Huxley

Im tracking this game for quite some time, and I find it very interesting. However in the gameplay videos it seems that the players use alot  bunny hopping (I hate it!!). What can you tell me about it? 

Bunny hopping, or bunny jumping, is a term used in computer and video games to describe the basic movement technique in which player is jumping repeatedly instead of running in order to move faster or/and to avoid enemy fire. Depending on the game, the technique is sometimes frowned upon by other players as unsportsmanlike, silly, or cheating.

Just kidding.... but there will be bunny hopping. How much kinda depends who plays.

I doubt the game will feature the bunny hopping speed boost bug that older FPS engines fell victim too.

If they use WoW style jumping (i.e. impossible to change your direction once committed to a jump - no magic rocket boots) then the dodging in Bunny Hopping will suck too.

May players still do it?  Yeah.  Spacebar is Spacebar. 

It's pretty entertaining to see how torn the two worlds are from bunny hopping. what I mean by that is the mmorpg world really looks down on bunny hopping because of the negative experiences it causes while in the FPS world bunny hopping in a fast FPS is just the norm and is often a sign of a "newbie" if your unable to.

Since Huxley is built off of the Unreal 3 engine you'll be seeing a lot of bunny hopping since I assume a lot of the more hardcore FPS fans that come from Quake, Unreal, and even TF2 will be making their way to the Mmorpg genre.

Of course, that all depends on what platform you play on. I assume console players will be unable to bunny hop since they are playing with such limited controls but in past Unreal games bunny hopping is basically the norm (especially since they provided you with a double jump and air control)

This image is a prime example. It all depends what platform your playing on. If your on the real gaming platform you'll learn to bunny hop or miss every time. (Though bunny hopping won't help you against me.   ) This guy is a retard FYI.

as much as i want this game to come out it never will. ive been following for years watching delay after delay hit it.  its gonna be vaporware just like duke nukem forever lol

Originally posted by xbellx

as much as i want this game to come out it never will. ive been following for years watching delay after delay hit it.  its gonna be vaporware just like duke nukem forever lol

It's going to hit vaporware even though people are already playing the beta in Korea?...

I'm confused. How can it be vaporware if people are already playing it? Did I miss something?  If you can steal a korean SSN you can play it too.

It will probably have people bunny hopping.

It will also have Double Jumping if you get the implant that allows you to do it.

I personally hate DJ's.

Originally posted by Lustmord

It will probably have people bunny hopping.

It will also have Double Jumping if you get the implant that allows you to do it.

 

I personally hate DJ's.

Then... don't get the implant.

Oh man, I solved your problem.   Wow, that was easy.

err except I would have to deal with all the other players who double jump.........

But yeah, I would probably will avoid it unless I'm carrying a rocket launcher.

Rocket Launcher  + DJ = Teh Win.

Originally posted by Lustmord

err except I would have to deal with all the other players who double jump.........

 

But yeah, I would probably will avoid it unless I'm carrying a rocket launcher.

 

Rocket Launcher  + DJ = Teh Win.

Here's an idea for dealing with them.

Shoot them.  And if that doesn't work, shoot them again.  Rinse, repeat. 

Because of the nature of servers and the number of players they are aiming for, it's highly likely they're going to use a Planetside system, which means weapons are going to be mostly hitscan (except for things like Rocket Launchers, which you noted).  You can definitely easily kill bunny hoppers in a hitscan environment, especially one like Planetside (which eliminates all the cheaty aspects of the practice).