THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod

Nautaloid
Octopus: C-13 C-14 C-15
Bounty: 31,000 33,000 35,000
Experience: 5000 5250 5500
Speed: 433 433 433
Shield/Armor: 8000k/16000k 8000k/16000k 8000k/16000k
Gun #/dmg/rng: 2/540k/2200m 2/420k/4400m 2/780k/3000m
Thorn = 635k/1800m; Barrak = 450k/4400m; FeatherFire = 810k/2400m; Haven = 15400k
General
The Nautaloid is not a very exotic conflux, especially compared to the other conflux that it will often appear along side. It's flight
charactaristics are similar to that of a kraken, but unlike the kraken it has both excellent protection and a reasonable amount of
firepower. Despite this, as long as a pilot is both patient and careful, it is not difficult to bring this conflux down, given a
reasonable amount of time.
Advantages
Moderate shields
Excellent armor
Excellent accuracy (Moderate for c14)
Excellent weapons range (Moderate for c13)
Very good firepower (c15)
Very good acceleration
Very good top speed
Disadvantages
Moderate firepower (c13, c14)
Large profile
Tactics
As mentioned, as long as caution is applied when fighting this flux, it is not excessively difficult to take one down.
Lasers: Both jousting and circle fighting will work with this flux, although some caution in circle fighting is advised when fighting
the laser and ion variants, as they can hurt if you miss a few times in a row. Make sure to get its shields down below 70%, which
will require a few direct hits to accomplish. Also, bear in mind that this flux can hit you from farther out than current TRI lasers
can, so do not allow it to slip out of range for very long. Jousting, with some drift to accomidate the ammo variants of this flux
may take longer, but it is as usual the safest way to engage.
Ammo/Novas: This is a fairly easy flux to kill with ammo. Long jousts will work best and quickly devastate even its heavy armor.
Be wary of immediately turning on the laser and feather variants of this flux, because it can often get in a few shots and damage
your shields before you hit them and make them turn. In addition, this is a very heavy flux, so after it turns, it will drift
signifigantly, making is somewhat harder to land a shot with a slower weapon. If you extend your joust, however, this should not
be a problem.
For more on how to joust, drift joust, turret, and circle fight effectively, read Ammo vs Lasers: The Duelist.
Fighting multiple octopi is possible, but very difficult. See Multiple Targets for more info.
Missile Usage
Purgatories, although fast enough, failed to hit. Currently testing other types.
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