Is the "RAPID" Recon Walker Going to be... RAPID????

[Fuzzthecat]

I mean, it's called the "Rapid Recon Walker". We've been asking for faster transportation since DAY 1. The game is large enough now to support this type of mobility.

 

Would be nice to see a new tier of speeders after five years...

[Pscyon]

My crystal orb says no

[Rabin_Lorac]

You have to search the forums but a dev once noted here that the mounts are at the max speed available within the hero engine.

[eartharioch]

I think there is *a* precedent -- I believe the referral bonus speeder is always 110% (Speeder 3) speed regardless of your level, but i'd be [not unpleasantly] surprised if BWA's attention to detail was that great.

 

So it will be amusing to have a char on the Hyrotti Racer (busted up speeder from Chevin event that is now adaptable) outrunning a char with lower speeder rating in a 'Rapid" vehicle.

[Xina_LA]

If the Recon Walker would ignore little stones and other tiny objects, that would be good enough for me. I'm always frustrated when my speeder gets hung up on a pebble or little metal bolt lying in the road.

[eartharioch]

You have to search the forums but a dev once noted here that the mounts are at the max speed available within the hero engine.

 

That's not exactly what they said -- it was more like "any faster would cause problems". But Taxi speeders can obviously go faster, so it's not a hard limit (and on lower performance machines, you can easily see performance problems when high-speed taxis pass by). OTOH, the devs have upped graphics quality, so it's possible *current* low end systems could handle a "Tier 4". Not that I think it's likely (or even a good idea), just that it's *possible*.

 

I'm pretty sure OP was just making a point that calling something "Rapid" that moves at exactly the same speed as things that aren't "Rapid" is kind of lame.

[Rolodome]

I doubt it, but it's a nice idea.

[JamieKirby]

You have to search the forums but a dev once noted here that the mounts are at the max speed available within the hero engine.

 

So, i guess the taxis that people use are the same speed then??

[eartharioch]

So, i guess the taxis that people use are the same speed then??

 

Check this post for more details...http://www.swtor.com/community/showpost.php?p=9112593&postcount=6

[Tsillah]

Well, considering it will go as fast as our flying mounts, you could say that it's pretty rapid for a walker.

[Tessie]

Taxis can travel faster because they don't trigger spawns.

 

If vehicles were faster they'd be able to beat the current spawn rates. To fix that, it would require the server to calculate spawns at a greater distance ahead of the player. This would put an increased load on the servers. Clients would also need to manage handling more items, so they could respond to the increased distance, which could impact some player's PCs.

 

So I would find it very unlikely due to the potential problems it would cause.

[SteveTheCynic]

They'd also have to rework some maps that currently have gaps that are *just* too wide to jump over on a +110% speeder.

[Fleurdelis]

It "RAPIDLY" spawns and despawns.

[LordBritain]

My Sith Holocron 10 Square says 'NO'.

[Nempo]

It "RAPIDLY" spawns and despawns.

 

This one gave me a chuckle.

[Adric_the_Red]

It "RAPIDLY" spawns and despawns.

But does it do so more "rapidly" than other mounts?

[ludoviccb]

It's a really fast walker, at 110% like all the other walker we got. It's the speeders, wheeled and tracked vehicles that are really slow in swtor. The speeders should be able to go over the speed of sound easily. There is no way a walker can do that, even with the best possible technology. A leg that hit a rock sticking out of the group at the speed of sound would badly damage or destroy the speeder.