Are you ever going to make Flight faster
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Posted on: 2009-06-17 14:20 in Player Questions
No, I'm not.
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No, I'm not.
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I wasn't planning on it, either.
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They have made it faster already.
And quite a few people used it before, as it is... because you are *flying.*
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They have made it faster already.
And quite a few people used it before, as it is... because you are *flying.*
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Wasn't it the most popular travel power chosen, based on the datamining the Devs did a while ago?
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They have made it faster already.
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No, I'm not.
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I wasn't planning on it, either.
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Now that the OP has been edited, I am wonderng what you aren't planning on, Aett & mousedroid. 
I like Flight - it's cool and superheroey and pretty safe, as well as being the only power I can put on auto-run.
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Originally Posted by SpyralPegacyon
"You gave us a world where we could fly. I can't thank you enough for that."
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No, I'm not.
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I wasn't planning on it, either.
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Now that the OP has been edited, I am wonderng what you aren't planning on, Aett & mousedroid.
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http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
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They have made it faster already.
And quite a few people used it before, as it is... because you are *flying.*
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Wasn't it the most popular travel power chosen, based on the datamining the Devs did a while ago?
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Yes. It is also the safest so for balance it is slow. At any rate, only 1 of the Freebird set IOs increase flight speed. Maybe it is time for the original poster to add another slot (or two) to flight to put in flight speed enhancements.
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No, I'm not.
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I wasn't planning on it, either.
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Now that the OP has been edited, I am wonderng what you aren't planning on, Aett & mousedroid.
[/ QUOTE ]They're not planning on making flight faster
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OK - good to know.
Then I'm not planning on it either since I like it as it is now.
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Originally Posted by SpyralPegacyon
"You gave us a world where we could fly. I can't thank you enough for that."
Yes, my answer was in regard to the title question and the fact that he was asking in a forum for questions to other players.
OP: Try posting in Suggestions.
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Flight may be the coolest travel power in the game but why keep it so slow.
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It's kept "so slow" (according to you) precisely -because- it's the coolest travel power in the game.
If it were as fast as SJ or SS then no one would likely bother to use those powers. I wouldn't.
It's called power balancing. Think about it.
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No, I'm not.
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I wasn't planning on it, either.
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Now that the OP has been edited, I am wonderng what you aren't planning on, Aett & mousedroid.
[/ QUOTE ]They're not planning on making flight faster
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OK - good to know.
Then I'm not planning on it either since I like it as it is now.
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I make it faster... every time my Jump Pack recharges. 
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I have 2 travel powers on all of my 50's but only 1 has flight.
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The fact that you have 2 travel powers on all of your 50s (I'll guess SS+SJ), should give you a clue as to why Fly is kept slow.
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I'm always the last one to the mish but I have one of the fastest loading machines.
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Someone has to be last.
Seriously though, if you use a direct path between missions and don't stop between every one to sell or visit your base or buy insps you shouldn't be the last one to the door. I have a bunch of characters with no travel powers at all except the temp flight pack. They are frequently the first ones to the mission because they move immediately and directly to the next mission along the shortest path.
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Instead of slotting Freebird, you should probably slot either Soaring: Fly and Soaring: Fly/End, or Zephyr: Travel, and Zephyr: Travel/End for more bang. Otherwise, just stick to Generic IOs.
I don't even bother taking Fly on my characters anymore, except one defender for theme purposes. Everyone else (that flies) is Hover, Raptor Pack, and Superspeed.
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I'm always the last one to the mish but I have one of the fastest loading machines.
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Someone has to be last.
Seriously though, if you use a direct path between missions and don't stop between every one to sell or visit your base or buy insps you shouldn't be the last one to the door. I have a bunch of characters with no travel powers at all except the temp flight pack. They are frequently the first ones to the mission because they move immediately and directly to the next mission along the shortest path.
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Seriously. I have concept characters with no travel powers that use Swift/Sprint and they often arrive before everyone else. Knowing your way around helps too.
Also, Fly can be buffed to a really decent speed with enhancements.
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I make it faster... every time my Jump Pack recharges.
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I tried this but my flight speed at 43 seems to be capped with two 45 SO for Flight Speed. Group Fly gets the boost but Fly is capped and it has no effect.
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Two +2 SOs (73% flight speed buff) will hit the flight cap now. Two level 50 IOs (83% flight speed buff) go way over the flight cap. Two level 30 IOs are all you need to hit the flight speed cap with common IOs.
If the OP is two-slotting with Freebirds, then there is only 42.4% enhancement of flight speed if the FLIGHT one is being used at level 50. For all we know, the two Freebirds could be END and STEALTH with no flight movement enhancement.
If it's just that one FLIGHT enhancement, then the OP's flight speed at level 50 is 53.5 mph. The OP can throw in an extra FLIGHT SO or an IO to hit the flight speed cap of 58.6 mph.
By comparison, SuperSpeed with one RUN IO at level 50 is 85.7 mph.
One has to remember that right after ED happened, six slotting Fly with all FLIGHT SOs no longer hit the flight speed cap. That you can do it now with just two SOs shows how much it's been buffed recently.
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When I use flight, 2 slotted with freebirds I think, I'm always the last one to the mish but I have one of the fastest loading machines. Will you PLEASE speed up flight? More people would probably use it if it wasn't so slow.
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Firstly, you're either grossly exaggerating or doing something wrong. I have characters WITH NO TRAVEL POWER who still aren't the last to get to the mission most of the time.
Secondly, flight is already the most popular travel power. Why? Because it's FLIGHT! It's so 'superheroey'.
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They have made it faster already.
And quite a few people used it before, as it is... because you are *flying.*
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Wasn't it the most popular travel power chosen, based on the datamining the Devs did a while ago?
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Sounds right to me.
Teleport Self is the travel power that needs the most DEV love.
It was great when the "red circle of death" issue was finally reduced to what it is now.
Superspeed is the only travel power that really has no vertical component ... which I always find quite odd as I'm always seeing speedsters in comic books running up the sides of buildings.
(Forget the traction issue, have you ever used Super Jump? You can't move around like that while you're jumping)
Flight is fine. It gets you to a mission a safer manner than any other travel power - besides the mission teleporter.
Oh, and to the OP -- "flight is too slow" has become an all too common thread of late. Use your search-fu.
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Slowness is the price you pay for total and complete Z-axis control. End of story.
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also for negating melee attacks.
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Firstly, you're either grossly exaggerating or doing something wrong. I have characters WITH NO TRAVEL POWER who still aren't the last to get to the mission most of the time.
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this would be because you're beating the people who are flying.
Anyways, flight increases in speed as you level. OP, are you sure the toon you have flight on is 50?
Flight may be the coolest travel power in the game but why keep it so slow. I have 2 travel powers on all of my 50's but only 1 has flight. When I use flight, 2 slotted with freebirds I think, I'm always the last one to the mish but I have one of the fastest loading machines. Will you PLEASE speed up flight? More people would probably use it if it wasn't so slow.
(Edit) This is probably the wrong page to post this. although I've played for years, I seldom post. Could someone inform me to which page this should go.