so ptera flight stamina.....?

[Kassirex]

this is something i had concerns about when ptera was first talked about and how they had flying work, that it would be wasting stamina in ways it really shouldnt be cause the team either doesnt know enough about the creature or thinks this will "balance" flying, and sorry to say, neither are acceptable reasons, now before i continue, i have not tried the new beta yet, im getting this info from friends that have and friends i trust, but i will test it my self after writing this

firstly on flying, it shouldnt waste stamina unless you actually are putting effort into it and doing a lot of flapping your wings trying to go faster, if your just gliding or soaring, letting your wings and up drafts carry you, you shouldnt wast any stamina, in fact its one of the most energy efficient forms of travel for a creature, not to mention that pterosaurs like ptera and quetz are some of the most efficient flyers in prehistory.

i have already made a rant on ptera take of and i will link here but i will add something else that may not be mention here and that is that the quad launch take off should be more stamina efficient then the runny flappy take off which is still cursed to me
https://steamcommunity.com/app/376210/discussions/14/1750150007021031189/

as it is with this creature, you shouldnt have to do this to "balance" its flight, as it being a relatively fragile creature and not the best on the ground is already balance enough, if this was for balancing sake, it was another in a line of pretty poor decisions the team has made

i got nothing more to say on this unless this becomes a subject of another podcast i do with Cpt D Honorseeker

[Tregrenos]

As an adult Ptera stamina management is a non-issue.

[Kassirex]

i guess i'll see for myself when i test it out

[Kassirex]

well i cant even join a server to test this crap

[Shanks]

Originally posted by Kassirex:

well i cant even join a server to test this crap

They need to add more servers, earlier it was fine but now they're all consistently full.

[Kassirex]

i cant even join empty ones

[BakedPotato]

nah you only lose stamina if you try to gain altitude or burst forward, soaring you lose no stamina but that being said when soaring you slowly lose altitude forcing you to use some stamina to gain more height in order to continue soaring

[Kassirex]

alright that makes far more sense

[BakedPotato]

i believe the flying is awesome, i was on at about 7am so it allowed me to get into a server quick and suffer very little lag or issues of that nature and i think they did an amazing job cant wait for the full update

[AkimboWasabiMenthol]

yeah its just as a kid as an adult if you think the stam costs is bad youre not playing it well

[Kassirex]

dose ptera regain stam while gliding or idle soaring then,

[Pablo Croft]

You're not floating effortlessly in the water, you're gliding lol. It does take effort. It shouldn't eat as much stamina as flapping to stay in the air, no.

[Tregrenos]

Originally posted by Kassirex:

dose ptera regain stam while gliding or idle soaring then,

No, but neither are you losing stamina so long as all you're doing is gliding. However, without Stamina you can only glide, descend and air break. You'll need to rest before you can ascend any higher, but not having stamina doesn't prevent you from performing these actions. The following are some stamina tests I did for how much each action costs to raise elevation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ9gKHrzYQ0

[Pablo Croft]

Did they improve the take off animation any? The flapping looks fine.

[Tregrenos]

Originally posted by Pablo Croft:

Did they improve the take off animation any? The flapping looks fine.

I’m not sure what you’re comparing the animations of the video above to, but it was made last night, so would be the most recent version.

[Pablo Croft]

Well, the game isn't aiming for realism in animations, so I guess it's alright. There's no oompf! No big effort to lift off that quickly. It just kinda lifts off lol.