PvP explore badges with no temp powers!

[Jacktar]

Hi,

lvl 40 alt (brute) with Super Speed and temp power Small Jet Pack for vertical movement and Jump Pack. No fly or hover, not needed on this build.

Recent patch has disabled all temp powers in PvP and by definition the zones.

Was a bit short of time so thought I would just go get the hazard zones explore badges.

So hit Bloody Bay and did get all 8 with a lot of detours to get the rooftop ones.

Hit Warburg, got them all apart from badge number 3 (vidiotmaps number) Triumphant.

This badge is on top of a huge globe atop three statues. But my jet pack is disabled and so is the Jump Pack from P2W vendor. How do I get it with no vertical movement?

Then hit Sirens and badge 7 is up a tall ruined building, same situation as above.

Badge 5 is on the floating rig atop a tall chimney, same situation as above.

Any help to aquire these will be apreciated. 

Is it possible these badges were not checked during beta tests of the disabling temp powers?

Thanks

 

PS cannot be bothered to check RV yet till these are sorted out!

[America's Angel]

1 minute ago, Jacktar said:

Hi,

lvl 40 alt (brute) with Super Speed and temp power Small Jet Pack for vertical movement and Jump Pack. No fly or hover, not needed on this build.

Recent patch has disabled all temp powers in PvP and by definition the zones.

Was a bit short of time so thought I would just go get the hazard zones explore badges.

So hit Bloody Bay and did get all 8 with a lot of detours to get the rooftop ones.

Hit Warburg, got them all apart from badge number 3 (vidiotmaps number) Triumphant.

This badge is on top of a huge globe atop three statues. But my jet pack is disabled and so is the Jump Pack from P2W vendor. How do I get it with no vertical movement?

Then hit Sirens and badge 7 is up a tall ruined building, same situation as above.

Badge 5 is on the floating rig atop a tall chimney, same situation as above.

Any help to aquire these will be apreciated. 

Is it possible these badges were not checked during beta tests of the disabling temp powers?

Thanks

 

PS cannot be bothered to check RV yet till these are sorted out!

 

You can buy temporary jetpacks and jumppacks from the vendor in the PvP zone. (Or from the arena vendor in the regular arenas/Pocket D store.)

 

Please note: these PvP Temp Powers have a very short time limit. So the best thing to do is super speed up to wherever the badge is, and then briefly use the PvP Temp Power to get the badge.

 

I tested this in beta and was able to get every single exploration badge in the PvP zones this way.

[Jacktar]

Hi AA, have checked out that Raptor pack, 10k for two minutes flying time.

Well that will get thise badges, but I wonder how many badgers that like me never PvP, will get stuck by not knowing about those temp powers.

But many thanks for the info and a very helpful solution, it is muchly appreciated.

And at least we have flagged this up in our badge thread for future use 👍👏😀

Thanks

 

[EmperorSteele]

Super speed should now let you jump hella high after running in a straight line for 3 seconds (you'll see a yellow ring appear around your SS button). Unless that's disabled in PvP, i dunno.

[PeregrineFalcon]

You can make multiple builds for the same character.

 

You could make a build specifically for hunting explore badges in PvP zones that had flight and stealth powers.

 

Then, when you were done hunting these explore badges, you could go back into the PvE zone and switch right back to your PvE build.

[Jacktar]

Hi guys and thanks for all the info responses 👍

I did go and buy the Raptor Pack and did get the three badges so all good in the end.

Disclosure first, I do not PvP, tried it once and was so abysmally bad I even ganked myself, so know nothing about the practicalities or theory of PvPing.

So therefore do not know why all temp powers that give vertical movement need to be disabled when I could take fly and use that and that is okay! Just seems weird.

Then I get stuck on why a much less powerful power like the free Jump Pack we get at lvl 1 from the P2W vendor is disabled (30 seconds duration then forced shut down) but I can go and buy a temp fly power for 2 minutes! (So not all temp powers are disabled it seems as long as you pay!)

Two of the badges in question are in Siren’s Call and the terrain is so smashed up by the ruined tower it is just horrendous to try and get three seconds of SS even if the yellow ring did work.

The other badge is right at top of a chimney on top deck of oil rig with no room to SS either.

Yes I could use my second build but that just seems total overkill for the task.

My initial reaction on entering the PvP zone and seeing all my temps disabled was that that was how it was, and never even considered that there were “Special” PvP temp powers that duplicated my disabled normal temp powers lol!

None of this is a game breaker or anything other than a minor inconvenience and all the suggestions above will sort out the high badge location problems so  all good.

I just wanted this to be a heads up for any other non PvPer badger that may pass that way in the future.

Oh and again for info, the Temp Power vendor is the normal looking dude lurking to your left as you enter Siren’s.

Cheers 😀

[America's Angel]

The reason the Raptor Packs and P2W jump packs were disabled is because they were causing issues in PvP balance. Typically, PvPers will run Super Jump and Speed of Sound so they can zip around quickly. If they take too much damage, they use Jaunt (Speed of Sound's popup power) to teleport to the top of the map. Raptor packs allowed them to remain at the top of the map indefinitely after this.

 

Raptor Packs also allow players using superjump to "slingshot" themselves in the air, at maximum jump height/speed, by quickly toggling Raptor Pack on and off. This is a huge buff to your movement for such a cheap temp power. It basically meant you could move at maximum jump speed...whilst never touching the ground!

 

Now, you can do all the above with Flight. But that means you're taking Superjump, Speed of Sound, AND Flight. That's a huge number of power pools dedicated to just movement. And this is what helps make Flight balanced compared to Raptor Packs - if you take Flight, you're missing out on other stuff that could be better. (Such as Leadership, Concealment, Medicine, etc.)

 

I know you don't PvP, @Jacktar, but I figured you might be curious.  (Glad you got the badges!)

 

Edited June 4, 2021 by America's Angel