He jumps from the Tower of Spirit.... Geronimoooooo

[Justa Mirage]

Well, I did it, a 3rd level hatchie made his way alone on a long journey to the spiritist tower, dodging Gruoks and Spiders both, to jump from the top and land about 100 yards past the blight gates near the treants.

I hit the beach and immediately hit sprint, following the shoreline to the safe area going south. Yes folks it can be done

[Takora Drakan]

Hehe gratz

Can't wait to see the hatchie glide hit live!

[Ivy]

can you imagine how badly shivering and scared this poor little thing would be, standing there with death all around - threatning its baby hatchling live ?

[aine]

Please tell me you recorded this glide-and-run with Fraps (or the video capture of your choice) and posted on youtube (or wherever). I would love to see that brave little guy in action!

[RuneDragoon]

Please tell me you recorded this glide-and-run with Fraps (or the video capture of your choice) and posted on youtube (or wherever). I would love to see that brave little guy in action!

I wouldn't mind trying this out myself... will get it recorded for you if I do.

[Justa Mirage]

I thought about fraps too late, but I will

[LaughingOtter]

Well done, Justa! Conga Rats!

[Thangorodrim Atanatari]

an idea would be, to address the issue of making the travel to draak to easy, to have the fall speed go up exponentially.. making a hatchie glide better for the first 10-30 secs or so and then after this time fall faster (not abrubt but with a nice arc to gradually increases) this way it wont be nerfed because for normal purposes a hatchie could glide even better, but would prevent them from making absurd distances..

we could say their wings would get tired after a while, since they still young

[Justa Mirage]

... to address the issue ...

I plead the fifth

There "is" no issue, but if the "devs" believe this to be a circumnavigation around having to go through tier 6 mobs to get to Draak...

That is up to them.

(I apologize to the playing community if I have errored by doing this)

[Zexoin]

Well, it's not easy for a hatchy to go to the tower of Spirit, I think

[Shian]

an idea would be, to address the issue of making the travel to draak to easy, to have the fall speed go up exponentially.. making a hatchie glide better for the first 10-30 secs or so and then after this time fall faster (not abrubt but with a nice arc to gradually increases) this way it wont be nerfed because for normal purposes a hatchie could glide even better, but would prevent them from making absurd distances..

we could say their wings would get tired after a while, since they still young

I actually agree with this. Seeing the video of it, methinks they can stay in the air for far too long- why get your wings proper when you don't need them?

Unless of course, the issue of them getting to Draak easy isn't an issue by dev standards?

[Garfonso]

The spirit tower is actualy very high. Needs many cat's steps to go up there...

BTW: can someone link the video, or did I miss something?

[Thangorodrim Atanatari]

... to address the issue ...

I plead the fifth

There "is" no issue, but if the "devs" believe this to be a circumnavigation around having to go through tier 6 mobs to get to Draak...

That is up to them.

(I apologize to the playing community if I have errored by doing this)

yes well i have to agree with you, its not really an issue, just a change...
i just have been always fond of arcs hehe

[gopher65]

BTW: can someone link the video, or did I miss something?

http://community.istaria.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=18251

I disagree that these hatchies can glide too far. That footage was taken on a jump from one of the highest places in Istaria that can be easily climbed. Part of the fun of gliding is seeing how far you can go from high places. Most glides in most situations would be far shorter than that. So this isn't unbalancing, and it isn't a replacement for flight. It's just a fun little side.

[Sigvard]

Oho, that sounds like incredible fun! And well done you! Next time, try to get there without gliding

The best I've managed (on chaos) was level 15, ick.