Episode 245 - HGE! DROP EVERYTHING!

#245 for 1st August, 2024 or 33-oh-10 (3310) http://loosescrewsed.comJoin us on discord! And check out the merch store! PROMO CODES https://discord.gg/3Vfap47Rea Support us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/LooseScrewsED Squad Update:  Old School Standing Orders are Back - streamlined and better than ever.  We’re clearing out the conflicts from the ADI war well. We have some new conflicts that might be related to the fall out from our recent conflict with HK We’re expanding out of 6A - Currently our target is Nedos, which is suboptimal, so we need raise the retreating faction there, and lower the influence of the lowest non native faction in Mezavini, so we land there instead. A lot of shit went down this week…Ole Bloomingwind will give a TLDR and where we go from here. This applies equally this week as last week.  After which Lark will give a funnier TLDR All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord. Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/ Thargoid war update: Thor controls 35 systems Two spire sites reactivated today (galnet) ( Aegis Confirm Reports of Thargoid Spire Reactivation - Elite Dangerous ) Dev News: Frontier Unlocked contained announcements and info Discussion:  Engineering rework Increase mat availability on grade 4 or 5 significantly increased from all known sources Dramatically, like from 6 to 9, up to 30 to 100 EDH too random (chart) EDO recipes made less expensive (chart) EDO all suits get increased capacity (chart) Reduced engineer unlock requirements (chart) They think it’s close to right but will watch feedback as it goes to the players Additional changes/rebalance to thargoid war Contributions to retaking system will reward grade 4 and 5 mats Rewards determined by percentile of participation up to 120 mats(chart) Contributions do not reset each week, so even small gaming can compound Next update is “Type-8” Releasing 7th T8 Early access 3 months, same as before (major updates will have names now) Python mkII goes full release Includes engineering update Includes pre-builts Type-8 Standard Type-8 Stellar (Cooler paint job and modules) Passenger jump start - Beluga, luxury long range with Increased range SCO drive Bounty hunter jumpstart - Vulture, G1 weapons, G2 internals Additional paints and “fang” ship kit for P2 Partners get preview Type-8 from the 31st July (yesterday) (IT LOOKS AWESOME) Extra FU from gamescon - watch socials Community Corner: Buckey Ball - Race number 4 - Questing on Qixi by Clarrisa Au, coming later in July! http://buckyballracing.org.uk