Before the flames, or the "impossibility" comments. I would like to ask if anyone has ever played Tribes, or Tribes 2. One of the greatest things in that game was the use of Jet Packs. And I think they implimented it perfectly.
I would like to ask if anyone besides myself would actually enjoy something like that in AO.
I personally would LOVE to have AO's PvP/PvM system somehow jive with a functional, in combat Jet Pack. But I don't imagine anyone would ever really consider it (Still hoping), and I would hate to deal with the flames.
So Instead...
How about an item, or nano. That when worn/cast allows you to (when not hovering your mouse over a useable item) slowly start to "fly" with your right mouse button. It would of course use your nano in the process. And whether it would be useable while in combat, or not would be up to the devs/players. Camera angle, and direction could still be controlled in the same way while jetting.
Why a Flight Pack instead of a "Hover Board/Yalm"? So when you use it from just the ground, you slowly go up, picking up more speed, while loosing nano.
If you were to be running, and jumped, with your jet pack, you would still be traveling at the same speed, in the same direction. Able to slowly change your direction, at the cost of nano.
It would not be like meta wings, or yalms. When you stop "jetting" (or run out of nano) you stop going up, or to the side. You just start to fall in the direction you were falling, at that speed. Till you hit the ground. Where you can either stop or keep running.
Could be used for getting on top of buildings, flying over mobs, avoiding bridges. Not having to run around a big object, ect ect. Or if you were to fall, and happened to have it equipped/quickly enough jetted, maybe make it back to where you fell from.
Would you have people on top of buildings shooting you? Yea. But if it was not allowed "in combat" it would be no different then a yalm. Once that person got on top of a building, they would have to recharge their nano anyways. People could still be rootable/perkable/stunable ect while jetting, just like a yalm.
People would use it to run away, yea. But its not a rocket booster, if you have them on follow you can do what/as they do. Or root them. Or follow them from the ground and hope you catch them with no nano.
Well, this is a wall of text, will be amazed if anyone reads it all the way through. No flames please. If you think of a problem, try to think of a solution to go along with it. Generally there are solutions. 8p
WTB Tribes Style Jet Pack's for Anarchy Online! (Maybe in combat too 8p)
Edit: This would not be something that lets you jet for 1 minute solid. You get a couple good seconds of thrust before your nano is gone, (unless you have loads of nano). And the cost is expensive.
Edit: This is the future supposedly. 8p