And if so, what trade offs would it get for using that?

Or some module jetpack

No

yes*

Should there? Not really but it would be nice

I always liked play the starwars battlefront games and having the clone troopers with jet packs so i would be interested if Dust was able to get a balanced jet pack type item.

It was like, the only cool thing about Planet Side 2. Was being able to float up a bit. Dust feels so heavy and grounded, could make for an interesting specialization.

mobility

Would'nt that make dropships less useful?

Would'nt that make dropships less useful?

jetpack swarms haha
like jumping bunnies with rocket launchers

I'm imagining that they'd only work in bursts for a few secounds so you'd never be able to get to like the top of one of those towers.

And really it's only forges and snipers using dropships for that. They can all die :P
Since a jetpack wouldn't necessarily increase your horizontal movement speed or help a whole squad get somewhere much faster then it might not detract from dropship's role.

I posted a thread about Asension Cables, Jetpacks, and Nano Jump Drive modules that would be mostly for scout suits, but could be crammed onto medium frames with fitting mods and other compromises. To answer your question, we should have jetpacks, they should be a module with significant fitting requirements and be expensive. You should be able to fly in all directions (not just hover), and shoot while flying. Your sig profile should increase tenfold, and you should be targetable with swarms while the pack is activated and a few seconds after deactivation as it cools down. Read the thread for more details.

I spawn in.
Turn on thrusters.
Fly to the top of a building.
Drop uplinks.
Boom whole squad spawns on top of bulding.
?????????
Profit.

Thats how I see it working and I'd rather not.

I spawn in.
Turn on thrusters.
Fly to the top of a building.
Drop uplinks.
Boom whole squad spawns on top of bulding.
?????????
Profit.

Thats how I see it working and I'd rather not.

how is this any different than using a dropship to accomplish exactly the same thing? If you're targetable with swarms, then there's no real advantage to using a jetpack instead of a dropship.

If it only went up like 5-10 meters? Maybe you're right though.

I'm quite sure the suit would be cheaper. Also since we have dropships wouldnt jetpacks be redundant?

Do you really want more mercs being useless noobs wanking off and not helping to actually win the game? I don't.

Millitia dropships are only like 70K, the jetpack module should be at least 300k for the std version. Jetpacks would be for scouts to help evade. They hit and run, flying to a balcony to escape and recharge their shields, this is very different than calling in a dropship to run away.

I don't think scouts are useless at all. It's a different style of gameplay than AR spam and strafing around like jackasses. I guess that's the pinnacle of FPS gameplay for some, and anything else is considered "wanking off."

And if so, what trade offs would it get for using that?

Or some module jetpack

edit:

NM, terrible idea. nothing to see here, move along

And if so, what trade offs would it get for using that?

Or some module jetpack

yes*

Should there? Not really but it would be nice

I always liked play the starwars battlefront games and having the clone troopers with jet packs so i would be interested if Dust was able to get a balanced jet pack type item.

And if so, what trade offs would it get for using that?

Or some module jetpack

edit:

NM, terrible idea. nothing to see here, move along

Yes, small jetpacks should be available for high power slots. Module should be active and provide max 3 seconds of thrust with a cool down of at least 5 secs. The module being very much similar as the inertia dampeners and using the same technology would also disable the inertia dampener for the duration of the cool down.

What then could be achieved with these modules? Well leaping over not so tall buildings and provide roof access instead of climbing the ladders etc.

And well yes, nothing would be more cool that utilize jetpack on your heavy suit and then kill people crushing them by landing on them from the heights.