Is the bomb jump an intended, permanent mechanic?

I'm just curious if this is just an alpha thing or if it will remain. I know bomb jumping is a slightly learned skill, but it just seems a little odd to me in a game like this. It's entertaining and all, but it nullifies a lot of build types and defenses when someone can just rocket themselves over all of it. Perhaps I don't fully understand the downside of bomb jumping?

Someone educate me please.

 

Bomb jumping is an intended mechanic and no you cant jump over everything because you can make it higher and if you try to get higher with a superman jump sometimes it will kill you

 

I didn't say they could jump over everything, just that it nullifies a lot of defenses. Obviously "build higher" is a solution but that can potentially come at a much higher cost than the cost of one bomb. I just thought it was an odd design decision but if it's intended... then it's intended!

 

Just line tops of buildings with spikes etc.

I do agree it could do with a tiny nerf, like taking a half heart or heart damage from it. Another downside is often bomb-jumping can only be done a single player at a time, which leaves the knight vulnerable in enemy territory. It's sometimes difficult to pull off when people are trying to shoot or attack you. Additionally, to bomb jump really high you have to jump just before the bomb is put down, which does require more skill than the ordinary bomb jump.

 

I love the mechanic and all that but what i realize is in small battles 3v3 or something around that people cannot build tall enough towers in the half a minute they get so somebody can just bomb jump in, rob the flag and bomb jump out.

 

In 12v12 definently not overpowered.
In a 3v3 rctf yes most likely overpowered because that team that knows how to do it better will get flag by 1.bombjumping there and take flag then kill one guy maybe taking his bomb and bombjumping out.
2.Bombjumping there and throwing the flag out of the base to a ally.
3.Run there to the flag and bombjump out with it.

 

I'm fine with it, although I think that it'd be quite good if doing the bombjump while shield up made you lose a heart - remember that one guy can easilu jump over enemy structure and destroy all their workshops. It is a some problem in smaller servers.

 

Superhero and triple bomb is impossible now anyway.

 

No you need a to a certain amout of blocks away from original bomb but super hero is possible.

 

I am all for nerfing bombjumping while holding the bomb. Proposed losing of a heart is pretty good IMO. But I also had a crazy idea: you loose coins when bomjumping. They just slip out of your pocket somehow. Imagine Knights shitting diamonds all over enemy lines. :)

 

Coins raining over our head ! It's Christmas !

 

Oh so you take no damage? Well that is kind of dumb then. I assumed they were taking at least a half-heart or something. Any game I've known with bomb/rocket/disc jumps you do it at the risk of your own health (including games with fall damage). I don't see any reason for it to be a damage free process.

And just so everyone knows my position - this isn't some huge, irate complaint about the state of the game. It's just a funny mechanic (and even stranger now that I know you don't take damage) and I was curious :)

If they add 0.5 - 1 heart loss from a bomb jump then I think it would be a perfectly "balanced" mechanic and on par with what is expected based on other games that made [explosion]-jumps famous.

 

I agree on taking out holding jumps, though actually it is relevant to note that I only found out about holding jumps ages after coming up with the superhero. I think that early when bomb jumping was first made viable holding jumps didn't work, so I always just threw right before it exploded. For ages I had just assumed everyone who was hold jumping just had good timing.

Also I don't think bomb jumping is overpowered in true RCTF- it was pretty obnoxious in the tourney due to the relatively high life counts. In real RCTF it's a huge gamble. Plus even if it were truly overpowered, this is something that could be fixed by altering RCTF maps rather than changing core game mechanics.

Also, thebeaz why are you commenting on bomb jump balance when you are clearly not very familiar with it? I don't mean to be all aggro on you or anything I'm jus' sayin'.

 

Umm, guys? I was once a fan of these bomb jumping knights... that was until a 2vs2 match with me and a random called lachie, vs... MOLE Unnamedplayer and MOLE cyzeth*, on the MOLE server, we had a ridiculously short build time, and no matter what defence we put up, Unnamedplayer just, bomb jumped straight over it grabbed our flag and threw it back over, or worse still just demolished our structures, due to it being an American server my ping was not the best (466) which is only just playable for me, also a lot of my attacks did not register, so bombs became incredibly to blow me apart with, I eventually decided that without a better stratagen than turtling to protect the flag we would continueally lose every match... so I left.

P.S. probably got a little of topic towards the end, sorry, and Unnamedplayer, you need to increase the build time on your server.

Not sure I spelt it correctly, if wrong please advice.