Buffing Drifters

[Palerion]

Originally Posted by Varsam

Well think of faster flight speed this way - turn it into a faster method of traversing long distances, thereby exposing the LA to less risk than simply running across. Standard JJs allow LAs to maneuver themselves over obstacles to flank enemies from unexpected directions, so make drifters enable them to traverse open no-man's-lands in relative safety to flank that way. Make it so there is little to no drop in altitude during flight so that LAs don't get caught on small inclines, and then make the flight time 2.5x-3x normal sprint speed. I think being able to zip from cover to cover would be a nice tradeoff for being able to scale objects. Then simply restrict lateral movement while in flight so people can't just bum rush hard points with drifters.

Quite different than your original idea xD I can agree with it going 2.5x-3x normal sprint speed and having no altitude drop. That's kind of one of the two ideas I am presenting.

Either do what you say and make the drifters really fast so you can strafe people quick and move across open ground fast, or let them allow for accurate fire.

The only thing that would concern me about your idea is it would seem odd for people to go too fast. I would personally rather strafing mid-air at about sprint speed and accurate fire, as 2.5-3x sprint speed might cause some crying by non-LAs.