Gliders

Toonlad · 2012-04-21, 03:31 AM

Wondering if Gliders would be considered by the Devs as a future idea, basically the concept during the second world war. But more technology based to fit in with the ethos of the game.

Glide in undetected, short/long range ability. maybe the cloakers could cert into this ability, and glide into enemy territory and then launch there spec op.

Kipper · 2012-04-21, 05:48 AM

How about one of those "wing suits" that exist today? Not sure how they land though

Purple · 2012-04-21, 11:37 AM

there talking about a glide mod for jet packs.

Gonefshn · 2012-04-21, 02:20 PM

That would be nuts to see lol but I can't imagine gliding and not getting shot down unless you were invisible lol

Blackwolf · 2012-04-21, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by Purple

there talking about a glide mod for jet packs.

I loved doing this in an old game called Outwars. It was based around armor infantry suits that had jetpacks and fold up gliders. You could launch yourself into the air and had a mix between flight and gliding by using the jump jets for thrust to gain altitude and then glide downward.

Machine · 2012-04-23, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by Gonefshn

That would be nuts to see lol but I can't imagine gliding and not getting shot down unless you were invisible lol

truth ^

onwee · 2012-04-24, 09:24 PM

This would be really cool in combination with GAL drops as well. Do a drop at distance from your target and glide in. I'd love doing special ops drops like that.

Goku · 2012-04-25, 08:56 AM

Originally Posted by onwee

This would be really cool in combination with GAL drops as well. Do a drop at distance from your target and glide in. I'd love doing special ops drops like that.

This is what I want to see personally. Doing a night op with the galaxy dropping the troops off a bit back to not be as easily noticed. Could even give the players a temporary cloaking ability while airborne, or at least immune to being picked up on radar.

Marinealver · 2012-04-25, 09:56 AM

We got jetpacks, gliders are obsolite.

I wouldn't mind seeing some sort of deployible zipline system for those ground pounders to get over obsticals such as walls, clifs, or rivers. That would be cool.

Goku · 2012-04-25, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by Marinealver

We got jetpacks, gliders are obsolite.

I wouldn't mind seeing some sort of deployible zipline system for those ground pounders to get over obsticals such as walls, clifs, or rivers. That would be cool.

Depends on how well the jet packs allow people to go further from dropping out of a gal really. If its a quick burn through it may not get you that much further.

onwee · 2012-04-25, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by Goku

Depends on how well the jet packs allow people to go further from dropping out of a gal really. If its a quick burn through it may not get you that much further.

Exactly. Jet packs are used more to jump on top of buildings or cliffs for a short duration. Gliders, especially used in a GAL drop setting, would have a completely different use. In a nutshell, jet packs are used more for vertical movement, while a glider would be used for horizontal movement. It can also allow infantry to get into the fight quicker.

Talek Krell · 2012-04-25, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by onwee

In a nutshell, jet packs are used more for vertical movement, while a glider would be used for horizontal movement.

Actually he may be on to something. They told us about 3 different jetpack variations and one of them was a "glide" pack that you used to slowfall. I don't know why it didn't occur to me before but we might be able to use it to do Gal drops of that sort.

onwee · 2012-04-25, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by Talek Krell

Actually he may be on to something. They told us about 3 different jetpack variations and one of them was a "glide" pack that you used to slowfall. I don't know why it didn't occur to me before but we might be able to use it to do Gal drops of that sort.

Glide packs? Really? This made me laugh. Wouldn't that just be a glider? Either way, gliding will be hot.