JimG Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 If you're going to have all these datacrons which require tedious platform jumping, then at least give us a little boost to our jumping ability as we level up. Just like giving sprint and then speeders to increase travel speed as you level up, so should the jumping ability have some sort of increase at some point. I know there are some people that are masters at platform jumping with a keyboard but a lot of us aren't. When the datacrons give a combined 40 point boost to every stat and the ability to make matrix cubes, it's not like these earn you a badge or title....that's a significant game benefit which makes them pretty much necessary unless you want to put yourself at a disadvantage compared to others. Given the falls requiring you to go back to the beginning and start over, it can be quite a time sink just because you need perfect timing for 1 or 2 jumps. The whole point was to encourage and reward exploration but since the locations have been plastered all over the internet since before launch, it's not like there is any exploration here...it's just following the map and directions of someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclonit Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 1. I'd like to see something like a "Force Jump" or "Jetpack". Just feels "natural". 2. How about BW sends you the datacrons via mail? Seriously asking to remove the only difficulty there is from something because you can (nobody forces you) look up the locations is silly. Additionally I got all of the datacrons together with some friends and even though some of them were (in the beginning) pretty horrible in plattforming they improved and don't have any trouble getting to where they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aram_Darksun Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 (edited) I wouldn't mind a better jumping ability but as the poster above exaggerated, you have to be careful not to trivialize the datacron jumping game. You also run the risk of letting players get to areas you don't want them to or avoid mobs. I think there is room for improvement without compromising the above aspects. At the least there is room for "Force Fall" or "Jet Pack Descent" which would equate to a safe fall if the devs wanted to play it conservative. Edited January 27, 2012 by Aram_Darksun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimG Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 2. How about BW sends you the datacrons via mail? Seriously asking to remove the only difficulty there is from something because you can (nobody forces you) look up the locations is silly. Additionally I got all of the datacrons together with some friends and even though some of them were (in the beginning) pretty horrible in plattforming they improved and don't have any trouble getting to where they want. There's no need to be ridiculous and post like a jerk. I said a "little" boost....I'm obviously not talking about tripling jump height or anything like that...even a very slight boost to the jump height would be extremely beneficial. In a game like CoH, for example, your character's run speed and jumping ability slightly increases as you level up and become more powerful. The fact that my ability to jump is exactly the same at level 50 as it was at level 1 makes little sense....particularly when I have an ability called "force jump" for crying out loud which allows me to use the force to jump tremendous amounts in battle but then out of combat I go back to having the vertical leap of a 50 year old white man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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