Idea [Chemist] Jump Boost Replacements

Not a fan of the Nullify buff if I'm honest - you could keep splashing yourself and you're countering several different classes (both free and non-free) for no real downside. The Accelerate option sounds pretty sweet though.

 

The only problem i see with this is accelerating the chemist mana bar. That was practically put in to stop pot spamming and i fear it would lead to that slight problem again. Though i do like this idea since Jump Boost isn't really effective at all...

 

I believe that this would cause potspamming problems like @Roll0fSushi stated.

And with the nullify potion, if it were to be added, I think there should be a large mana reduction per splash (possibly the amount of mana reduction a damage potion does) due to how overpowered it is. Although the large mana reduction could perhaps fix this, I'm not a huge fan of this potion anyway.

 

have you all tried the jump boost potion, i have been meming around and i did some SICK plays with them

like I did a drop down a tower (took less damage because of the jump boost god bless) jumped on a wall (with jump boost) then ran and jumped did a 360 over a dwarf (he didnt even see me because he didnt expect me) landed on the flagpost, i stole the flag then when i jumped (with jump boost) someone punched me at the same time making me do a backflip over a 4 block high wall, allowing me to escape the flagroom without too much damage and gave me a massive lead. the defenders were so mindblown they forgot to chase me and i capped.

praise this potion it is honestly great, maybe add a few more seconds so it can be used more or give more potions

 

As Cardona stated above, the jump boost potion is situational and that's what happened in your case. You were in a good situation to use the jump boost potion, but most of the time that is not the case, so therefore the jump boost potion is useless most of the time. I'd rather have a potion that I would use most of the time to my advantage, rather than a potion that only works in certain situations.

 

jump boost is always the answer

 

i thought earth spam was alway the answer

ya but the current jump b00st stinx, tbh tho adding a pot thatd be able to reduce cooldowns and/or the nullify pot is defin better but not sure if im super a fan

id side more with just simplest answer to increase the potency of the jump pot and see how that goes, but either way itd be good to test

 

Both interesting ideas. Nullify would make stealing easier, which could be a good thing considering how many turtles end up happening.

I prefer acceleration though, as long as it didn't affect the chemist. Would be awesome to see chemist take a more supportive role, especially since cakes don't restore anything anymore and medics are unreliable.

 

ya i agree with @DeadRhos that we'd have to be careful if we want acceleration to affect the chemist him/herself. It might be better to just change the default mana reduction values *cough* make damage pots use 1/4 instead of 1/3, bc that way we'd be able to much more easily control "potspam" and mana values accordingly. Not saying we wouldnt be able to do it also with the acceleration pot, but itd need a lot of work/testing to balance the mana acceleration/reduction values - esp if we just want it as a slight buff or a decently sized one

tbh tho id be fine with acceleration on the current mana reduction values of each pot - i've never agreed too much with the mana bar, but every1 else has always came down hard on chemist for "potspamming" even tho thats technically what the class has always been and should be about (tossing potions)

Nullify is also another great way to buff chemist (maybe it can be seen as an electric blue shield surrounding the player), and, like acceleration, itd defin be able to spice up if not slightly change meta which is a big plus, while helping increase chemist's supportive role

or what if we combine the two in one pot as like a hyper-elixir buff might see it used for nullify's ability a bit more on offense and acceleration for defense, and nullify could last maybe 3 seconds or until the player gets hit, while acceleration could last 5, unless we have it accelerate at hyper-speed or for it to last for as long as nullify's shield is still active which would be a cool concept
but rip jump b00st tricc sh0ts

 

tbh, i think the jump boost can be very useful, although it depends on the map.
If there is a lot of terrain, you can basically pot, skip like 3 blocks in 1 jump and you’re gone.

 

i only wish sometimes chemist had some sort of feather falling

 

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Making the Chemist more like the support class it was always meant to be is the right way to go imo.

It's just a really good overall fighting/capping/recov class if you know how to play it, but not really support at all barring the occasional buff here and there.