THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod

“slide”) meaning that they try and evade your fire by turning and applying afterburner. Although this can make them harder to hit,
they also are not firing on you in the meantime.) Learning to shoot accurately and consistently is all that it takes to beat a lone
squid.
Attacking a squid with ammunition based weapons is easier than lasers, because ammo has far greater range than the squid’s gun.
Because of this, it is possible to make the squid start to slide before it even fires a shot at you! The trick to using ammunition based
weapons is jousting. This means approaching the target dead on (as seen here), and after hitting the target, continuing to fly straight
for a small distance, and then turning around and repeating. This makes aiming ammo weapons easier, and lessens your time of
exposure to the squid’s laser weapon.
For more on how to joust, drift joust, turret, and circle fight effectively, read Ammo vs Lasers: The Duelist.
Fighting multiple squid with a shuttle is possible, but considerably more difficult. See Multiple Targets for more info.
Missile Usage
1 Purgatory or 1 Sledge or 3 Cutlasses per squid
Snails
Snail: C-4 C-5
Bounty: 1,250 1,500
Experience: 325 360
Speed: 326 350
Shield/Armor: 7000k/700k 7000k/700k
Gun #/dmg/rng: 3/524k/3400m 3/524k/3400m
LandLord = 740k/3120m; Shelter = 6009k
General
The snail bomber (c4-c5), to pilots that have never fought it before, seems fearsome. It travels faster than the squid, is much larger,
and appears less frequently in regulated space lanes. Despite this, most would agree that a snail is an easier target than a squid,
because despite its large upgrade in firepower, the snail's aim is so poor it can hardly hit anything. Even a junior pilot fighting a
snail smartly can win the day, and without taking much if any damage.
Advantages
Moderate firepower
Moderate shield and armor
Disadvantages
Moderate profile
Poor aim
Poor acceleration
Poor top speed
Tactics
Fighting a snail with lasers is very easy, once you get the hang of it. Never fly right at the snail (i.e. don't joust), and always keep
your speed up. If you do these two things, the snail will rarely hit you. When first approaching the snail, fly at an angle to it until
you are inside your weapons range. Then turn and shoot at it while keeping your throttle up (like this). As long as you keep an eye
on your velocity and don't let it drop to under v75 or so, you will be fine. Don't let a snail catch you at v0. The snail can absorb a
bit more punishment than the squid, but as long as it keeps sliding when you hit it, it will not be able to fire back with any
effectiveness.
Although it is not difficult to kill a snail with ammo, it does require a bit more caution than attacking a squid. Since a snail has
comparative ammunition weapons to those available to a lower level pilot, it can rip you up as much as you rip it up if you straight
joust it. Thus, you need to drift joust a snail to kill it. By drift jousting, you simply angle a small amount for a short time when
making the joust attack (like this). This will throw off both your's and the snail's aim, but with practice you can compensate for
that, while the snail never will. Although it is possible to circle fight a snail with ammo, it is not recommended, because many of
the circle fight situations where you hit the snail will also be the same time the snail hits you.
For more on how to joust, drift joust, turret, and circle fight effectively, read Ammo vs Lasers: The Duelist.
Fighting multiple snails with a shuttle is possible, but more difficult. Against multiples, it is imperative to keep your speed up. See
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