Why do YOU buy Brink?

[Bezzy]

Probably the biggest single speed boost you can get in the game is due to a “reflected” wall hop. These get you higher and further than wall hops used to scale straight up the same wall you wall hopped off.

Although reflects can occur using the SMART button (when in air and next to a wall, pull the left stick away from the wall while holding SMART), chances are, you’ll want to use this all over the place to keep your speed up, and put yourself into the air manually (jump), rather than waiting for the few occurrences where there’s a drop with a wall at the side.

So yes, doing things semi-manually will get you there faster.

On console, wall hops give a temporary turning bonus away from the wall so that grabbing ledges behind you is possible i.e. you can jump into a north facing wall, wall hop, and turn to grab the ledge of a south facing wall.

Also, there’s nothing like closing in on a heavy by wall hopping into melee.

Oh, and sliding, if I recall correctly, inherits your current velocity, so wall hopping into a slide is a pretty good speed boost tool.

[madoule]

[QUOTE=Bezzy;259245]
when in air and next to a wall, pull the left stick away from the wall while holding SMART), chances are, you’ll want to use this all over the place to keep your speed up, and put yourself into the air manually (jump), rather than waiting for the few occurrences where there’s a drop with a wall at the side.[/QUOTE]

so if i understand you correctly, the “pull stick away” is a “[backwards] / S / ARROWDOWN” in PC terms?

as a side note. thanks to you, exedore, badman and rest of staff for this awesome flow of new details, recently. after the blackout just before x-mas, these tiny chunks of inside knowledge are exhilarating! keep it up guys!

[MF_Maou]

Because I’ve enjoyed Splash Damage’s other games.

[Atavax]

And why should this be a bad thing?

if you read more then one of my posts, you should be able to tell…

i don’t have a gripe about what i know about the game. I have a concern that movement in combat will be too simple. And i don’t mean getting from point A to point B faster, i mean, if i am trying to shoot someone, what they are going to be able to do to mess up my tracking. How difficult can people make themselves from being shot, and how difficult it is to make yourself difficult to be shot. A shooter resolves around shooting, if your target is slow moving, the target is easy to shoot, and the game isn’t about shooting, shooting is a technicality that has been simplified by the limited movement of the players in combat.

[Dormamu]

[QUOTE=madoule;259322]so if i understand you correctly, the “pull stick away” is a “[backwards] / S / ARROWDOWN” in PC terms?..
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i assume that when moving forward and the wall is on your left you need to push W+D while holding smart, when the wall is on your right W+A
The “reflected” wall hop is shown in Brink_Pod2: The Dawn of S.M.A.R.T.
Get you further 00:36 and higher 00:47.
Now imagine using the reflcted wall hop in a corridor or a narow hallway Ramming speed!

[madoule]

[QUOTE=Dormamu;259394]i assume that when moving forward and the wall is on your left you need to push W+D while holding smart, when the wall is on your right W+A
The “reflected” wall hop is shown in Brink_Pod2: The Dawn of S.M.A.R.T.
Get you further 00:36 and higher 00:47.
Now imagine using the reflcted wall hop in a corridor or a narow hallway Ramming speed![/QUOTE]

if this works and you (as a gamer) are drilled to think this way… darn, i am rendered speechless

[Herandar]

Why do YOU buy Brink?

Because I can’t play it otherwise.