Samus Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 I have only seen my guardian character use force jump a few of times. He pretty much always runs to the enemy instead of jumping. Why? Is there any way to make him do it more often? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemme w/Stick Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 I think it has something to do with the distance between you and the enemy. If you stand within running range, he'll run, if outside he jumps. I can only imagine that the distance gets farther and farther each time Jump gets upgraded. I'm unsure of all this, but its a start. -Clemme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arius Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 It depends on how far away you are when you attack (and the level jump you have I think)... if you are too far away you will run, and if you are too close you will run. Also I am pretty sure that you only force jump when using regular attacks, if you attempt to open the fight with a special attack (Flurry, Power, Crit) then you always run to your target. If you are somewhat far away from your target then you can hit normal attack, then disengage (F, I think?) to move up, eventually you will get into jump range and jump rather than run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Force jump will only work when you using your default attack. Not flurry, power attack, or any of those things. And it can be very usefull, because you can instatly close the distance to an enemy. Against the blaster-wielding ones, this is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Although I would prefer it to be controllable. It would be easier to be able to give the order to jump no matter what the distance is. I've had my guardian jump into a huge bunch of ennemies once... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakone Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Force jump gains attack bonus, not distance, as it gets higher level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eidospsogos Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 thanks i tried to post that ealier but couldn't reply to anything. the distance remains the same, you have to be at least ten meters away period. so the farther away the better. you gain extra attack damage as the feat progresses. and it will not work unless you use your default attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idontlikegeorge Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Force jump is the ****. Activate Knight speed or greater, have 2 blades, and do a regular attack as a Guardian, and pretty much what you targetted is gonna be dropped first round. I've found it doesn't work to well in caves and other close-in areas... probably since you need LOS to the target, and be farther than 10 meters... if there isn't LOS, the character AI will have them run to the target. It's annoying, when you tell a blaster character to target something slightly around the corner... since they can't directly see it, they will run all the way to it... essentially making their ranged weapon worthless. I've noticed this happening with doors, I'll target some things right after opening the door (even before the door is fully opened), and since the door wasn't completely "open" the AI probably still thought it would block view... so they run into the room like the other LOS things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-NGE- Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 it also depends on the height of the ceiling... force jump will not work in caves and small corridors etc etc... and force jump rules... when i chose to raid the sith landing bay on manaan I had force jump lvl 3 so I ran in (alone) and force jump murdered every target... i had the entire hall wiped out in a matter of seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemme w/Stick Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Originally posted by idontlikegeorge It's annoying, when you tell a blaster character to target something slightly around the corner... since they can't directly see it, they will run all the way to it... essentially making their ranged weapon worthless. I've noticed this happening with doors, I'll target some things right after opening the door (even before the door is fully opened), and since the door wasn't completely "open" the AI probably still thought it would block view... so they run into the room like the other LOS things. I hate when they do that. But hey, its only an NPC, and they tend suck in general.... -Clemme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabbas WhOr3 Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 I'd never actually seen it before until we were on dantooine. Myself juahini and t4-m3whatever droid, were strolling through the plains of lovely grass and then all of a sudden there is the flash of lightsabre and I see juahini "FLY!!" to the foul four legged beast in under a second :eek: I want it on my next character! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 I think you get it as a guardian only right? I've never seen consulars on sentinels jumping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemme w/Stick Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 That is correct. The Guardian is the only one who can get Jump. -Clemme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Jump is a great power for the Guardian. I would tend to set up master speed, then a default attack (to activate jump) then a couple of master flurries and anything close would be dead ... Once ... on Kashyyk I jumped into one of those hanging triangle beams on the great walkway ... that was funny as I ended up in the midst of a pack taking a quick 40 or so HP before regaining my composure and killing everything in sight. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 At first I thought it was more for looks, but after a while it became apparent that it is indeed a valuable move... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManaMana Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Juhani did a Power Attack once, or so it looked, but it could just be how it the attack looks when you do a Force Jump... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Originally posted by Prime At first I thought it was more for looks, but after a while it became apparent that it is indeed a valuable move... I couldn't always get it to hit, but most times it worked and when it did it was a deadly move. I didn't miss it at all when I first played through as a Scoundrel/Consular nor now as a Soldier/Consular (Dark Side). That is one of the wonderful things about this game - it is very easy to get it to play very differently by just being open to your character and party. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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