Saw jumping

I find it even easier to put the saw on a door above you to drop it.

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And yeah, pretty sure this isn't a bug.

 

The devs should add a cap to your velocity in the air so you can't do really huge op bomb jumps. This may also affect archer grapple boosts so only limit it to only upwards velocity. *cough* @Geti *cough*
I have been told several times by AUS admins to stop abusing it so i feel like it needs to be fixed. I mean bombs should still be able to instantly be blown up by saws but the speed at which you can bomb jump should be limited. This is the same as spamming bombs under you and doing a huge bomb jump without the saw. It's just too op!

 

Oh damn. I really never made a thread for saw jumps.

It's been nearly 16 months since I discovered this--time flies (lowkey brag). IMO, it's no more of a bug than double bomb jumps (the kind where you spam spacebar to get them to explode as close in time as possible). It's mostly a mechanic that's for fun--not something to be balanced.

Four bombs can get you across most maps . . . but now I'm really interested to see how far it would take someone on Fellere's Four Rivers.

IMPORTANT: Do NOT take other people's saws to do this. Make your own.

Be sure to check out @tru0067 's video that features another method to saw jump with a keg.

 

With both the saw trick and the bomb spam bomb jump techniques it is really easy to get over any sized wall, no matter their height. Even if there is a platform overhang you are still able to get over since you hover at the top of the map for a while.
Also, the fact that you are basically able to bomb jump across entire maps is bullshit imo. Don't you think this is too op?
It also gives a distinct advantage to knights compared with other classes if they know how to use it.
Although many people are saying its not a bug, it is still abusing mechanics which needs to be adjusted!
If this trick is in fact not a bug/exploit, can someone please inform all the admins (especially on the AUS servers) so people are able to freely use it without being accused of exploiting bugs/mechanics. I may as well use it to my advantage if other can too.

 

Knights have had huge mobility options from the start of beta. It's basically accepted that the only counter to a very skilled knight is at least one competent knight/archer who targets that knight. Similarly, there is no counter to a truly skilled builder, except another truly skilled builder.

Even if you take away these mobility options, knights can find slightly more skillful methods to scale towers and cross large distances.

I will bring up the "bug/exploit" issue among admins, so that we might make a centralized decision.

 

Yeah, what I usually do is use 4+ bombs without a saw to soar over the enemy walls, and then immediately die 1v1ing some random knight in their base.

 

Well I wouldn't say so - people are saying this seems op, but really, unless you have a keg it's pretty difficult to accomplish anything lonewolfing in the enemy base after your epic flight. Even if you do have a keg, you might just go splat and hand it right over to your enemies.

Because the saw jump costs so much time in bombs and setup, it's not like a catapult rush where there's a constant stream of knights with free one-way tickets to your base, it's probably going to be just you - and no bombs.

 

Knights don't use saws because they're expensive and they break easily, especially against competent players. And again, if you take a saw that your builder made for a tree farm, then that's as good as griefing. Using resources from a storage to make a saw for such tricks is also selfish.

 

@Geti i remember you specifically telling me not to abuse this mechanic. What's your opinion on people saying its fine to do it?