End the bunny hopping fiasco Rare.

@gianni001 I don't tend to jump too much, usually just when charging a pirate who is amimg a gun at me to try to throw off their shot. One I'm in cutlass range I tend to stay on the ground.

But I'm willing to prepose a trade, since I don't like hoping around in a fight either. Do something to decrease the bunny hops, and in exchange add a chance for the guns to misfire.

@william-flint Not really necessary imo. Bunny hopping is just bad gameplay, if it had diminishing returns players would need to time it well and use it skilfully, not just spam it.

I like it. Not sure what the problem is.

I shall keep it up. Especially when I'm cashing in loot.

@john-hatter said in End the bunny hopping fiasco Rare.:

I think the catch to such things is the effect it would have outside of combat. In an exploratory type of world I tend to run and jump over a lot of things often times consecutively depending on my path. (especially if my friend is trying to kill me with a powederkeg). Often times I find myself determined to climb something resulting in several jumps in a row until I manage to get footing where I am going.

While I haven't experienced anyone abusing the jump during a fight if those who frequent fighting more feel it needs adjusted then by all means adjust it. Just make sure it doesn't bleed into other gameplay aspects.

The idea would be to negative spam jumping, jumping every 3-5 seconds wouldnt be effected. It would only begin to diminish after consecutive jumps. This wouldnt affect exploring or general gameplay but would make fights so much better with other pirates.

I play PC, and I do it, I hate it, I hate the play style but its so effective..Again, it would bridge the gap between xbox and PC which is something sorely needed.

Seems as a pc player you are saying we have an advantage with jumping over xbox. I beg to differ. Use an xbox elite controller set one paddle set to jump. boom just as good as a pc player.. dont add any negative effects to jumping I would straight be mad af and honestly would question the direction the game is going if this was added..

Why would any game developer want to put limitations on free motion like that? Being punished for simply controlling your character, that sounds fun? I wholeheartedly disagree.

Console players can do jump too.

I learned from a very young age that jumping can help avoid damage. And also Jumpin' n' shootin' is fun.

@gianni001 +1 from me this would be a great idea to suppress the jumps.

Jump exhaustion gaps plz... k go

@vderickv said in End the bunny hopping fiasco Rare.:

Seems as a pc player you are saying we have an advantage with jumping over xbox. I beg to differ. Use an xbox elite controller set one paddle set to jump. boom just as good as a pc player.. dont add any negative effects to jumping I would straight be mad af and honestly would question the direction the game is going if this was added..

I just came here to say this. I play on PC with an Elite controller, always have one paddle set to A... but it's not a PC vs Xbox issue

My personal solution would be:

A stamina bar for jumping that works as follows -

• The bar would allow for 3 consecutive jumps before it was diminished.
• Once a section of the bar is diminished, it takes 3 seconds to replenish, jumping resets this 3 second timer.
• This stamina bar would not be affected by anything else, only jumping.
• Once the bar is diminished, the character cannot jump.

Imo, this would still allow a great level of free movement in every environment. All it would do is keep pirates grounded more for PVP fights. It would also great a more tactical approach to fights, people who are better at resource management will fair better in a fight.

Jumping would be a cost vs reward scenario, much like the sword lunge is.

I'll update the OP for discussion sake, for new comers to the thread.

I see nothing wrong with being able to bunnyhop.

I love jumping over someone's head and swiping them from behind with a sword. And just because a few of the community can't handle that would be a bad reason to get rid of it.

But that's just my opinion.
Sure being able to eat bananas and reload might be a bit crazy but jumping around is fun. Introducing stamina and diminishment would impair exploration too.

Though I can't comment on which players tend to hop versus who don't I can only anecdotally offer than I really see it MORE from Xbox players....

That said who does it more or doesn't and it's affects on crossplay aside...

I despise bunny hopping. I first started to encounter it in Xbox titles years back... and games still retain this habit of players.

It's stupid and immersion killing for me. I get it: We need to be able to jump to more easily navigate the landscape and such"... sure, jumping is part of gaming since friggen Mario or earlier...

But it is really stupid looking IMO. And frankly... it makes it easier for me to blast fools in the face with one minor exception... sniping is potentially more of a pain in the ascot.

+1 for simply bringing up something I've agreed with since forever ago, in any title.

And as a soldier for 7 years and change... with combat under my belt.. I promise... no one bunny hops in Afghanistan or other hostile locations.... it really is just a tool of gaming...one that simply looks and plays in ridiculous ways.