Is the bomb jump an intended, permanent mechanic?

I thought we were talking about held bomb jumping all along. That is what needs to be completely removed. Regular bomb jumping requires a lot more skill, and some decent cover.

 

It's great to see that I'm not alone against held bombjumping, but you do see that in order to get propelled upwards the explosion should come from below, right?

 

I always thought held bombjumping was stupid because of this reason. Or at the very least, bombs above your head sending you upwards rather than into the ground.

 

I find bomb jumping held is fast for travel, and when pinned down by fire it is fast enough to work without getting stun killed by bomb,
on flat maps, where you get pinned down by archers, it is perfact to jump over all the knights at the front and go for the overpowered archers, killing the support,
and get the advantage of killing knights from behind. logical, is it not?

Opinion is... No nurf, It is fine as is.

 

You could very well do this with the held bombjumping removed. It'd just take more skill.

 

or maybe the distance nerfed a little, and the bombs being more directional.
ex: bomb above your head sends you downwards
ex2: bomb behind you sends you almost laterally, not horizontally
ex3: bomb below you sends you up, but not to the side at all

EDIT: and ofc no handheld jumping, it should blow your face off

 

I dunno if this has changed recently, but my only problem is the height people can get out of bomb jumping, not everyone can do the ridiculous 20 tile high jumps, but if you have a team where 4 or 5 knights can do it it's a nightmare, and given how many resources you have to put into a tower to keep bomb jumpers out it's a bit much. The distance I have no problem with at all, the 2nd video in Strathoses' post is fine, and I think it's a perfectly fine to be able to jump over a big gap, but a 20 coin bomb being a counter to even a very tall tower is stupid. I do enjoy it when a team is stupid enough to tower right next to a hill however, and for them to get knights flying over with ease due to such bad building, unfortunately not many people learn from those situations.

 

Just wanted to correct this - someone just bomb jumped with the flag on my server. Did not drop.

 

Someone said that was the balance - you couldn't bomb jump with flag. How should that be an okay mechanic?

edit: It just seems like pure cheese.

 

Sorry, i was not considering dropping the bomb first then grabbing the flag, i'm used to holding the bomb.

 

I think someone should report this.

 

That's not the max distance. Not even by far.

It's a plausible scenario and it happens quite often. You don't even need the "fall glitch". If you fall over someone, or there's a ladder, you will survive.
I don't think these kind of jumps should be possible. KAG is a teamwork-oriented game. I think these kind of tactics go against it.

 

When I make jumps like this I usually try to land on top of enemy tower,and usually it is easier than you could imagine.

I think that bombjumping shouldn't be removed - but it certainly needs changes,as it is the most poferfull and cheesy ability in the game.