Sprint Ability

[casker]

I think Sprint should be a passive ability. It should work only when you press and hold the shift key, and it should drain TP over time while sprinting.

For controllers it can be press and hold the L3 or R3 buttons.

THIS.

Also, remove the supersaiyan flash. It is literally not needed. Run, then run faster, then run, no flash needed.

[Neptune]

THIS.

Also, remove the supersaiyan flash. It is literally not needed. Run, then run faster, then run, no flash needed.

Yeah, I noticed the supersaiyan flash too, lol. What's up with that. It's ridiculous, and I don't say that lightly.

[GreyJorildyn]

With how close things are to one another in the game (aether warps, camps, etc.), you don't exactly do a lot of running or sprinting. You cannot just look at the ability alone and pass judgemenf. The context is so important here and that's the big component missing from many arguments on these boards, this one included.

Wait til alpha and you'll see. Once mounts are added this will once again become an entirely moot point anyway.

[Niqote]

I just wonder if it stacks with BRDs running buff...
I think it should be used only in emergency 'omg run away!' situations, therefore should have a large cool down period.

[Mudd]

I'd just put it on the last bar, and make a macro for it to save space on my main bar. I dont see the problem.

[Aion]

actually, is that hard to just click it?

[Neptune]

It's not hard it's just a redundant ability that will make you wish you could delete it, as well as being very repetitive to use.

[Aion]

It's not hard it's just a redundant ability that will make you wish you could delete it, as well as being very repetitive to use.

you can remove it from action bar if you dont want it.. I dont understand the problem

[NoctisUmbra]

Massive wall of text that's filled with unnecessary quips.

Now you're trying to put words in my mouth. The ice-cream thing was an analogy. It wouldn't work in the case of most game features, because duh... they're important. If we're gonna talk game design, sure we can talk game design. What's going on in this thread for the most part is fine as far as people suggesting cool ideas. That's good, positive discussion.

I just couldn't resist calling you out on your bullshit. The reason that analogy fits your approach so well in this case is because of how insignificant a feature it is relative to how important you make it out to be. It may just be the tone of your post - and it probably is, considering that's been a trend with you ever since the beginning - but it still comes off incredibly pretentious/silly.

This Sprint skill didn't exist in 1.0 - and it was perfectly fine. If they never added it to ARR, it's not something people would be bitching about en masse. Most people wouldn't even think of it, what with Swiftsong and mounts and shit. Them adding this little skill has no significant effect on the game, and absolutely no downside/trade-off whatsoever.

Can it be done better? Sure. So can basically everything. We can chat on the forums about how every system in any game can be done better. That's how games evolve. What doesn't sit well with your OP is not just the fact that you make a bigger deal out of a trivial feature than it's worth, but also display misconceptions about how it works... both before you haven't even touched it yet.

I like the ideas floating around this thread - if anything it makes it worthwhile... almost. I wouldn't be upset even for a millisecond if the current Sprint ability wasn't changed for release though, ... whereas for areas of the game like battle system and gear sets those are much more critical and worth theorizing over for valuable feedback.

[Reika]

I think Sprint is fine, but instead of draining all your TP instantly for a duration based on TP consumed/50, it should just drain 50 TP per second while you are spriniting and stop when you used the sprint skill again or stop moving..

Either way would get you a max of 20 seconds of sprinting.