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Dementio:

--- Quote from: Mr.Disaster on October 27, 2014, 10:09:10 am ---Also squid is very demanding for all the engineers (because nobody runs a squid with a gunner....).

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It is very demanding, but if it is that demanding that no gunner would get to shoot then no engineer would get to shoot either.
On a squid you can even have a gunner with "optimal" ammo types for both front and back gun, which could make Thomas suggested strategy easier since only one person has to get on a different gun, has the right ammo for it and the engineers wouldn't have to switch positions all the time.

GeoRmr:
I'm still struggling to get my "favourite ship" to be squid

and my "most used tools" to be heatsink, lochnagar, and incendiary"

as gunner.

Indreams:
So does anyone fly squid as your primary ship?

Thomas:
I like to fly the squid a lot, but it can be extremely exhausting for a crew and captain. You need to have everyone briefed on what they'll be doing and when, and things change much more rapidly than they do on other ships. Your crew needs to be able to go with the flow and not get tunnel vision, and since the squid capitalizes on mobility, the captain has to be very very aware of their surroundings and other ship positions, lest they run into things or get trapped.

Overall it's mostly difficult not because of it's softness, but because of all the component locations. Everything is so spread out that you're entire crew has to be ready and willing to be mobile. Making it harder to keep things buffed and chem sprayed, let alone doing well for repairs when things go bad or the captain really likes their tools.

Omniraptor:
On a squid you need to have extremely good parkour skills and a stable connection so you don't fall off the ship while doing the engine circuit. It's fun, but very demanding/stressful.

There are some videos of the sort of trick jumps required, but the goal should be whacking all 4 engines and balloon within roughly 8-10 seconds of each other. That's the baseline for engineering on a squid and not many people can do it. I certainly can't.

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