Elite Dangerous - Type-10 Defender Soloing a Thargoid Cyclops - Full Length - No Music

Was asked to upload a full length version with no music. Enjoy :)
Build used: goo.gl/tWiupm

[@cobaltblue1975]

LMAO @ 8:20 I love how the power goes out and those Christmas lights are there like "Now's my time to SHINE! I got this!"

[@KevinHigginsSr]

Wow, I also just noticed that to finish this fight with even the minimal hull integrity you did, you started with reactive armor, and an HRP instead of an SCB in the size 7 slot, as well as HRPs instead of scanners, AFMUs or anything else -- and all engineered to the nines. Man -- and that was clearly better flying than I'm up to at this point. Which makes me think that my lumbering Defender, with "merely" military grade composite and some slots given up to a scanner and an AFMU would never have stood a chance even if I *had* been able to get those turreted AX MCs to hit. Good info, and thanks for posting! (I still think that it's unfortunate that FD expects you to sally forth with a billion+ credit ship and risk a HUGE rebuy for the fight of a lifetime ...and sets the Thargoid bounty at a measely 2MM Cr!) I *get* that veteran players no longer are strapped for cash (nor am I), but that just strikes me as a crazy-low payout!)

[@TornadoeJoe]

Pretty good fight, enjoyed watching it. Thanks for uploading it.

[@Truly_Rudly]

Thanks for the unedited version!

[@pythagorasaurusrex9853]

repair costs after solo are higher than the reward. not worth doing so. anyway, well done, cmdr!

[@jyrgenruut]

if you know what you are doing(not this video) and use an Anaconda like one should, you can expect a 150K repair chost or less

[@cgavin1]

@@jyrgenruut I tripple guarentee they wouldn't have as much fun as this guy did. ;)

[@jyrgenruut]

@@cgavin1 Wow... this is... a really old comment... Actually from the time when I still thought "chost" was an actual valid way of saying "cost"... As for fun, I'd have fun fighting off a difficult foe no matter what ship I was in (the cyclops currently is sort of "engineered" to really just be an entry point for end-game combat; if you have not skipped through the game by using exploits or best known money-makers, then you oughta know how to more or less pilot a large ship such as an Anaconda just barely enough to win this fight with the current technologies you can get in-game. If you can do better, well, good job; perhaps you spent a longer time than normal getting up to the end game. I personally can take on a basilisk solo nowadays (or well... was able to, when I played ED back then - have been mostly dormant for now, as I wait for fleet carriers and the next large update to hit)

[@icannevergetthistowork]

I was thinking of selling my corvette to get the defender.....but it gets beat up pretty bad.....think I will just figure out how to win in my vette. Have only had a couple of battles. Did not have the xeno scanner, so I could not target the hearts. did not have the neutralizer either, will have to get one. Those things do put up a fight, so I have no criticism. You won! nice job!

[@mojn4249]

Advice two years late? DON'T SELL THE VETTE

[@Krymbo]

mod priority on christmas lights. nice.

[@MrCorky57]

Good Fight well done good win

[@KevinHigginsSr]

Nice job -- but man, close fight! Too close for comfort! I just tried this for the first time in my Defender and my turreted AX MC's couldn't hit the exerted heart for crap. I noticed sometimes yours were like mine (no hits, no reduction in heart during multiple passes, but other times your MCs just ate the heart up. After about 10 minutes of dancing with that space daisy my first heart was still at about 70%! What's the secret? Just trying to hold steady range? Either way, I see people doing this in other ships and it looks like the 'Conda has the easiest [cough] time of it (suitably armored up to a hull integrity of 7000+ and with an armored PP), especially with its ability to mount all four AX MCs in hardpoints that allow convergence...

[@billvarner6548]

Had the same problem with my turreted MC's. switch targeting in the right functions menu to target only.. for some reason the AX MC's won't signature track in forward fire only.

[@denvernicholas87]

Dang nice job

[@kalzonenu]

As i understood it normaly you dodge the lightning blast you just tanked it like a man, no wonder since your T10 is as slow as mine but this however proves that it is possible to defeat them in a T10 i suppose i got to get AX-Weapons? How much impact does the elite co pilot do? i only have a master is it crucial or?

[@MarcoPoloDk]

Its best to dodge the lightning. This was early in the thargoid emergence, so the weapons were not that good. You have to get AX weapons to do any damage other than minor to scouts. My T10 was also pretty well engineered, but im sure better ax pilots can do much better, especialy with the new guardian weapons. they really hit like a truck compared to the old human ax weapons. I personaly dont think the npc pilot does much good in a ax battle. must have the guardian hybrid fighters to do any damage. You should look up the Anti-Xeno Initiative, they have excellent guides to ax combat, ship build, thargoid tactics, stats and soo much more! And a very helpfull discord!

[@Gitubu]

I still can-t und how to fight Thargoids -_-

[@janstueker1]

No pips to sys?

[@R3VISION3]

Shields are basically useless against thargoids.

[@myrkurvr]

thargoids thargons go through shields basically useless

[@aidenhawkins4934]

@@R3VISION3 thats clearly BS. Shields are damn usefull against the lightning, against any damage done by Interceptor. A fixed percentage of Thargons DMG ignores ur shield, not the whole. Best way ro solo an Interceptor is a Shield/Hull stack Tank, in my opinion. And out of my experience!

[@bashkillszombies]

Why'd you put silent running on and cook yourself?

[@MarcoPoloDk]

to remove the caustic damage. overheat your self to 200%+ heat and it will burn off

[@vujcichh]

Is this engineered?

[@MarcoPoloDk]

yes fully engineered. Build used: goo.gl/tWiupm

[@xxcrobarxx5369]

That was probably the worst fight with a cyclops EVER.

[@bashkillszombies]

I love how the voice acting is so bad it repeats over and over again. This fight is so comically bad, the special effects specifically are corny as shit. Frontier truly doesn't care about the players experience - the mere fact they've added zero ships that aren't a way to get another multi-month grind out of the player is perfect evidence, or the fact they still haven't fixed ascension missions or combat logging.

[@thevoiceofreason937]

bashpr0mpt wow you kinds of moany people are everywhere. It's a great game man

[@nerfboy621]

troll

[@uk69uk]

Bye then.

[@massivepineapplerainofdeat2867]

Several month grind? Dude, i only have about 150 hours on the game and am close to getting a fully engineered anaconda.

[@aennaenn7468]

Wheres the incentive to create grinds? This isn't a subscription based game dude. I'd almost prefer that they did go sub based if it meant their QA and updates were better and more frequent. Corny effects? You must be playing on a potato, mine is beautiful 4k, and if FD got anything right, it's sound design. Bad voice acting? Shits expensive dude, especially actors, but that's besides the point. The lines in this video are literally notifications, not a story, they're meant to be easily heard and recognized, not exciting. Worst combat ever? You take a combat freighter and go kill aliens, record it. I'm sure you'll do better.