IIRC it was a boost to its BASE speed, not its top speed.
They will never make the top speed of Fly close to that of SS or SJ because if they ever did no one would ever use SS or SJ again.
What would be the point? 
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if you use hover, you'll notice a definite boost. i did, as i built my main with hover + swift (with 3 fly speed IOs) + siphon speed + speed set bonuses - and i definitely notice how much faster he is without siphon speed.
i swear the devs upped the cap slightly, but it might be my imagination.
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I noticed that it did make using Hover to get around inside missions a lot more attractive.
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if you use hover, you'll notice a definite boost. i did, as i built my main with hover + siphon speed + speed set bonuses - and i definitely notice how much faster he is without siphon speed.
i swear the devs upped the cap slightly, but it might be my imagination. |
I think before GR Hover still had some "wiggle room" to improve its top speed before it hit the hard cap. *shrugs*
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it definitely had some wiggle room... i now have to figure out how much speed enhance (i.e. slow enhance) in siphon speed i need to hit the cap so i can put a partial slow set instead of 2acc/2rech/2slow IOs and still hit the cap with one application (and hopefully down to say... lvl 25). i tried to take out a slot, but there is no way with out sacrificing acc or rech, which im not willing to do.
EDIT: i can do it with a sets - 3 Tempered Readiness (acc/slow + both triples) + 2 rech + 1 acc - but this is barely an improvement. its between that and the same 3 Tempered Readiness + Pacing of the Turtle end/rech/slow + 1 rech + 1 acc, which improves rech at the expense of slow... so it just a question of which one. of course, either one only nets me 1.5% recovery and some slow duration...
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Originally Posted by Lothic
IIRC it was a boost to its BASE speed, not its top speed.
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But doesnt a higher base speed increase the overall speed? Or no because its still capped at the same level?
In other words, did they only make it so that it takes less enhancements to cap?
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As far as I know, yes. It only takes 1 Flight Speed SO to effectively cap it. (I believe there's some wiggle room, but it's not that big.)
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In other words, did they only make it so that it takes less enhancements to cap?
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Yup. Of course even before the base speed increase it only took one SO to get within a couple mph of the hard cap, so it's not (very/at all) noticeable at the higher levels if you have Fly slotted at all. It does make the temp powers and pre-22 Fly faster, which is pretty nice.|
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As far as I know, yes. It only takes 1 Flight Speed SO to effectively cap it. (I believe there's some wiggle room, but it's not that big.)
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Since Hover has the same hard cap as Fly it was impossible to reach the hard cap using Hover by slotting alone, so the increase in base speed makes even fully slotted Hover faster. Since i have a few alts that use Hover for mobility in combat this is a nice bonus.
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Does it make Flight more tempting as a travel power? Or the boost still not enough to compete with SS or SJ?
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