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Lave Radio Episode 426 “Powerful and shrouded in mystery” – 24/01/2023

PositionCrew MemberCMDR Name
Head of Health and SafetyBen Moss-WoodwardEid LeWeise
Staff Liaison OfficerClare GoodPsykit
Chief ArchivistColin FordPhoenix_Dfire
Banksie Stunt DiverAlec Turner Alec Turner
Tech SlothJan ChlupacekPoutnik Santiago

Download the episode directly from here.

Development News – what have the devs said this week?

  1. Monday 23rd Discovery Scanner
  • Interim update gets renamed to Update 14.02 for Elite Dangerous Live/4.0 will be deployed on Monday, 30 January.
    • More actions taken against Thargoids will further contribute to the pushback bar.
    • Improvements made to the UI, specifically giving Commanders better guidance on how to impact the pushback bar.
    • Stability improvements to Conflict Zones, alongside a number of additional, generalised fixes, which will be delivered via finalised update notes, in due course.
    • & more fixes etc will be in the patch notes
  • Frameshift Live #24
    • “Adam is seemingly on the mend and feeling a lot better, so here’s to bringing Frameshift Live #24 along to this Thursday, January 26th, hosted by Arthur and Sally with special developer guest, Derin Halil.”
      • Derin had promised he was going to “reveal all” – we need to hold him to this 🙂

In-Game Events – what’s happened this week?

  1. 19th January – The Azimuth Stabilisers CG Begins
  2. 20th January – Vox Galactica gives a summary of the Thargoid war so far.
  3. 23rd January – THE PRO-AEGIS STANCE OF THE PRINCESS
  4. Current Thargoid War Stats ;-
    1. 29 systems are being Invaded.
    2. 94 systems are on alert.
    3. 28 are recovering from Thargoid Attack.
    4. 2 Systems have been retaken.
    5. The thargoids now control 524 systems (We’ve lost another 50 systems from last week)
    6. The Thargoids now control 2.55% of the human bubble and we’re looking at losing the bubble in 4 years 2 months.(slower progress than last week)

In-Game Events – what’s happened this week?

  1. 19th January – The Azimuth Stabilisers CG Begins
  2. 20th January – Vox Galactica gives a summary of the Thargoid war so far.
  3. 23rd January – THE PRO-AEGIS STANCE OF THE PRINCESS
  4. Current Thargoid War Stats ;-
    1. 29 systems are being Invaded.
    2. 94 systems are on alert.
    3. 28 are recovering from Thargoid Attack.
    4. 2 Systems have been retaken.
    5. The thargoids now control 524 systems (We’ve lost another 50 systems from last week)
    6. The Thargoids now control 2.55% of the human bubble and we’re looking at losing the bubble in 4 years 2 months.(slower progress than last week)

Store Alert

  1. ALLIANCE CHIEFTAIN HUNTER Paintjobs

Main discussion

We’d love to hear your thoughts about the ongoing Thargoid war in @EliteDangerous, so join us on Tuesday for our first “call in” show of the year!

How are you enjoying it so far?
What do you think could be improved?
Are you not taking part at all and if not, why not?

  1. Cmdr Ned McReady via our website

    It’s disheartening to see the Invasion progress bar on a Wednesday and judge that there’s no way to win. I wonder if a “rout” threshold could be reached somewhere after, say, 75% where –if very many AX cmdrs do enough damage in a short period of time– it becomes exponentially easier, simulating Thargoid morale failure as they flee the battlefield.

    This might help avoid Wasted Wednesdays before Thargoid Thursdays.
  2. Krzysztof ‘@GrandpaAquaman@101010.pl’ Studnik 🐘

    @kstudnik
    Watching from Sag A*, and not taking part. I never had intent to build any anti-xeno ship. I would rather build some kind of stealth, corrosion resistant specialized vessel for scans and research the alien species than combat one.

    But that’ll probably never be possible
  3. Wintermute – Twitter
    It’s successfully increased player engagement and numbers. I think this is linked to the fact owning Odyssey isn’t required to take part.
  4. CMDR Silenus Keats

    I’d say it would be great if less advanced pilots and ships, and more, new non-combat activities were available.Though if I understand right it can happen in next updates
  5. M. V. Coehoorn – Twitter

    From a technical perspective: I think they outdid themselves and gave the majority of the players what they wanted. Sure, there’s some issues and bugs that need to be tackled, but overall it makes a solid impression

    From my own perspective: I feel like ED’s storytelling took a major hit and sits in the backseat now, due to a war I did not want and was actively protesting and working against. It makes me sad and leaves a bitter aftertaste.
  6. Tom Foolery – Twitter

    Patiently waiting for Uncle Sal to make his grand return and give us what we need to win this war.
  7. going Joanna mode – Twitter

