Damoklesz Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Surely I must not be the first one discovering this, but since I haven't seen anyone else doing it yet, I decided to post it. It started when my pinky on the left hand started to become numb due to the default keybinds, which put sprint on shift and crouch on ctrl. So I decided to start using toggle sprint, which I bound to Q, and I do hold crouch with Mouse 5. I can't imagine doing this trick in any way with the default keys. I was aware that you can still do the infinite sprint-slide-jump-slide-jump... trick with toggle sprint, but I always found that unpractical, because it's hard to control your direction, and if you happen to run out of stamina after jumping, you stop sprinting, which disrupts the combo. What I found instead is way simpler and easier. You just run with the toggle sprint on, and then, you just spam the hold crouch key. The animation is a bit wonky, your character wants to slide, but you never give it time to do it properly. The benefit is twofold. Once in about every second to forth crouch key spam, you get a smallish speed boost that normally comes when you start the slides. During this boost you lose some control, but it's nothing major. Essentially using this method I can move around without a Rush about as fast as I could normally do with a maxed Rush. At least I think I can, I haven't actually tested it yet. The other advantage of doing this is that you pretty much have infinite stamina, because you're "sliding" half the time, and during that, you regenerate stamina. I didn't post this to the bugs section, because it's not a bug, it's a small exploit, that only makes grinding a bit quicker, and should be one of the last priorities to be fixed. You know, WAY after we have enemy AI, player trading, balanced weapons and warframes, and Derf Anyo :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X3Evanescence Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Most of us already know this LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchemistjkt Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 ah this old trick... use to much more common before they took steps to nerf it. you use to be able to spam it so much/fast and get such a speed boost that you would have thrak rhino frames out running rush loki players. was sorta funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damoklesz Posted September 5, 2013 Author Share Posted September 5, 2013 Most of us already know this LOL. Then why can't I see anyone doing it? Maybe the game only starts to do the sliding animation for the player doing it, and doesn't send it to the others? Or is it because I only play with n00bs from matchmaking? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altale Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 You're about 5 months late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudPies Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 I only play with n00bs from matchmaking? :Dyep... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damoklesz Posted September 5, 2013 Author Share Posted September 5, 2013 yep... I really need to make some friends... A couple hours ago I was waiting at the end of the map for 20 minutes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixty5 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 I just find that stuff not in the spirit of the game. The occasional slide to speed boost is fine, but spamming is just dirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engelheim Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 They already nerfed it. There used to be no cooldown for the speed boost that slide gives, which was pretty hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baysick Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Zorens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damoklesz Posted September 5, 2013 Author Share Posted September 5, 2013 (edited) They already nerfed it. There used to be no cooldown for the speed boost that slide gives, which was pretty hilarious. You gotta wonder though... If they know this exist... if they took the time to nerf it... why didn't they fix it? How hard can it be to not give a speed boost at all, but increase the overall speed of the slide instead? Or to only start regenning stamina after half a second? Doesn't the fact that they choose to handle it this way, means that they consider this very much "in the spirit of the game"? Edited September 5, 2013 by Damoklesz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inorite3 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 I believe that's called "wave dashing", and like many people have already said, you're late. I don't think people use it as often because of the nerf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetergentPod Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Just about everyone I know does this. I don't even know when I started doing this or why I started doing it, but I just start doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
225Rounds Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinderain Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Then why can't I see anyone doing it? I wish I could be this lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yessiree Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Zorens. ^this can't stop the zorencopter nuh-uh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volume Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 (edited) I thought this was common knowledge as of February...https://forums.warframe.com/index.php?/topic/8989-wave-dashing-aka-sliding-at-high-velocity/?hl=%2Bwave+%2Bdashinghttps://forums.warframe.com/index.php?/topic/10439-wave-dashing-advanced-technique/?hl=%2Bwave+%2BdashingI know I was doing it before these threads were posted, but...Not sure when I discovered it. Mid January? Edited September 5, 2013 by Volume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochili96 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 lol i randomly discovered this one day just cause I like to find ways to make the animations gib and jitter, this was one of the few ways I could find and also gave a speed boost, doesn't work that much but its still funny to use, but true I do wonder how come I don't see any but myself using it...I thought it'd be a common thing to do once I found out about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erusa Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 most of you old timers. Us young'uns don't know this.I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparrohawk Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 One reason why you may not see it is due to latency. If you're really quick on the crouch button, all someone else might see is a speed increase without any apparent crouching. At least, that's my experience. I play with a few people whom I know to be crouch-running, but I never see it. I do, however, see them moving in fits and starts of speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grascen Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 (edited) The biggest problem with it is Warframe isn't just one flat terrain. It has many obstacles that require control to move around and above; control you can't get with crouch spam. Zorencopters far surpass any other horizontal movement, though. Edited September 5, 2013 by Grascen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keltik0ne Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 A combo of butt slide + zorencopter looks so daft but works so well. Last game I played was like an Episode of Benny Hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeybadger Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 This is called 'Wavedashing' The reason you don't see other people doing it is because the sliding animation doesnt propagate to your client during these tiny slides. All you see is their little Rhino feet going crazy as he blows by you. Also, dont spam crouch, there is a cooldown on wavedashing and by spamming crouch you are actually slowing yourself down. Learn the cooldown (~1 second) and time your wavedashes accordingly -- you will end up going much, much faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakalwe Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 You gotta wonder though... If they know this exist... if they took the time to nerf it... why didn't they fix it? How hard can it be to not give a speed boost at all, but increase the overall speed of the slide instead? Or to only start regenning stamina after half a second? Doesn't the fact that they choose to handle it this way, means that they consider this very much "in the spirit of the game"? Two things: 1. It's really not that much of a boost anymore to warrant repeat use. 2. These kinds of tricks usually remain put after discovery (perhaps with a little balancing to prevent them being too silly) as advanced moves for the player base to discover. Much like the quick reload glitch from ME2 being carried over on purpose to ME3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIossome Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 I think most of the people that know how to do this are taking a hiatus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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