Consider removing attack on air limitations for more skills

I believe that allowing more classes to attack in the air may bring many positive aspects of legends overall gameplay.

Context: the class that most benefits from attacking in the air nowadays is NLs, despite warriors being able to do too and a couple skills for other classes like Pierce Arrow and Flash Fist. With this suggestion we can bring fun new ways to play non NL classes. Wasn’t it pog the new possibilities to gameplay that allowing Pierce Arrow to be shoot in air brought? Imagine that with more skills in game.

Advantages:

1. New ways of grinding with non mage classes
2. An open field of reposition after getting KBed on low avoid classes like archers/pirates.
3. More fun gameplay for non NL classes
4. New possibilities of damage distribution on bosses like HT for the benefited classes
5. Fixes how terrible it is to attack with some classes in Aqua while floating and after getting KBed at NTPT2 (Balance in comparison to NLs).

Possible concerns:

1. Some skills may not look good cast on air so they shouldn’t be added to the list.
2. Some skills can be too OP with this like Ultimates, so they definitely shouldn’t be added.
3. Personally, i think that it won’t bring class unbalance, but we may have to keep our eyes on this.

Skills that i first considered:

Strafe
Dragon Breath
Arrow Rain
Arrow Eruption
Chain Light
Paralyze
Hurricane
Angel Ray
Dragon Strike
Snatch
Demolition
Rapid Fire

Now i’m talking about specifically about Strafe, Dragon Breath, Hurricane and Arrow Eruption. I invite any of you to comment about what this chance could bring for your class.

1. Strafe and MM against high jump:

When MMs want to use jump attack forward to bring more diversity for their gameplay, they have to keep their jump low. Jump attacking on high jump Mm means you gonna stay too long in the air not being able to cast another attack before landing on the ground. This way high jump heavily punishes MM. In my case for example, i chose to lose 16 stats from both events rings not have high jump on bosses that require jump attacking like HT. The removal of this limitation, may let MMs diversify their gameplay without haste/gear restriction.

2. Hurricane:

After getting KBed on Auf Haven map, BMs simply can’t attack because they have to wait getting back on the floor after floating. Royals fixed it for Auf map specifically. However, allowing this would fix this problem all along and overall gameplay at Aqua too.

3. Dragon Breath:

Most of the time, Dragon Breath is useless because you bow wack if you are too near the mob, which usually is the case when you want to cast this skill. Being able to be casted on air opens a new possibility of gameplay for this skill as you may reposition in the air to be able to cast it and it’s not OP like it would be if we let it be casted from close to mobs like rush.

4. Arrow Rain/ Arrow Eruption:

Better farming/mobbing possibilities for archer.

At last, i hope this is considered aiming more classes diversity and fun gameplay. Please, let me know possible new good and bad aspects of this suggestion.

 

Can any gm fix tittle to in the air instead of on the air?

 

It’s already possible to jump attack casting strafe, however just punishes high jump users. The proposal is just an addition to the current gameplay, not making people untag haste or not wear event rings. Also it brings more active gameplay to dodge attacks and reposition.

i think this enters the same discussion as always: should we stick to the old vanilla maple or bring some changes to adapt the new times? Legends has proofed that there is much more than mindless attack and pot like we played back then on OG servers. I’d say archer class is built on using arrows, being supportive with SE. It doesn’t have to do with jump attacking or not. In the end, MMs already jump attack a lot. This implementation only brings more versatility for the current gameplay, diminishing the disparity between NL and other classes and adding fun to the game. NLs gonna persist with the best mobility because of flash jump. Also kb skills from bowmans are useless.

 

I dont think that removing this limitation changes the class design in a way that we don`t stay old school like. We already jump attack on archers, sairs and mages. However, we can do less than we could if there weren`t attack on air limitation. I kinda see this as a really small change. It`s not a massive skill rework. What better options can you think being less agressive on skill change? Also, other classes not having flash jump still maintains NLs as the ones with the best mobility

 

Event equip gives 26 jump. 6 from pendant 10 from ea ring. I would be really happy if it’s not added anymore to event gear. However, the jump added benefits most people on the server. I believe that one of the reasons for that is making the game more fun like the speed on ropes for mounts.

Considering, archer, mages and sair already jump attack. I believe people wanna play jump attacking. Like i said above, i don’t think being able to jump distinguish archer to NLs. Higher avoid, full dps and better mobility seems more what’s NL is about. While archers should be supportive dps with low avoid and with better mobbing than NL. Being able to cast skills in the air actually makes archer mobbing skills better and brings it closer to it’s mobbing identity.

At last, we have the infamous Hurricane not working while floating problem. Here is a video of MapleRoyals where you can see the Bm not being able to attack after knock back.
https://youtu.be/IvZHd21llR0