Semi Annual Group Fly complaint / Request

Group Fly as it is currently is just not very group friendly in any setting and ESPECIALLY in incarnate missions. I hear nothing but complaints when a player ( usually a Robot Traps MM ) activates this power.

So I would suggest after 7 years that we simply try something new with Group Fly. What if we changed Group Fly to Grant Flight and the user could buff the person or group as is done with Speed boost.

Now there are 2 options here.

1. It could be made in which the user being granted flight pays for the endurance cost himself and his pets or have the pets pay for the endurance out of their own endurance pool. It last until zoning or dieing.

2. It's on a long timer 10 to 15 minutes and has to be reapplied like any other buff.

This way if you want it on you can leave it. If you don't with the new update you can click it off.

I know you can go to the sea gull in Pocket D to make your choices of not having it work. But how many do that and how many are going to do it in the middle of a mission or Trial / TF or Incarnate.

Who do you think will win in the debate between the one player with group fly and the rest of the team members complaining for numerous understandable reasons why they don't want flight imposed on them. I can see a short lived moment on that team for the group fly player before being kicked or voted off. On top of that being one stared with some favorite comment to identify him for the rest of his playing days because of some ill thought out power from 7 years ago when the game first came out.

OR

At a minimum..
An absolute minimum place the option in the user control right under the option to not be affected by group teleport. Group teleport is there, why not Group fly..

Look I get the whole lets make a neat and cute talking sea gull idea but it really does fail to do the job where buffs are concerned. Keep the AV info on the sea gull but for players sake adjust the group fly option.

It is just very frustrating as a player when you see such silly things like this among other things linger around for 7 years and it literally completely limit or destroy the use / functionality of a power which otherwise could be extremely fun and useful at times. This is one power that literally is limited to solo play or playing with friends.

Can't you turn group fly off via null the gull?

Oh, does canceling the power (now that we can do that by right clicking the icons) not work well for Group Fly? Does it just reapply again? I hadn't thought about it.

This may be a great place for a pop up, as much as some people hate them.

"Electric-Knight has offered to grant you flight! Do you accept? Yes or No"

I love the situational use and idea of Group Flight (and actually currently have it for conceptual reasons), but... Yeah, it still needs more help (removing the to-hit penalty was a start).

I agree Null the Gull is not an adequate solution. I would be surprised if most players knew what Null the Gull was and could do. Even if you limited your selection to just iTrial players, I bet most would not know.