    I think it’s been loads of fun, even standing on the sidelines and mostly doing evacuations like me. I wish there were more anti-Azimuth things to do, I’m hoping Tanner will start his own initiatives along those lines. And no rescue stations a jillion Ls from the star!
  8. Krzysztof ‘@GrandpaAquaman@101010.pl’ Studnik 🐘 – Twitter

    Watching from Sag A*, and not taking part.
    I never had intent to build any anti-xeno ship.
    I would rather build some kind of stealth, corrosion resistant specialised vessel for scans and research the alien species than combat one. But that’ll probably never be possible
  9. Boba – Twitter

    Not taking part.
    – Combat is still too specialised. Requires a dedicated ship build to meaningfully take part.
    – The non-combat missions are nothing new really, same old take X to Y.
    – It doesn’t feel much like ‘new’ content. Existing assets and gameplay loops re-used.
  10. Spanksalot – Twitter

    It’s dull and tedious and the swarm needs removing.
  11. Cmdr Exorcist – Twitter

    I’m holding out for when we can fight them with knives!
  12. From Loose Screws discord …
    CMDR Bloomingwind from Lambda Andromedae calling in: Hi Lave Radio Alec, first time caller, long time listener! The Good: FDev has tried to create opportunities for players of every level and of every interest to participate! The bad: Some of the war mechanics are a little clunky with push back clocks resetting and mission rewards being meh. The Ugly: The thargoid war has been a bit of a mirror of humanity. We’re a chaotic species and even when it comes to the greater good and best strategic interests, sufficent number of folks will prefer hitting easier targets (Ground starports with no swarm) when systems like Jeng with two outposts only and a shorter deadline need all hands on deck because of the nature of the system. Also some folks want Thargoid combat to be ‘easier’ but I think the war has given me the opportunity to git gud. I’m no expert but I said, I am going to learn. I’ve even helped greener folks than I in some scenarios. It needs do bug fixes but it is a net win for the game.
  13. Little Big Yin

    “I wouldn’t mind some consequences to a system falling. Maybe whatever system the evacuated people get plopped on causes pressure on the home system, possibly resulting in civil unrest or lack of food or heck disease outbreak”

Community Corner

  1. Operation IDA have been doing some tests on the Alert Systems ;-
    1. Phase 1 – They shipped 101,384 tonnes of goods to the commodities market ina 24 hour period – No Results.
    2. Phase 2 – They shipped 205,009 tonnes via the mission board (702 missions complete). Looks like only 15%-20% of the progress bar was increased.
  2. The Anti-Xeno Initiative continues to help with a new video from Astyrrean showing the ‘AXI Small Ship Fun List’, a discussion on which small ships are the most fun against the power pansies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndiDnQF_6q8
  3. Congrats to Hutton Orbital Truckers they’ve now delivered over 50,000 mugs so far in 2 HOT 2 MESSY. 
  4. Medusa Model commissioned by silencer555 on reddit
The Medusa has finally jumped into my home. Man she’s beautiful! from EliteDangerous
  1. Beesman has posted the Trials and Tribulations of cmdr Oso at https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/10k1njc/any_port_in_the_storm/
  2. Cmdr Porphus would like to start a Halo themed player faction, based out of Epsilon Eridani (I.e. Reach) in Elite Dangerous. If this floats your boat, then https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/10jzrc0/unsc_player_faction/

Shoutouts

  1. While the team on Dex Island take a well earned break before their series 2 return, there’s plenty of material to fill the void. Point your auto assistant to your favourite podcast app – including Spotify and audible – and search The Dex Legacy. There you’ll find bonus edition interviews with cast members and with the writer, Emily Inkpen! There’s also plenty of bonus materials and merch at www.thedexlegacy.com! All proceeds go towards the making of season 2!
  2. Our sister station, Hutton Orbital Radio, Broadcasts on Thursdays from 20:30. You can tune in at twitch.tv/huttonorbitaltruckers  or, for just the audio, at radio.forthemug.com/.
  3. For the discerning Commander who likes a bit of CQC action, check out the CQC Discord at “discord.me/elitedangerouscqc”.
  4. We’re also giving a shout outs to the following Elite Dangerous podcasts which have appeared over the last year or are standard regular contributors;-
    1. Flight Assist
    2. The Guard Frequency (who do other space games )
    3. Loose Screws
  5. Following this we have the latest Galnet News Digest as provided by Cmdr Wotherspoon and Cmdr BeatleJude.
  6. Thanks to those who have chipped in on Twitch chat and in-game commanders
  7. Special Thanks to Cmdr ToCoSo, Jn Tracks and Allen Stroud who created the music used on the Show.

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