What's the deal with jumping?

joshisanonymous · February 2015

I mean jumping constantly while fighting in MMOs. I've been perplexed by this habit since like 2002. Once I load up a gameplay video made by a jumping addict, that's all I can think about. Please, stop jumping so much, y'all. I mean you don't have to, but for the sake of me, some anonymous dude on the internet, please stop jumping.

(Not serious... But really, wtf?)

Elsonso · February 2015

I watched a Twitch stream recently where the guy was hopping around like a rabbit. I think it is caused by a hyperactive player. They cannot sit still. It feels wrong to them.

Satiar · February 2015

Jumping generates ultimate.

Rosveen · February 2015

I blame Morrowind's Acrobatics. Almost 10 years later and I still instinctively bunnyhop without realizing it.

Garion · February 2015

I have twitchy fingers when I am gaming. I want to be doing SOMETHING, so I just bounce around lots.

kongkim · February 2015

I do it if im in melee pvp. Its the old Quake habit. From the old shooter days.
So think its the old dudes like me that played shooters back then where you always jomped around. It also confuse the enemy sometimes :P

Master_Fluff · February 2015

It's only natural for us Khajiit to jump around all over the place.

stabbykitteh · February 2015

Rosveen wrote: »

I blame Morrowind's Acrobatics. Almost 10 years later and I still instinctively bunnyhop without realizing it.

Yup. That's all I can think of when I see folks hopping around XD

Shader_Shibes · February 2015

I do it a lot, just a habit from my counter strike days etc where bunny hopping was rampant. Even just roaming about i'm always jumping, especially as you sort of can bunny hop down an incline.

Lord_Kreegan · February 2015

In a LOT of the PvP games (WoW was a good example), jumping made it harder to target your character by opponents (other than TAB-targeting) since clicking on a jumper is haphazard. Thus many players got in that habit.

eliisra · February 2015

Some games have smaller hitboxes, so if you jump as a caster it's trickier for the mele's to reach you with their attacks. This is not the case in ESO, but hard to get rid of old habits I guess.

As far as I understand it also helps many players with rotation, focus and skill rhythm. Adding a jump here and there, some how makes it easier to get the right skills or abilities of. Sort of like tapping your pen. Annoying as hell to watch.

Sleep · February 2015

for fun

Panda244 · February 2015

I do it a lot, It just kind of happened... Like one day I started jumping around and killing people, and I just kept jumping

Morshire · February 2015

So does this mean you will stop jumping and stand still so I can kill you?

It is a lot of effort to try and do so when you continue to hop around. Just curious.

EDIT: (All jokes on that)

dharbert · February 2015

It's the Call Of Duty mentality. I love it when they jump in COD thinking it's somehow going to save them. I don't care if you crawl, walk, run, or jump around that corner, you're still going to eat an RPG....

bellanca6561n · February 2015

Yeah, it's silly. But so is everyone running all the time. I know running is practical but it looks like something is chasing you

When in a safe area and with no pressing need (e.g. group waiting on me to repair and clear bags) I walk. It's a gorgeous game world.

Today some new player followed me, running in bursts like everyone else. He was concerned that my moving "in slow motion" as he put it was perhaps a client bug.

The funniest are those who run, check the map, run, check the map, etc. Often we're bound for the same place and I get there before them.

MercyKilling · February 2015

joshisanonymous wrote: »

I mean jumping constantly while fighting in MMOs. I've been perplexed by this habit since like 2002. Once I load up a gameplay video made by a jumping addict, that's all I can think about. Please, stop jumping so much, y'all. I mean you don't have to, but for the sake of me, some anonymous dude on the internet, please stop jumping.

(Not serious... But really, wtf?)

Leftover habit from FPS style shooters. People bunny hop to make themselves a harder target to hit. Not sure if it works here,(I actually hope it doesn't, just to spite all the fools that do it regularly.)

Panda244 · February 2015

Morshire wrote: »

So does this mean you will stop jumping and stand still so I can kill you? It is a lot of effort to try and do so when you continue to hop around. Just curious.

EDIT: (All jokes on that)

Why stand still? I'll fight until my last Hit point, or stamina point... Depending on you know, the intelligence of the enemy. I've run out of stamina for 20-30s and didn't get stunned before... Twas sad.

dharbert · February 2015

If jumping cost a bit of stamina we would see a lot less of it.

Panda244 · February 2015

dharbert wrote: »

If jumping cost a bit of stamina we would see a lot less of it.

This is... Why... Just.... No... That's like... It's like poisons in this game, utterly pointless. It's not like jumping gives the jumper a tactical advantage... I can't.. I can't even...

Psychobunni · February 2015

Half my toons have "bunny" somewhere in their name. They like to hop around, its what they do....why you trying to break my immersion bro?

