Just got the game - WHERE ARE THE SHORT HOPS!?!?

[Generalflood]

Ok so I was looking at rivals of aether but this game just looked better so I came over here.
I like it its cool it feels good and all that but forget about all of that ok I only have one thing I care about here

WHERE ARE THE SHORTHOPS???

Legit I can love this game if I could just stop having to jump a mile high for literally every jump

Ok so I figure they probably wanted to optimize it so it works on controllers AND keyboard which is cool cuz I'm playing on a keyboard atm (only cuz i dont have my controller with me) - and so some kind of button-hold system or anything may not carry over well

But maybe can the first jump just have decreased height??? You have THREE jumps in this game so maybe we can make the first one smaller so you have an option to use more aerial spacing or anything like that?

I heard something about them having tried to do it before and idk what happened but legit I feel like this is something you need cuz right now the game is superfloaty with people like just jumping around eachother in the air trying to hit eachother and constantly flailing about and failing due to how hard it is to get any precise height in the air to your target

legit I just showed this to a friend and his first thought was like "why is everyone just floating around all over the place swinging randomly lol I'm not getting this game dude" - he was watching tourney play too so this seems to just be a problem

I mean really one of the main thigns I dont like so far is that the game feels way too LOOSE and floaty and whatnot, and I think having more controlled jumping or at least making the jumps smaller would make it feel much nicer and tighter

- and i dont mean just jumping then cancelling it with a dodge I'm talking actual straightforward jump control thats not just a workaround for the antigravity jumps currently in place

[Illia]

Try Dodging mid air.

[Cubey3]

You find most matches short hops arent needed, but sometimes you just need to jump a little less higher than normal. You can do this one of two ways:
-jump and imediately press dodge while not pressing in any direction, then attack immediately after the dodge, you will do a grounded attack while being a little higher up
OR
-if you want to use an air attack at a shorter hieght you need to build up enough momentum for a speed dodge, jump and immediately after dodge and hold forward, attack immediatley after for an attack from a canceled dodge, plus you also get a few dodge frames on the startup of your attack

[Lord Rumpkin]

You can fast fall by pushing down during your jump, but it won't work if you're holding down when you start the jump, and it won't work until you're at least halfway into your jump. With good timing you can cut it off halfway.

[Abcron]

I know what you mean. Every time I've showed this game to someone, the first thing they say is "Why is it so floaty?"