Itâs just more scripted bullshit.
you canât even interact with it. shooting it does nothing.
Lol
Thargoids are trolls. Act all mean and nasty and all that want is to cuddle.
I prefer my aliens like thisâŚ
Eliteâs Aliens Will Be A Nightmare To Fight
Since 2015, Elite Dangerous players have felt some kind of alien presence hovering on the periphery of their space trucking adventures. Recently, things came to a head, with players making direct contact with Thargoid ships on multiple occasions. Where is this all going? I spoke with senior designer Sandy Sammarco during E3 to find out.
After years of mystery-mongering, Eliteâs alien-centric update âThe Returnâ is coming later this year. Sammarco described the update as âfull-on human versus Thargoid action,â but he added that thereâll be more to it than just lasers that are green instead of red.
âOur Thargoids are utterly alien,â Sammarco explained. â[Frontier CEO] David Braben is fond of saying that he doesnât want aliens who are basically people. He doesnât just want to give them weird noses and big ears.â
A large part of the updateâas well as updates to comeâwill be understanding What The Heck Is Going On. Sammarco described the Thargoids as âmore than just a bogeyman,â saying that theyâre an extension of one of Frontierâs core goals: to root their fantastical universe in sound science.
âWeâve got a giant design bible in the office, and it describes in great detail their social structures, how they communicate, the environments they evolved in, and the technology they use,â he said. Eliteâs years-long buildup to alien contact was part of that, he said, noting that if humans really did encounter aliens, it probably wouldnât play out like Independence Day. âIt would be this back-and-forth,â he said. âMaybe weâll see things and not even comprehend what they are, and certainly not what they mean.â
âJust because you donât want to shoot a Thargoid ship doesnât mean it wonât want to shoot you.â
In other words, Eliteâs lack of aliens thus far means they disappeared for a good reason, and now theyâre back for a good reason, too. They donât indiscriminately hate people. People just screwed up, and they screwed up bad. âSomething has made them very angry with us,â said Sammarco. Players will be able to try and learn more about the Thargoidsâ motivations, but it wonât be easy: âJust because you donât want to shoot a Thargoid ship doesnât mean it wonât want to shoot you.â
And even if you do want to shoot one, it might not go well for you at first. Thargoids are using technology light years ahead of humansâ, snatching players out of hyperspace like dim-witted flies.
Playersâ current weapons wonât be much use, Sammarco explained. âHuman technology is designed to take out humans,â he said. âThargoids are completely alien, and weâre gonna find that the weapons weâve got arenât great against them, and our defenses arenât as strong as weâd like them to be. So clearly, thereâs gonna be a lot of investigation involvedâmaybe even an arms race.â
After all the hints and escalation, Eliteâs aliens have a lot of expectations to live up to. Frontier is aware that this curveball could easily turn into an unsatisfying foul. Sammarco hopes to create payoff that justifies all the build-up.
âYou only get to introduce an alien race once, right?â he said.
That looks really cool. Maybe Iâll fire it up again and really sink my teeth into it.
Elite is now available on the PS4.
If only @GrumpyInUt gave me this info a year ago. Iâve been begging for help with Elite as I really want to sink my teeth into it. He just ignores my pleas for help. So mean.
I read this over the weekend on Reddit. I think the Fuel Rats are awesome. They have created their own âEnd Gameâ that will never die unless the game does.
The stories like these make the people involved heros in the universe among the hard core and I think that is really cool.
too bad itâs co-organized by a twat waffle.
For those that have been thinking about jumping back in: Void Opal Mining is a great way to make some credits.
I can help people directly on Xbox or advise for the lesser two platforms.
My 6 AI voice activated crew members would like to have a word with youâŚ
Hax.
I thought you quit ED?
Computer, erase Grumpyâs Elite Dangerous pc profile.