Morshire · February 2015

Panda244 wrote: »

Morshire wrote: »

So does this mean you will stop jumping and stand still so I can kill you? It is a lot of effort to try and do so when you continue to hop around. Just curious.

EDIT: (All jokes on that)

Why stand still? I'll fight until my last Hit point, or stamina point... Depending on you know, the intelligence of the enemy. I've run out of stamina for 20-30s and didn't get stunned before... Twas sad.

Ummm, cause I am a fat old man in heavy armor...duhh.

(Well not my character) I mean I shop at the grocery store for meat rather than hunt it down...seems logical to me, right?

I meant to add lazy to my list of redeeming qualities.

Panda244 · February 2015

Morshire wrote: »

Panda244 wrote: »

Morshire wrote: »

So does this mean you will stop jumping and stand still so I can kill you? It is a lot of effort to try and do so when you continue to hop around. Just curious.

EDIT: (All jokes on that)

Why stand still? I'll fight until my last Hit point, or stamina point... Depending on you know, the intelligence of the enemy. I've run out of stamina for 20-30s and didn't get stunned before... Twas sad.

Ummm, cause I am a fat old man in heavy armor...duhh. (Well not my character) I mean I shop at the grocery store for meat rather than hunt it down...seems logical to me, right?

Boooooooooooooo! No, not really.. I stopped hunting 3yrs ago, it didn't get boring, but the then-fiance didn't like it, so now I have to do the same thing as you

Sometimes I wonder if I started again would she know

Morshire · February 2015

Panda244 wrote: »

Morshire wrote: »

Panda244 wrote: »

Morshire wrote: »

So does this mean you will stop jumping and stand still so I can kill you? It is a lot of effort to try and do so when you continue to hop around. Just curious.

EDIT: (All jokes on that)

Why stand still? I'll fight until my last Hit point, or stamina point... Depending on you know, the intelligence of the enemy. I've run out of stamina for 20-30s and didn't get stunned before... Twas sad.

Ummm, cause I am a fat old man in heavy armor...duhh. (Well not my character) I mean I shop at the grocery store for meat rather than hunt it down...seems logical to me, right?

Boooooooooooooo! No, not really.. I stopped hunting 3yrs ago, it didn't get boring, but the then-fiance didn't like it, so now I have to do the same thing as you

Sometimes I wonder if I started again would she know

So do I need to ask your fiancé to make you stop jumping too?

Panda244 · February 2015

Morshire wrote: »

Panda244 wrote: »

Morshire wrote: »

Panda244 wrote: »

Morshire wrote: »

So does this mean you will stop jumping and stand still so I can kill you? It is a lot of effort to try and do so when you continue to hop around. Just curious.

EDIT: (All jokes on that)

Why stand still? I'll fight until my last Hit point, or stamina point... Depending on you know, the intelligence of the enemy. I've run out of stamina for 20-30s and didn't get stunned before... Twas sad.

Ummm, cause I am a fat old man in heavy armor...duhh. (Well not my character) I mean I shop at the grocery store for meat rather than hunt it down...seems logical to me, right?

Boooooooooooooo! No, not really.. I stopped hunting 3yrs ago, it didn't get boring, but the then-fiance didn't like it, so now I have to do the same thing as you

Sometimes I wonder if I started again would she know

So do I need to ask your fiancé to make you stop jumping too?

Gidorick · February 2015

For me, it depends on my character.

My Khajiit, Dar-Ja'Taba, jumps over everything he can. He's very spritely. He has gotten seriously injured on more than one occasion because he didn't look before he jumped, but more often than not, not looking leads to some excitement.

My Redguard, Gidorick, very rarely jumps. He takes the long way around fences and always looks for stairs. Anything more than a 5 foot drop and he's looking for another way around.

My imperial, Gidian, isn't "jumpy" but he's pretty light on his feet. He will jump over low walls and off tall ledges but he doesn't risk his life and limp like Ja'Taba.

Fruity_Ninja · February 2015

Nothing feels as good as jumping onto a nearly dead enemy and finishing them off with my lava whip. It's all about theatrics and a dramatic ending.

bosmern_ESO · February 2015

I honestly blame Morrowind and Oblivion. If you ran around jumping it would raise acrobatics and you could eventually jump on water! It was twice as fast to jump over water than swimming.

EsORising · February 2015

They should make jumping cost a lil bit of stamina...like very little stamina. Jumping in heavy armor swining and huge sword doesn't make any sense. Plus you can do it all day without breaking a sweat. If you run 10 ft you get exhuasted though. It really throws all the beautiful gameplay and lore out of the window when everyone is getting froggy.

Tonnopesce · February 2015

https://youtube.com/watch?v=KZaz7OqyTHQ

AshySamurai · February 2015

http://youtu.be/x0uWxB0JkFo