0604.15 Thargoids, is there a cream for that?
15 Apr 2020Wes_7569
Begin Log:Yesterday I tested out my new Kraitt MKII, Noisy Cricket. Outfitted with 2 3E AX MULTI-CANNON [TURRETED] and a 3D GUARDIAN PLASMA CHARGER with 1 2F AX Multi-Cannon and 1 2F Multi-Cannon with corrosive shell, I figured it could put up a good fight.
Tested against a threat level 4 first and when I dropped in there were 4 of the small scouts. They actually exploded before getting their health all the way to 0. But I could not avoid one of them exploding near me the 1st time. Was able to keep my distance with the others. When I left the area I had around 98% hull but the corrosive effects took me down to around 70% by the time I got to the nearby station.
Jumped to a nearby system, HIP 17837, that was aligned with the Thargoids. Found a level 6 with a Medusa when I jumped in. It was scanning the partially destroyed ships in a green filled gas area. I scanned the ship but when I tried to switch through target lock on the subsystems it was not cycling through. I had to go manually into the target screen to see the heart targets. Once I started my assault it released a swarm. I had some kind of incoming missile fire from the swarm but my speed and chase after the Medusa was keeping me away from them. Unfortunately even with my shields holding up the incoming fire from the Medusa was still taking down my hull. I got the 1st heart down to 40% when my hull got to 80%. I knew it would be a losing battle so I went full throttle and jumped out.
Looks like im going to need a bigger ship to go solo against the large Thargoids. In a wing with my fellow commanders building up their guardian weaponry and fighters, it should not be a problem.
Squadron update:
New players added every week still. With so many now as Elite ranked it is making things easier to help out all the new pilots. Also providing good backup for mining and the wing missions for trade and combat. Although I have noticed that the combat missions do not have the high payout anymore. The few that do are not wing missions and do not seem to be worth the time since you have to destroy 70 to 90+ ships. In that same amount of time I can get a few good trade missions in for more credits.