The dangerous players have finally won the age-old thargoid war

Summary

After years of fighting, Elite Dangerous players defeated the Thargoid aliens by shooting down the last mothership.
The victory marks the end of a dramatic war story that has been brewing since players first encountered the aliens in 2017.
Reactions among players varied, with some missing the intensity of the battles while others were relieved to be focusing on personal matters.

Human pilots Elite Dangerous they defeated the mysterious alien race Thargoid and ended a devastating war in a game that lasted several years. A triumph that was fueled in large part by the efforts of Elite Dangerous player community comes just as developer Frontier Developments celebrates the game's 10-year anniversary.

Even though the game is over a decade old at this point, Elite Dangerous it feels futuristic due to its massive, overwhelming scale. Players can mine resources, explore and fly their ships across nearly 400 billion star systems Elite Dangerous one of the biggest open world titles ever built. Frontier Developments also advances the in-game story events in real-time. For most of the past few years, this story has been the story of the war against the mysterious alien race of the Thargoids.

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The last thargoid war is just over, thanks to the efforts of the experienced Elite Dangerous players take down the last Thargoid Titan mothership, codenamed “Cocijo.” As befits a dramatic ending to a Star Wars story, the last Titan was slain on Earth's very doorstep in the Solar System. Frontier Developments published an in-game news post declaring victory in the game Elite Dangerous Thargoid War Campaign. The company also produced a voice-over trailer commemorating the occasion.

Elite dangerous players achieve victory against the Thargoids after years of struggle

The Thargoid Titan Cocijo was the last of eight titan ships, massive alien vessels capable of making entire star systems extremely dangerous for travel and launching invasion fleets across entire sectors of space. The Titans first appeared in 2022, but in reality Elite Dangerous The story of Thargoid War has been in the works since 2017, when players first saw the mysterious, non-communicative alien ships during random space encounters. Over time, the ships are revealed to be the vanguard of one of the most powerful alien races in video games and an enemy of humanity that dates back to the time of the first Elite the 1984 game.

The reaction to the end of the now years-long Thargoid War in Elite Dangerous it was diverse among his players. Some players online said they would miss the intensity of the siege against the Titans and the battles needed to make them vulnerable. Others were relieved that the war was over, so players could return to their personal pursuits, such as exploring deep space, colonizing a system, or engaging in newly redesigned Elite Dangerous A powerplay system to boost their favorite factions in the game.

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Elite Dangerous

Elite Dangerous is the definitive massively multiplayer space epic that brings an original open-world gaming adventure to the modern generation with an interconnected galaxy, an evolving story, and the entire Milky Way recreated in its full galactic proportions.

Starting with just a small starship and a few credits, players will do whatever it takes to gain the skills, knowledge, wealth and power to survive in a futuristic ruthless galaxy and stand among the iconic elite. In an age of galactic superpowers and interstellar warfare, each player's story is influenced by a unique interconnected gameplay experience and hand-crafted evolving narrative. Governments fall, battles are won and lost, and the boundaries of humanity are reshaped, all by the actions of the players.

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