Jet boots

[Vash(88)]

I remember them removing double jump because it took from the co-op focus of the game.

Any concern that the jet boots will recreate that, but worse?

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[TyresTyco]

Originally posted by Deadweight:

Originally posted by Paintbrush:

Sounds like it might be a good idea to make it so if the whole team has jump boots already then you spawn in with them. Otherwise you're back to the original problem. No guarantee the team will backtrack with you or leave you stranded.

This is a good point, how are they handling late joins with this?

Probably just like cargo crates.

[RUCKUS RELOADED]

jump boots were essentially a must pick perk, across all hazard levels and all gamemodes. people complain today about the likes of dash being overpicked, but jump boots completely mogged every single mobility-related perk and a large majority of the others too. with how easy it was to use and how powerful it was (powerful enough to render even the majority of class tools irrelevant), you essentially had to use it otherwise you'd get left behind. having such an over-dominant perk made the others beyond useless

having it as an in-mission collectible means everybody is guaranteed to have it and it's not gonna take up any perk slots. it's a much better implementation. as to how balanced it is though, that remains to be seen

[V0lcanF1re]

Originally posted by Lord Of War:

Originally posted by V0lcanF1re:

flappy bird game? XDD

that bird wasn't shot by whalepipers, nor eaten by flu bugs with a narrow time window

so much hate for that bird more stories if have pls xD

[Sokaku]

Originally posted by TyresTyco:

Originally posted by Deadweight:

This is a good point, how are they handling late joins with this?

Probably just like cargo crates.

... which would pose a problem. If you join after a cargo crate is opened you cannot retrieve the cosmetic, unless that has since been fixed. It's been quite a while since I have had anything pending in cargo crates but I do recall open crates not offering cosmetics if I joined after they were opened. That behaviour may be a problem with jump boots.

But still, if the map generation doesn't toughen for jump boots, joining players that cannot/don't get the boots can still make their own way back up like before. You just might not count on quite the same level of cooperation like platforms/tunnels. Still for the most part players will still be prepping the way back up on their way down since jump boots will not be a guaranteed find. If anything jump boots will likely result in less "driller drilling straight to pod" from the bottom of maps.

[Monolyth]

I have a feeling that the jet boots are going to be a mission-specific attribute or an item that is only intended to work during a specific event. I doubt it will be seen on just your standard missions, especially considering that late joins could potentially impact when or if someone gets the jet boots, and it would also promote greedy backtracking that splits a team up.

The only way I could see this becoming much less of an issue is if there was a jet boot crate in every big cave room for players to get, or if late joins were simply granted the jet boots upon entering the game if the crate for them was present in a mission.

[Aratorin]

I watched some streamers play the experimental while I was at work today. The boots have a pretty rapid overheat. They won't be replacing any mobility tools. They're just slightly better hover boots.

[Jack left town]

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1. he smells
2. he a ginger
3. he makes the game ugly by enabling r_fullbright
4. his grapple sucks, no physics, cancels momentum. Boring!
5. he always pockets my C4 and then cries like its my fault
6. he stinks
7. every time I fire off a nuke he sticks his nose down my barrel
8. he's a stupid idiot who smells