I found them irritating at first, though I actually prefer them to strafers. This is because jumping cannot be bastardized by having a low connection yet consistent connection. Also unlike strafing it forces shield suits to lose out on HP. Which means that anyone relying on jumping is easily outmatched at distance and in tight corridors. Those are drawbacks that strafing does not suffer.

It also buffs Commandos significantly by improving movement. On this note, it allows heavier suits to clear larger obstacles.

Another pleasant surprise is that it has helped Snipers find more vantage points and relocate faster.

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It also buffs Commandos significantly by improving movement. On this note, it allows heavier suits to clear larger obstacles.

Yes... Those Heavy suits with their large numbers of fitting slots..... Oh wait, no they don't have large numbers of fitting slots.
It has not helped heavy suits.
It has helped Scouts become arcade gamers with Mass Drivers and super Frisbee RE's.
It has helped assaults also become arcade gamers.

It has not helped Logi or Heavies at all.
And it has made the gameplay silly.

Jump height needs disconnecting from run speed, then heavies will be able to jump small steps without having to fit a module just to avoid getting stuck in some spawn areas.
Heck, Heavies should have the highest natural jump to start with. Scouts sprint, heavies jump, assaults do some of both.
Lets remove this whole idea of heavies having to be a lumbering tank with no mobility, make them the vertical combat fighters. While scouts are the horizontal. That will be interesting gameplay then, rather than scouts being a one stop shop for basically anything.

Heavies should have the highest natural jump to start with. Scouts sprint, heavies jump, assaults do some of both.

Yes... Those Heavy suits with their large numbers of fitting slots..... Oh wait, no they don't have large numbers of fitting slots.
It has not helped heavy suits.
It has helped Scouts become arcade gamers with Mass Drivers and super Frisbee RE's.
It has helped assaults also become arcade gamers.

It has not helped Logi or Heavies at all.
And it has made the gameplay silly.

Jump height needs disconnecting from run speed, then heavies will be able to jump small steps without having to fit a module just to avoid getting stuck in some spawn areas.
Heck, Heavies should have the highest natural jump to start with. Scouts sprint, heavies jump, assaults do some of both.
Lets remove this whole idea of heavies having to be a lumbering tank with no mobility, make them the vertical combat fighters. While scouts are the horizontal. That will be interesting gameplay then, rather than scouts being a one stop shop for basically anything.
Edit note" Assaults could have the highest walk speed even to give them something unique also. While Scouts maintain their highest sprint speed as higher than the scouts. So assaults are run & gun while scouts are sprint then shoot dash fighters.

It has not helped Logi

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