardian stuff for a while

[@BloodravenD]

You could use the human AX weapons for the scouts, but more than likely you will want guardian or salvation modified guardian weapons for proper AX combat.

[@k3v1n73]

wait, goids can interdict now? did they choose not to do it earlier or did they figure out how to do it only just now?

[@proy3]

Probably chose not to do it but after Proteus, Goids decided it was war time and gloves came off.

[@garethlawton5278]

Their interactions with players were passive at first. Either sniffing us out to see if we are the same faction of the species that committed bio war on their kind (their species is also a species of factions so they perhaps understood not all humans maybe enemies) or not interested in attacking us and more concerned about resource gathering from the barnacles. Obviously humans have chose in game to both take their resources they farm as well as attack and destroy vessels of theirs. So I think lore wise humanity has finally done enough biting for the lion to be annoyed at the ants biting its foot and they're actively hunting us rather than their previous inspecting us.

[@JM_daDoc]

In a true sim military weapons would become available to non military craft, and you would get military contracts for delivering those or get an actual active rank / role in the military. Besides they would quickly adjust weapons to become more effective against them... And less effective against human players. So taking on that role and those weapons will make you a dedicated anti xeno force member

[@blendyboi2087]

What about using a ship launched fighter? Just a thought.

[@idontneedthis66]

Well this game is exciting again :) @ObsidianAnt on the FPS issues down on the ground, have you tried using Rivatuner to log your play session? Specifically the FPS/Frametimes and GPU load % and CPU load %. I'd be curious to see if the low FPS is due to some other bottleneck (CPU maybe) or if it's just that hard to render and your GPU is pegged at 100% and can't do anymore. I know you have a decently powerful GPU so if it's pegged at 100 then that shows there's still a ton of optimizations FDev needs to do. We shouldn't need to have a 4090 to get acceptable and consistent FPS in ground zones!

[@ObsidianAnt]

This problem happens on both my PCs. It also happens on GeForceNow. Frontier certainly have a problem with the game that they haven't resolved yet.

[@idontneedthis66]

@@ObsidianAnt Interesting. Well if it lags on GF Now then they REALLY have a lot of work to do.

[@elixwhitetail]

I could not pinpoint the exact issue that OA was having, since I don't have his computer, but Odyssey is still very unoptimized in some ways. A frame analyzer will reveal that there are more than 800 events just for the HUD reticle, and this has persisted since the launch-day client which had the same number of events acting on just the reticle. There have been optimizations in the rendering pass since Odyssey launch, but there is still more work to do. And that's just from information that can be extracted from a frame analyzer, I'm sure low-hanging fruit could be identified if the executable got hooked up to a CPU profiler.

[@idontneedthis66]

@@elixwhitetail Wow that's nuts! My computer with a 1080 FE stands no chance if OA's setup is having issues. Seems to me they should just hire a few graphics specialists to work on optimizing the client, if they can't be bothered to put time into themselves.

[@dmj271095]

I suspect we'll be waiting for the second or third stargoid before the narrative progresses further Edit* Make that 4th or 5th

[@cubablue602]

Not sure how the promise of support roles is playing out. Rescue missions are going to take you deep into Goid areas and the nonstop hyperdictions/interdictions are very difficult to escape. What of the players that are not combat focused or even newish/new players for that matter? Waaaay too dangerous for them. Do FDev want to increase the player base or not? 7 more Stargoids inbound that we know of and that might be too much. Are the Goids going to advance system to system or sit where they are? I see a magic McGuffin coming on the end of another mind-numbing grind. Part of me wishes the Goids can't be stopped and the bubble has to be abandoned.

[@sideparting6845]

Just submit to the interdictions and boost away with flight assist off in case they use a disabling pulse. They're alright to run from.

[@christopherp1318]

probably not a problem with odyssey but your graphics card from the last video. The fps drop was likely due to caustic gas and the fires - any kind of smoke/high particle density effects will drop framerate

[@ObsidianAnt]

This problem happens on both my PCs. It also happens on GeForceNow.

