How A Frost/rhino Out Runs A Loki

[Sygnetix]

I've found that not many people seem to be aware of this little trick so I figured I would post it here and see if it is a bug.

 

For you slow frame users, this might help you keep up with "level sprinting elitists" that have a tendacy to run through everything and leave you holding the bag with a 2-4 person spawn wave with only 1-3 people (God I love it when these kids die and have to burn revives).

 

If you find yourself falling behind constantly and do not want to burn a module slot with sprint speed/stamina increase mods, there is a simple trick you can use.

 

Just hold shift to start running. On any FLAT or DOWNHILL surface area, just tap ctrl to combat slide. Do not HOLD ctrl and continue the slide. With practice you can out run any frame not also using this trick.

 

Because the combat slide does not consume stamina (which it SHOULD), this will allow you to sprint for as long as you see fit without expending energy (Excalibur/Rhino) to keep up with your group.

 

I'm ASSUMING eventually they will switch combat slides into the stamina draining category, but until then, enjoy the confused Loki's that YOU leave fighting everything by themselves. Maybe after a few burned revives they'll learn respect and stop leaving us slower frames holding the bag.... or aggro in this case.

 

Enjoy.

[eddy193]

I've found that not many people seem to be aware of this little trick so I figured I would post it here and see if it is a bug.

 

For you slow frame users, this might help you keep up with "level sprinting elitists" that have a tendacy to run through everything and leave you holding the bag with a 2-4 person spawn wave with only 1-3 people (God I love it when these kids die and have to burn revives).

 

If you find yourself falling behind constantly and do not want to burn a module slot with sprint speed/stamina increase mods, there is a simple trick you can use.

 

Just hold shift to start running. On any FLAT or DOWNHILL surface area, just tap ctrl to combat slide. Do not HOLD ctrl and continue the slide. With practice you can out run any frame not also using this trick.

 

Because the combat slide does not consume stamina (which it SHOULD), this will allow you to sprint for as long as you see fit without expending energy (Excalibur/Rhino) to keep up with your group.

 

I'm ASSUMING eventually they will switch combat slides into the stamina draining category, but until then, enjoy the confused Loki's that YOU leave fighting everything by themselves. Maybe after a few burned revives they'll learn respect and stop leaving us slower frames holding the bag.... or aggro in this case.

 

Enjoy.

i did this....the rushing fu*ks had no revives.......they cried.......HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH (that censor things needs work)

Edited August 23, 2013 by eddy193

[Khaos_Zand3r]

Congratulations. You're 4 months late.

[Reithur]

Agreed; using the run+slide combo, any frame can catch up with anyone not using the combo.

 

Pro-tip; rather than break your slide to avoid or move around a low rail or box, tap the jump button while sliding to forward flip over it.

[Preabo]

Leave them behind killing... wtf? Should that be punishment or something?

 

I would love it if someone rushes away and I get all the kills :)

[Archistopheles]

Bugs forum why?

[FateZero]

Sounds more like a whine topic about how Loki got beat in running....You know Loki can do the same trick right?

[sambarpowder]

This was called wave dashing and was much more effective prior to the addition of the slide acceleration cooldown. People would macro it and tweak around the levels like they were high on nanospore moonshine. Just letting y'all new folks know.

[Cryp2Nite]

Congratulations. You're 4 months late.

 

....You know Loki can do the same trick right?

 

It's old man, very old. And it became standard very fast even for 2h playtime noobs.

[Althix]

my first thought was hey - somebody discovered zorancopter. but ts... well.... yeah. do we have a medal for such threads? it should be pink.

[Sygnetix]

What can I say, just posting things I thought would be helpful. Nice to see this community has already devolved into League of Legends elitism Mk2. Maybe you flamers should go outside?

 

My point in bringing it up is whats the point of the stamina bar (besides their failed blocking system) if you can abuse game mechanics to bypass it.

 

Did I miss something or is this not open BETA?

[sambarpowder]

What can I say, just posting things I thought would be helpful. Nice to see this community has already devolved into League of Legends elitism Mk2. Maybe you flamers should go outside?

 

My point in bringing it up is whats the point of the stamina bar (besides their failed blocking system) if you can abuse game mechanics to bypass it.

 

Did I miss something or is this not open BETA?

To address your point, I believe DESteve has said on stream that the stamina bar will have a lot more importance in a future update, maybe U10. The blocking system is also going to actually go somewhere at some point. Also, if you think this is abusing the system, then you should look up some videos prior to the fix.

 

Speaking of the fixes, DE initially simply removed the acceleration from slides. People got pissed, so they added back the slides but put a cooldown on them.

That was still too annoying, so DE finally put a cooldown on the velocity boost you get each time you slide. So yeah, this has already been addressed.

 

Also, don't get angry. These are forums, and forums are dark and full of terrors.