It’s the journey that is important, right?

Nice post (if, as the discussion points out, a bit flawed here and there) on travel powers and their relative speeds and slotting.
I currently have two heroes (Velvet, Torchielle) with Super Jump, and one (Psi-clone) with Fly. And Margie’ P-Siren has Teleport.
My observations …
Super Jump:
Speed: A
Control: C
Safety: C
Fun: B
Summary: Good fun and great speed, but you run the risk of touching the ground on a regular basis (and possibly getting Mezzed or shot), and you inevitably find yourself bouncing down right behind some freakin’ wall.
Fly
Speed: B
Control: B
Safety: A
Fun: A
Summary: It won’t get you there as fast, but it will get you there in style. And you can (with some up-front messing about with keybinds and the like) control your path and speed with precision. Safety is very high, at least at low levels (though you can draw agro as you come in for a landing, ahem, and you need to watch for rooftop nasties). But, damn, it’s flying, and who can beat that?
Teleport
Speed: A
Control: B
Safety: D
Fun: B
Summary: With practice (a good caveat) you can really move quickly, and accurately. But anything that lets you easily fall great heights isn’t very safe.
Honeygun’s Sprint+Swift power is almost travel-worthy (DADC), and she’ll be getting Super-Speed next up, so I’ll let you know how that goes.

One thought on “It’s the journey that is important, right?”

  1. Still working on the whole teleport thing with the Bas’. So far my teleport style is Teleport-flash-aim-click-fall-take damage-flash repeat.
    While it is great for getting on the other sides of mobs on missions, the outside travel takes some practice that I’m still working on.

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