[@marshallwright3123]

Its defensive pulse seems similar to the pulse wave technology that summoned it

[@alexzk3]

Did you try to deliver green relict to maelstorm?

[@pvppro5036]

silent running may remove the caustic effect

[@nothanks3236]

I'm only here to support OA. I stopped playing Elite two years ago now.

[@ObsidianAnt]

I appreciate it. :)

[@moodswinggaming2972]

yeah same, its sad. Also sad to see OA's videos sometimes because Space games are really not there yet, and are full of disappointment and untapped potential.

[@sideparting6845]

@@moodswinggaming2972 And games are really difficult to write and the expectations of players for £20 outlay and thousands of hours of gameplay is vastly skewed!

[@BGP369]

@ObsidianAnt has anyone tried coasting with power systems off to try to get to the center?

[@happpyturtle2424]

The thargoids have developed yeet field technology

[@Grayson_Phoenix]

CAUSTIC SHARD -- instead of scooping it yourself, how about using one of those mining LIMPETS? (I haven't mined, and not played in months due to GPU failure & lack of replacement...) Isn't it possible to "target" pickable items for LIMPET retrieval? like for those Black Box missions??

[@SpeedRacer24X]

Another great video, thanks so much. I'm brand new to ED. I purchased it in the summer at 75% off, but I didn't play it (too busy with No Man's Sky). Yesterday just before the Steam Autumn sale ended I purchased the ED Odyssey expansion. My question is, where should I start to play ED from as a band new player?

[@sideparting6845]

Just dive in! You'll be in the starter systems to begin with so can slowly improve or upgrade your ship before leaving that area. Playing in Open mode leaves you vulnerable to attack from other human players but save up enough credits for your insurance and you'll be fine. Don't be too upset when you get blown up by a human - it WILL happen. I always play in Open because it's more fun and I've been blown up loads and not had enough credits for insurance so went into debt, where each mission earning has some money deducted until you repay your debt. Try it and see! Lot of fun to be had, see you out there.

[@SpeedRacer24X]

@@sideparting6845 Thanks so much for your reply and suggestions based on your experience in ED. I'll definitely jump right in and give it a try. I'm really looking forward to it.

[@virtualrealitybrandonisdoo9577]

Are these updates only happening on PC? Or does the story update on consoles too? Trying to decide if I want to download it again on playstation.

[@igeljaeger]

PC only. They basically gave up on console

[@Tamburello_1994]

Welcome to 2022.

[@Dougie2945c]

I've been away from playing ED for the better part of 1½ years Gave Odyssey a try but like so many gave up after such bad optimization. Worth coming back after latest update?

[@jdk7278]

Can you turn off your engines and coast? That was the solution in Outer Wilds and this looks very similar.

[@sideparting6845]

I did try slowing down to a complete stop when you see the pulse firing up. I am unsure if the pulse sends you flying relative to your approach speed, so a speed of 0 would mean you're immune. Will try later.

[@Khromeichuk]

yo trai shutdown all ship system an enter in off mode? with the inertia? is the targoid is a alien whithout sistem interface and the ship is on maybe is the way too aprouch.... then wen you pases the field turn on the ship... is a idea is trouth my minde

[@Grayson_Phoenix]

If "RUNNING COLD" (Silent Running) can sneak past Thargs, can not the Maelstrom centre be "aimed at", boosted toward, then pop heatsinks, shut everything down, and "coast in" like a penguin tummy-surfing the ice? O_O :D :D :D :D :D :D

[@Himbeere_02]

I need a PC... I want to play it now

[@HaloFTW55]

Still waiting for ship interiors

[@AustinWigley]

Ten years since kickstarter and we still don't have ship insides LMFAO

[@sideparting6845]

You'll be waiting for a long time then. Just look at Star Citizen to see how incredibly dull and boring walking along corridors just to get out of your ship to do.anything is. So tedious. Just like fleet carrier interiors - there's nothing to do. If they added missions for breaking people out of prisons or stealing cargo that'd be interesting but I could see great distress if you could infiltrate other people's ships and carriers and steal them...

