THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod

Duelling - Maneuvering
This topic focuses on approaches used in a duel, and manoeuvring during the duel. It is suggested
that you read the following subsections:
File List
>Turning
>Approaches
>Choosing Approaches/Turning Method
Laser/Ion vs Laser/Ion: Because the percentage of hits in laser/ion combat is so high, the most
important thing is to keep hitting your enemy. This means that unless you do it on the flashfire, do not
turn away from your enemy where possible.
Laser/Ion vs Ammo/Mortars/Novas: Against the higher damage slow weapons, it is important to put
the enemy in a position such that they will have trouble hitting you. This means that you may find it
beneficial, once you have made the initial contact, to adjust your vector while in the effective range of
the enemy's weapons. If possible, try to do it while they are turning and not hitting you to decrease the
amount of time you spend with your easier to hit faces under their guns.
Duelling - Maneuvering - Turning
There are three methods for turning during a duel.
Pitch: The most common. Use the up-down motion of your mouse/stick. It doesn't provide the speed
of turning of diag-turning, but generally presents a small profile to the enemy, along with ease of
aiming.
Yaw: In most circumstances, do not use yaw (left/right) turning. This will, with most ship profiles, allow
your target a huge margin of error for hitting you.
Diag-Turning: Diag-Turning involves using both axis of the stick to rotate. This makes it harder to aim,
but increases your speed of rotation. Commonly used by turn-rate impaired ships such as the Dragon,
Intensity, and Barracuda.
Duelling - Maneuvering - Approaches
There are various approaches used to a duel. The common ones are discussed here.
Joust: Very straightforward, and the approach everyone started out with. Simply head straight towards
your enemy.
Circle: The standard circle. Assuming a starting distance of 5+k from your oppenent, point your nose
at an angle to your opponent (holding them at the top of your screen is a reasonable guideline),
accelerate, and bring your nose up up to face them between 3 and 4k range. If necessary, cut throttle
to bring the nose up rapidly; this will give you time to draw a bead on your target prior to commencing
firing. If your opponent does the same in the opposite direction, you will usually end up in a gradually
tightening circle (spiral), between 800 and 1.4k range.
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