Ninja Run as travel power
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BlackArachnia,
Posted on: 2010-09-02 01:02 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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except with Ninja Run...then it looks STYLISH.|
Originally Posted by Canine
I never take Hurdle for increasing travel speed, mainly because I think bunny hopping everywhere looks ludicrous.
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my stalker has Ninja Run, Swift, Hurdle and as many GotA + Runspeeds as I can fit in his build (currently 4, more to come once they make stamina inherent) and he BOOKS. He was originally a theme character (all natural, no travel power) but now with NR he gets around just as well as any of my other characters.
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Ninja Run is one of my favorite power additions to the game. I find myself using for a huge number of my characters (especially those for whom Superleap or Super-Speed were just a BIT too much). And I really dig the animations.
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The only way I can possibly see myself using a traditional travel power instead of Ninja run in the future is if there is absolutely no other power that I want but don't have already.
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Damn skippy!|
Originally Posted by ResidentBaka
I even have that "Skip travel power prerequisites" veteran badge and it's like "sorry SS, SJ and TP, but ya'll ain't got flips."
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If you have a Dual Blades character, the flip animation looks even cooler when coming down from a leap with arms crossed wielding your twin blades of death (or justice-if that's your thing)!
Looks even cooler if you're using daggers rather than long swords.
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For me, it's a huge quality of life power that I was more then happy to snag. I'm one of those wackos who CAN'T play without a travel power. I had to get to level 14 to even start enjoying the game previously...sure I can get jet packs or those weird jumping packs but for some illogical reason based somewhere within the depths of my insane brain the 2:00:00 timer coupled w/ the fact that it's not something inherent to my character makes those a non-worthy substitute (I know that makes no sense).
With ninja run + swift, I can ignore a travel power at 14 and either skip it all together or get it much later.
I really wish though they would take out health and stamina and just make them autopowers already...I can't play w/o stamina at least...or heck even if they just got rid of the cooldown on rest I'd be happy...Heck, if they did any of the aforementioned I'd doubt I'd ever unsub lol. I know I'm nuts, but a travel power + stam (or near unlimited rest) are two mandatory requirements for my enjoyment of CoH.
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They are making the fitness pool inherent next issue. So that's a problem solved for you!
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Originally Posted by Larvos
For me, it's a huge quality of life power that I was more then happy to snag. I'm one of those wackos who CAN'T play without a travel power. I had to get to level 14 to even start enjoying the game previously...sure I can get jet packs or those weird jumping packs but for some illogical reason based somewhere within the depths of my insane brain the 2:00:00 timer coupled w/ the fact that it's not something inherent to my character makes those a non-worthy substitute (I know that makes no sense).
With ninja run + swift, I can ignore a travel power at 14 and either skip it all together or get it much later. I really wish though they would take out health and stamina and just make them autopowers already...I can't play w/o stamina at least...or heck even if they just got rid of the cooldown on rest I'd be happy...Heck, if they did any of the aforementioned I'd doubt I'd ever unsub lol. I know I'm nuts, but a travel power + stam (or near unlimited rest) are two mandatory requirements for my enjoyment of CoH. |
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Pardon my French but...ARE YOU F'ING SERIOUS?! This is likely to change my outlook on the game from something I sub to every few months to a game I'm always subbed too...I'm very happy if this is true!!!
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Originally Posted by Judas_Ace
They are making the fitness pool inherent next issue. So that's a problem solved for you!
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I use NR as my sole travel power on my claws/DA scrapper. With the change to fitness, I will be able to add in another travel power if I so choose, but I may not want to respec him as he is fully IOed.
His run speed is 65.51 mph.
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You're not a bad player. The main calling card of this game was always "fast-paced". And it's obvious that most of the player subscribe to that style of play. I actually stood at the Ouro portal once for 15 minutes and checked toons as they went through to see how many had Stamina. It was something like 99.9%. There is a reason for that. Hardly sounds like "something you don't need", does it? Without Stamina you'll be left behind. For solo toons it could work though.
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Originally Posted by SuperDonkey
Too much downtime for me without Stamina. Takes out the fun of a fast paced MMO for me.
Or maybe I'm just a bad player!  Well, I'm level 10 now, so I'll have two levels time to decide.  |
I think you went well with taking Hurdle to pair with Ninja Run, because you can really leap from rooftop to rooftop that way.
I've had a character without a true travel power since well before Ninja Run.
I two slotted Sprint and two (or three?) slotted Hurdle.
Just the Hurdle alone is an incredible mini-travel power.
Slotted up it is quite effective. Back then, the character's travel speed was right around the base flight speed.
When Ninja Run came around, it was even faster.
I find the mini-travel power approach fun, because it can make getting around a little more interesting some times.
It's fun when you're not positive if you can make a long distance leap to another ledge. Of course, the same can be said with Super Jump... Just hundreds of feet farther away
But yeah... you get to immerse yourself in the city a bit more, which I enjoy.
Anyways... have fun!!
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