Hoverboard travel power and how it might work


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Here's an attempt at a new travel power that would play different from any of the existing ones.

Hoverboard is basically assisted but limited flight. Flying squirrels rather than birds. Think The Silver Surfer's surfboard, the Green Goblin's glider, a flying carpet or a wing suit.

Take a ground speed (speed across the xy plane) that's about midway between superjump and superspeed. You'll be hovering, so while you can't ascend you'll always stay at least a couple of feet above ground. If you run off a cliff or a building, though, you won't automatically fall to the ground but remain at the same height (perhaps with a slow descent thrown in for good measure). It's basically flying without the ability to ascend but with more speed.


 

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... Or any kind of chases, really... you know... like the films?

I've mentioned this before but it seems to be one of the glaring differences between CoH and [insert name of generic superhero film here] is the chase scene(s). The nearest we have is the bank job, where the baddies have an invulnerable getaway van.

On topic, though ... hoverboards would be cool if players couldn't already FLY(!) or SUPER LEAP or TELEPORT.


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While it's off-topic, maybe they should add bank jobs to PvP as well as keeping the current PvE ones. That would make for a good chase sequence as well.


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They could make this with the prestige power slide/Oil slick animation and put it about a foot off the ground

Perhaps if it Gives a boost to jump hight, speed and will decend off ledges with a 3 second fly power

this would seem cool, and could possibly fit in as a new pool power perhaps with a few powers like these:

6) Board Charge (basically the shield charge power to a shorter distance
6) Agile (defense to all but Psi, AoE and Cone)
12) Board Travel (the above)
20) Boost Speed (temp boost speed)


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IMO other travel powers should't be a reason not to do a power pool, only because the function is the same doesn't mean it will be the same.
i mean, if we could have a hover board that can make you fly at lvl 14, doesn't need an excuse that fly is already in so [insert excuse reason].
it could work different, maybe something like that this hover board is faster then normal fly but it works like a plain, so you need a bigger start and landing then fly does.


 

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It would be nice if they gave you the option of something like a jetpack/hoverboard for fly, costume wise. A bit like jetboots, but something that comes out with certain animations.

I doubt that will happen, soon or ever, unless they plan a lot of things like that in the 'big team' upgrades the devs have mentioned.


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