Planetside:Maneuverability:Jump?

[Validuz]

Never really thought about this... but will players be able to jump?

I know that sounds like a dumb question, but I haven't heard anything about it, nor have I seen anyone jump in any videos. It would seriously hurt the quality of the fighting if you couldn't jump.

Anyone have a definite answer on this?

[Mikedanad]

Agreed. Good question, and why not, im sure this has been asked, but it's on the subject, why not the ability to go prone?

[Navaron]

You'd better start doing a little research on that prone thing. Wow, you're lucky you're here and not another PlanetSide forum, man you'd get flamed. Just search for 45 secs. you'll find it.

[GunboatDiplomat]

Since Vanu Max armour can do that powered jump thing, I suppose that everyone else can too. Not much call for it in such huge environments, though.

[Shark]

Yes...you can. Jumping however will use up some of your stamina (which replenishes over time), and there may be limits on how frequently you can jump, although I'm speculating on that. No idea on how high you can jump.

Vanu MAX is different. While it may have some sort of standard jump shared by all armors (although heavies probably wouldn't jump very high), it has a special ability that draws from a separate energy pool and allows it to jump quite high, as in "on top of buildings".

[Faust Sheck]

They probably will include jumping but personally I don't think it adds much to games like this.

I believe it would be better to have a keyed jump which auto jumps you you to the next platform or whatever. Sort of like that game "Turrok" you didnt have jumping but when you needed to jump from platform to platform if you ran the proper speed and once you hit the edge of a ravine or what have you, you auto jumped to the platform (You didn't auto jump but you jumped, you would still have to line your self up with the next platform/destination)

Yet then you can see where jumping is useless, such as Tribes2, of course the jetpacks make it useless but even if there were no jetpacks the tribes2 jump would simply be a way to get to a desired place, it gives basically no advantage unlike it did in the other FPS games.

Regardless whether or not there will be a jump system I am sure it will be well implemented and not bunny hop bonanza 3002.

[GunboatDiplomat]

Agreed. They'd bloody better do it well, or they'll have large swarms of gamers leaping in a very strange manner up to their door to ask them what on Earth went so hideously wrong.

[Zanzibar]

yeh they probs will but i hope they do it properly. i never played ut again because the first time i went on everyone just jumped everywhere n it was wel bopring. tho t probvs wnt happen in ps

[Hamma]

You can jump

You cannot go prone.

You can crouch.

[Sputty]

Prone lackage is probaly to keep the game going at a decent pace.

[tazz]

But what type of jump/
Can you bunny hop or are you slowed to an undesirable pace like in cs?

[Sputty]

You probably can't bunny hop.

[�io]

I hope we can't.

Bunny hopping = BAD!! (well in 90% of games )

[Hamma]

If you jump too much you lose your stamina anyways. Thus making you planted to the ground

[Vash]

I'm gonna have to disagree with you Faust, jumping is very important in Tribes and Tribes2.
Not only does it aid in skiing, but if you try jetting without jumping first, you'll be going nowhere fast

edit - bunny hopping is teh suq