How to kill your first Thargoid Interceptor in Elite: Dangerous. Beginners guide to solo fights

[@tachyonhelios]

Anyone else watching now cause of the attack on Shin Dez? Never fought thargoids but defo gonna now

[@insecteater1]

I was wondering the exact same thing :D

[@OivlisLHog]

me too, but i figured this technique doesn't apply to a conflict zone where multiple CMDRs are spamming with Plasma Chargers and Shard Cannons, you can't frickin see a thing in this soup of sparkling shimmering light. Thargs are angry all the time and move unpredictably, I just can't properly use this precision weapon that Gauss is

[@lrgameshd9916]

@@OivlisLHog AXCZs are vastly different to solo goids. a CZ will often be using ships like the challenger with shards, plasmas, MCs and missile racks. But solo will basically just be flak, gauss and a beam. At least that was the way prior to the whole war

[@danielrafferty4108]

Thanks for this. Had my fun picking off scouts a few years back in my engineered Cobra MKIII but I just got back into the game and got myself a rinky dink xeno-killing chieftan that I want to take out for a genocidal spin. This really helps show the phases and how and when to outmaneuver and where to fire. Thanks Cmdr o7

[@CmdrJT]

Fantastic video and great tutorial!

[@andrewmiller4753]

Great video - thank you

[@PURPLECATDUDE7734]

Why was there only one swarm? Don’t they launch between hearts?

[@BTKLion12]

Because an Interceptor deploys swarm after each heart if there is no swarm active. If there is a swarm then it will bank up to 1 swarm, where if the swarm is killed it will instantly deploy another

[@hungryowl1559]

I need to get the gauss cannons....

[@spidermanle0964]

Have you gotten them yet?

[@andrewmiller4753]

The meta build linked - doesnt have a Enhanced Xeno Scanner as shown in the video.

[@BTKLion12]

It's an older one since this video is fairly old. But you can easily put the enhanced one on. But for what this build does, you don't need to scan in say an axcz, and you can scan it fine in a solo instance like in the video. Thanks for pointing it out, though!

[@ghastous]

wish it was that easy cos they dont fight like that anymore lol

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

How come your HUD never ONCE glitches and becomes unreadable? I have a fully tooled up unshielded Alliance Chieftain loaded out EXACTLY as described on the AXI website, but as soon as I get dragged out of hyperspace its NEVER as calm as I see in videos. I immediately start getting attacked. I don't even fire at them. Get to within 2km to xeno scan? Not a CHANCE !!! You just cruise up and scan it unmolested!!! I pop heat sinks attempt to close to scan, but modules are going offline..... drive reboots..... thrusters offline... caustic attacks.... fucking CRAZY shit. Cold orbitting? never been near it. AX combat NEVER works for me anywhere near what I see in videos, where the player is FA off cruising around seemingly with little or ineffective attacks from the fecking thargoid.

[@XtremBizZzar]

i feel you. ive read the pages did all the engeneering just to fight a thargoit one thargoid one time, and it was pure chaos. hud unreadable 10 errors in 1 sec and malfunktions. but i try again

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@XtremBizZzar I'm sorry to hear that... but on the other hand thank god its not just me !!! "Keep your temps below 20%" indeed. First thing I do after coming out of hyperspace is pop a heat sink.... no change.... HUD goes wild.... multiple system failures the same as you... I've given the game a rest for a week or two... try again with a fresh brain.

[@hakulus3037]

It's because in the video he's entering a Non Human Signal Source. When you are Hyperdicted by a Thargoid that's another scenario entirely. However, in a hyperdiction, if you just submit and wait, the Thargoid will generally just scan you and leave you alone,

[@bombboy575]

@@hakulus3037 That is odd that you say that. I have only been hyperdicted twice, but both times I was attacked immediately by the interceptor. No cargo carried. I heard they attack you immediately if you have thargoid parts in your hold or if you possess guardian tech, but at both times I had neither.

[@pineapplepizzasandwich1974]

@@bombboy575I think it depends on where youre hyperdicted. Near invasion systems for example they typically shoot on sight from my experience, no matter what you carry.

[@erichuet4844]

Im a bit confused as I thought that Guardian weapons where not usable in new AX conflict zone. Only advanced AX multi canons. Right ?🫡🤔

[@BTKLion12]

They're still very useable. The glaives have an anti guardian field but they are a fairly uncommon encounter, and if they do show up they can be easily killed. You can also dock and wait for someone else to kill them and you'll be all good!

[@erichuet4844]

@@BTKLion12 Thx for your answer 👍