Taunque Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) I'm surprised more people aren't annoyed how Storm behaves at different ranges. If you Storm from minimum distance, your speed to the target slows down dramatically because the game is forcing the animation to complete before you reach the target. It actually begins to look like you're leaping in slow motion. Basically, the problem is that the Trooper Storm has a long animation (run & leap). In contrast, your speed is fine when Storming from longer distances because the animation will complete in time. Does the Bounty Hunter's Jet Charge suffer the same delay at minimum range? Their animation is much simpler and I haven't seen the same slowdown in speed when they charge from minimum range. It's very clean and quick. Can anyone with both Trooper and BH toons test or confirm this? Edited January 16, 2012 by Taunque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlexGlabra Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I'm not sure about the BH, but my Jedi Sentinel's force leap is way snappier than Storm. Like so many other Trooper abilities, it seems to have a bit of a delay before it gets going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomxi Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I'm not sure about the BH, but my Jedi Sentinel's force leap is way snappier than Storm. Like so many other Trooper abilities, it seems to have a bit of a delay before it gets going. Guardian can leap from sitting down and still make it look good. Trooper just looks like special Olympics champ in everything they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TScott Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Storm is a horrible ability. Especially compared to the Powertechs Jet Charge. Storm is slow and it feels all wrong, while Jet Charge feels like a real charge, it is instant and it work alot better than Storm. I have been comparing the two abilities today as I just got to try out Storm on my republic character. Storm should be revised to work just like its counterpart Jet Charge. It should be no problem creating an animation for Storm that is just as fast as Jet Charge and still fits the aesthetics of the Vanguard. Copy the mechanic, redo the name and the animation. Go go Bioware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinvalar Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I can't speak for a comparison of Storm and Jet Charge, but I can say for certain that when I charge with Jet Charge, Jedi Knight or Sith Warrior leaps that the closer I am the 'slower' I move through the air. It seems that the travel time is a more or less fixed value. I've had multiple cases where any of them (I play Powertech, Marauder, and Guardian + Vanguard that doesn't have Storm yet) take an absurdly long time to leap when 10-12 meters from the target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueStrife Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 This is a bit out of topic but I want to know where and when I could get this "Storm" skill? Some sites show that it could be acquired at L1, but I think I already checked all the tabs on the trainer, and there's no Storm.. What might I be missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bliapis Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 its high up in the tank tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueStrife Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Oh okay thanks! I thought I was doing something wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinvalar Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 (edited) Storm is a horrible ability. Especially compared to the Powertechs Jet Charge. Storm is slow and it feels all wrong, while Jet Charge feels like a real charge, it is instant and it work alot better than Storm. I have been comparing the two abilities today as I just got to try out Storm on my republic character. Storm should be revised to work just like its counterpart Jet Charge. It should be no problem creating an animation for Storm that is just as fast as Jet Charge and still fits the aesthetics of the Vanguard. Copy the mechanic, redo the name and the animation. Go go Bioware While my previous post was before I had obtained Storm on my Vanguard, I now have it and must disagree with some of your post. Yes, Jet Charge is much cooler and 'seems' to be faster than Storm I can discern no difference between the two. I didn't record videos of them, but using a stopwatch the results of each charge (tried the 4, Vanguard Powertech Sith War and Jedi Knight) and all 4 charges had the same timings (allowing for my own reaction time, charged from each range 3x) at 30, ~20, 10 meters from target. If there is a timing difference between them it is so negligible as to not matter. Functionality-wise they are identical. Edited February 2, 2012 by Kinvalar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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