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Can we please add jetpacks [jump jets]?

TL;DRYes, a one-time "jump assist" using the EVA thruster pack is planned, not repeated Tribes-style jumping, and it may differ between lighter and heavier armors.

Sean TracyTechnical Director of Content

Yeah, and most people know I'm coming from a MechWarrior background too, so I'm a big fan of that. Now, we're not going to do Tribes, okay, so you're not going to be skiing. So it's not going to be repetitious jumps; you're not going to be bounce, bounce, bounce. But if you see a cookie at a really high cabinet, you'll be able to make that one jump. So we're kind of calling it jump assist. So yes, it uses your thruster pack from EVA and everything, that's the whole concept of it. But it's much more of a, bounce is the wrong word, much more of a jump assist, a one-time jump assist, and then it'll take some time.

Jared HuckabyHost, Community

It makes you Jordan, not Buzz Lightyear.

Sean TracyTechnical Director of Content

That is an amazing way to put it. It makes you Michael Jordan, not Buzz Lightyear.

Richard TyrerLead FPS Systems Designer

And I think also that allows us, as we touch on future armor gameplay, to have a differentiation between different types of armor. So I think some armors will be more associated with the jump assist, and the heavier armors maybe less so. It's just one of the many different things that we're going to utilize to differentiate different armors going forward.

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Published on this date.27 Sep 2019