Thanks to Miss Liberty's gift, I've finally had the chance to fulfill a small dream of mine: I'm become a rocketeer. For those of you who don't know, on December 8 this year, Miss Liberty and the Freedom Corps gave all heroes in Paragon City a Holiday Rocket Pack. Well, I've been having such a blast with mine, that I decided to try out the Raptor Pack. For those of you technophiles reading this, here are my reviews:
Holiday Rocket Pack
The Holiday Rocket Pack (HRP) is a pretty spiffy little pack. It's obviously designed for long-range flight, and not super speeds like the Raptor Pack. The HRP's power source is still a mystery to me, but I suspect it's something from Portal Corps. The lack of straps, ability to vanish when disabled, and the fact that it has a specific recall date makes me think there is some "extra-dimensionality" to it.
I do like the HRP. As I said, it's obviously designed for long-range and not speed. This does make sense, as a lot of non-flyers will be getting their hands on them. Miss Liberty is probably more interested in them staying in the air and not having to deal with fast flight than she is pandering to speed demons. I commend her thinking.
Come January when they recall these packs, I'll be a bit sad. My own specific and refined flight systems are a bit better than the HRP's general purpose nature, but as far as backup flight systems go, you'd be hard pressed to beat this.
Raptor Pack
The Raptor Pack (RP) is what I would call a gas guzzler. Don't get me wrong, it's a fine rocket pack. It's probably half-again as fast as the HRP and comparable to my own flight systems, but it guzzles gas like you wouldn't believe.
Although, technically, it's not guzzling gas. The RP seems to -- and I stress "seems to" in case any lawyers are coming by -- be a bit parasitical in nature. I was watching my power levels while using it, and they seemed to drop a lot faster than when using my own. The HRP by comparison doesn't seem to draw any power from my systems. I'm no expert in bio-electric matters, but seeing what the Raptor Pack did to my batteries, I would be concerned for any heroes without a power supply between them and the pack.
There are a few more rocket packs floating around Paragon City that I'm itching to get my hands on. The SkyRaiders have their own packs, which look like older models of the Raptor Pack. I even hear, out in the Rogue's Isle, there's another group called the Gold Brickers. I have yet to see their equipment, but the rumour mill makes them out to be impressive.
RocketPacks
Thanks to Miss Liberty's gift, I've finally had the chance to fulfill a small dream of mine: I'm become a rocketeer. For those of you who don't know, on December 8 this year, Miss Liberty and the Freedom Corps gave all heroes in Paragon City a Holiday Rocket Pack. Well, I've been having such a blast with mine, that I decided to try out the Raptor Pack. For those of you technophiles reading this, here are my reviews:
Holiday Rocket Pack
The Holiday Rocket Pack (HRP) is a pretty spiffy little pack. It's obviously designed for long-range flight, and not super speeds like the Raptor Pack. The HRP's power source is still a mystery to me, but I suspect it's something from Portal Corps. The lack of straps, ability to vanish when disabled, and the fact that it has a specific recall date makes me think there is some "extra-dimensionality" to it.
I do like the HRP. As I said, it's obviously designed for long-range and not speed. This does make sense, as a lot of non-flyers will be getting their hands on them. Miss Liberty is probably more interested in them staying in the air and not having to deal with fast flight than she is pandering to speed demons. I commend her thinking.
Come January when they recall these packs, I'll be a bit sad. My own specific and refined flight systems are a bit better than the HRP's general purpose nature, but as far as backup flight systems go, you'd be hard pressed to beat this.
Raptor Pack
The Raptor Pack (RP) is what I would call a gas guzzler. Don't get me wrong, it's a fine rocket pack. It's probably half-again as fast as the HRP and comparable to my own flight systems, but it guzzles gas like you wouldn't believe.
Although, technically, it's not guzzling gas. The RP seems to -- and I stress "seems to" in case any lawyers are coming by -- be a bit parasitical in nature. I was watching my power levels while using it, and they seemed to drop a lot faster than when using my own. The HRP by comparison doesn't seem to draw any power from my systems. I'm no expert in bio-electric matters, but seeing what the Raptor Pack did to my batteries, I would be concerned for any heroes without a power supply between them and the pack.
There are a few more rocket packs floating around Paragon City that I'm itching to get my hands on. The SkyRaiders have their own packs, which look like older models of the Raptor Pack. I even hear, out in the Rogue's Isle, there's another group called the Gold Brickers. I have yet to see their equipment, but the rumour mill makes them out to be impressive.
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