Shoot Thargoids for fun! Kill-rate through the roof.

masona2 · Post by **masona2** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:38 pm

Hi

To send my kill-rate through the roof (quickly), in between trading between rich ind. and poor agro. planets, I have been jetting into witchspace.

I have found that quite often, if I am attcked by only two Thargoids, once I have shot them enough times to release their Thargons, the Thargon ships are dead in space!

They appear on the hud as white inanimate objects. And Hey-Ho, shoot for fun with no resistance!

But I was wondering, does anyone know why this happens?

Sarin · Post by **Sarin** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:43 pm

Thargons are automated drones that are controlled from thargoid ships. When there is none around, they aren't capable of autonomous operation, so they're dead. That is absolutely normal.

JazHaz · Post by **JazHaz** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:46 pm

You can either shoot them, or scoop them as Alien Items. I tend to do a mixture of both, depending on their bounty (I use the bounty scanner). If they are only worth 50 credits then I scoop them, more and I shoot them.

masona2 · Post by **masona2** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:09 pm

Hey, thanks for that info.

I'm still learning.

Newbee-ish

Commander Smivs · Post by **Smivs** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:49 pm

If you have Galactic Navy OXP, the navy pay over 80 Cr each for Thargons. After a battle, you can often scoop up 100+ (assuming you've got a big enough ship) for a nice profit!

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:29 am

JazHaz wrote:
If they are only worth 50 credits then I scoop them, more and I shoot them.

Shouldn't that be the other way round?

Phantom Hoover · Post by **Phantom Hoover** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:47 am

50 credits is the bounty for killing them, not their sale price.

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:52 am

Ah, errrr...

(grabs coat)

Zbond-Zbond · Post by **Zbond-Zbond** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 12:30 pm

some oxp's add many more Thargoids (after completing some stages of their missions)