[@AustinWigley]

@@sideparting6845 I am not holding my breath.

[@doppelganger9254]

Peak Elite content - getting chain interdicted

[@ImaRadish]

Can you still overheat your ship to wipe caustic damage? Has anyone tried approaching with an unkown artifact?

[@sideparting6845]

Yes overheating will remove caustic damage but there's so many Thargoid caustic generators farting out gas to burn you. Not sure on the unknown artifact.... I suppose that really does make it "unknown"...

[@JonathanHartley]

Has anyone tried approaching the center in silent running?

[@pieterduplessis6632]

Has people tried approaching it with thargoid parts in their cargo?

[@mnal5gex]

I wonder if fighting the ships outside the storm would open it up? To a boss fight?

[@DavidStoldt]

Maybe it won't let you in because you didn't request a docking pad. All other stations get pretty mad about that so it makes since a Thargoid station would do the same.

[@finestPlugins]

I'm afraid that there's little new and interesting features that make me want to play E:D for more than an hour or two per month. I'm not interested in a first person shooter nor in combating Thargoids or massive grinds for tech. Which is a bummer, because just cruising around in space doing missions is fun.

[@thecrow7]

you can still do that though.

[@Tamburello_1994]

@@thecrow7 Let him sulk. He's happier that way.

[@finestPlugins]

@@thecrow7 And I am. I just wish there was something extending the gameplay for people not interested in combat.

[@raghav1026]

@@finestPlugins you can affect the thargoid BGS with non-combat tasks as well.

[@finestPlugins]

@@raghav1026 Sure, but it's not like a handful of missions per month will do much.

[@SOU6900]

If they do foot combat I hope they get the frame rate issues worked out first.

[@thehipinmyear]

Damn... you're still experiencing drops? I definitely do when with certain friends, but otherwise, it seems FAR MORE stable, now. I've even managed to up my settings.

[@SOU6900]

@@thehipinmyear 😆 I don't play the Odyssey version. Actually I don't play any version of ED anymore because I don't have the time. I was just saying what I said because Ant said he was down to like 20 some FPS.

[@cmdr501generalvenator3]

so many hour that your into the game, and u still dont know that interdictions are something u just accept, boost, charge fsd and thats it

[@SoiBoisREAL]

Quick give it a green jolly rancher!

[@alexren9094]

Сan someone please tell me what I am doing wrong? With the new update, in captured systems, I do not meet alien signal sources, there are only conflict zones with thargoids, but usually several interceptors appear in them at once and they just destroy all the bots, then I am left alone against them all. I used to destroy cyclops in solo pretty easily by flying into their signal sources in Pleiades, but now participating in conflict zones feels useless, like I don't get chance to fight them in solo but they destroy me in AX zones, then what's the point of that war event.

[@sideparting6845]

Are you playing in Open? They're normally full of human players

[@alexren9094]

@@sideparting6845 it's a matter of luck. Most often I get into the instance alone

[@Altair885]

Did he say we might need to do more grinding to get another unlock! This game is nothing but a giant grind!😬🤬🥴

[@Slu5h3]

when i visited the maelstrum i didnt get interdicted once, and i didnt get hyperdicted either

[@RidgeRacer]

Wonder if anyone has tried bringing "grelics" to these clouds

[@dsagent]

Interesting Resolution.

[@MapleTreeGamingYT]

So far this updates only on the PC version unfortunately console players won't have the joy of experiencing this update

[@sideparting6845]

That's been publicly stated quite some time ago and that console development was ceasing. Why do people persist in mentioning it? You don't see Mac users constantly mentioning the lack of Elite on there. Transfer your profile to PC and use your FREE copy of the game. Use GeForce Now if you don't want to buy a PC. I don't see how they could make it any easier or do more for console players.