Gym
 

What would you think to a gym?

Running for 15 minutes a week would give you a speed buff for one week

Pumping iron for 10 minutes a week would increase your melee damage for a week


Just been talking with Meph the weapons admin and he had the idea when we first released Era and he's still thinking it would be better. I wouldn't want people to run for more than 15 minutes or so though- it would get boring.

If there is a script for iPhone players about "shake device", so I'd say make the gym linked to the shaking. Players would actually go crazy on shaking their device which will make them exercise irl and in game :)

hahaha "lets get fit fat fingered kids" D:

Ten minutes for that? Hell-to-the-yes!

Lol I'm being serious, is there a script which reads that the device got shaked? If not, make the lifting to click a button as fast as possible... Fat fingered kids...

*pssst... welcome back to the forums*

Lmao. I can just picture a fat kid shaking hell out his device. "I'm exercising, Mom!"

Oh, also, what if you can only play Era on Facebook? I'm not gonna shake my laptop.

Sounds like a cool idea

Why not.

Shake weight.

Well, I doubt my laptop has a sensor in it where it detects if its being shaken or not. Secondly, I could drop it? *smash*

Honestly I think running for 15 minutes should give you a speed boost for 24 hours. A week of speed boost is a pretty long time.

True,I'd be at the gym all day erryday.

This would be awesome!!!

Yeah, there is. You do a kick flip or whatever on skateboards when you shake the device.


Btw this would be awesome. How's about an aerobics exercise that drastically decreases melee freeze? That way by doing all the exercises you can be a melee beast! You would need to do it for 35 minutes for it to buff you for a week.

And why not add stages of exercise? By lifting barbels you get a 2 point melee damage buff. Doing push-ups gives a larger boost of 5 more points. And finally, doing the bench press adds knockback equivalent to the crab daggers. Doing a jog around a track gives a speed multiplier of 1.5, doing a sprint around it gives a buff of 2x speed. And the treadmill gives a 1.25 speed buff.


Using stages of exercise would require one thing- experience. You can't jog if you haven't used the treadmill enough, and you can't do bench press if you haven't done enough push-ups.

Actually, I suggest we increase the default walk speed all together; the idea for a gym was a compromise.

I strongly believe it adds depth to the gameplay, while simultaneously fixing alot of the problems people have with guns.

By increasing walk speed, it opens up another dimension to dodging bullets, so focus would be more on a player's raw skill level than the gun they're using. Obviously a better gun would still have impact, but a skilled player with a weaker gun can still contend. I'll post a video later on to demonstrate what I'm talking about.

Decreases freeze rate slightly and also adds movement speed.

Stop making fun of my fat fingers..omg...:(
But anyways, I like the gym idea!

Me and Meph have been talking about this a bit. I support this idea 100%. Not only is the game more entertaining to watch there is also the fact that dodging will have alot more capability now.

Hmmm... How will we get around the problem of too many people but not enough equipment? Furniture versions of the equipment maybe?

as long as it is free and obtainable by all and not a "pay for gym membership" thing, I'm down

how bout we sell steroids, and forget the gym

That sounds like a great idea but no freaking speed buff. That would be miserable having people run like the wind. Its bad enough with the streak thing. The pumping iron idea is great though!

No meph leave speed where it is. Perfectly fine

Sounds like Grand Theft Era.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...bTbVPLL4YPByWA

Running quick would be annoying
maybe make skateboarding quicker or make a new running shoes thingy.

if everyone is able to do it then i am sure it would be just like a speed boost for everyone. only takes 15 minutes for everyone to get it. A speed boost is what era needs I hate running slow

How is it annoying? I enjoy fast spar.

im used to 1 speed and 1 speed only.

I like it, but what's up with all the ideas recently? First the gang thing, and now the gym? What I mean is, instead of cranking out tons of ideas then forgetting about them, could you at least give us confirmations on old ones?

Well too bad you're the only one who doesn't agree with this idea,It will make spar much more skilled,some people tend to hug the bottom and whenever you run too they shoot,that's why I do fast spar because it doesn't work for them there,also pking would be super amazing.

Oops never mind, I read the other thread and saw it was approved. Sorry D:

"Run like the wind" sounds like you're under the impression that the speed will be extreme.

If that's the case, I assure you that it's only a slight increase.
If you haven't checked out the new spar arena in the middle, featured in this video, you should at least give it a shot. The speed in this level is only a slight increase, but just enough to make the fight more challenging and enjoyable.

I'm in the middle of studying for an exam, so I just hopped in quickly and sparred somebody with a seemingly decent rate. Thanks to Ghost Magus for participating.

Meph is cool furniture boy.

Haha look at me in the video D:

Would introducing a speed buff mean a nerf of weapons?

This would be a great addition to era. Hope it gets added sooner than later.

Great idea! :D

Good idea but i dont think increase the melee damage is good...

I like the idea

then use a skateboard

oh the middle spar room huh? thats not even close to as bad as the blue pk thing. but im perfectly fine with the speed in game. besides i dont want people to be able to run away from bullets easier.

also if your complaining about running slow. then use a skateboard.

the time would be way to much... players would just abuse that, the gym would be better if 3 weeks of training u get ur melee to be buffed up 1 damage or if u would make the melee faster for the rest of the week.
That was my personal opinion, i also agree with much more opinions for other users.

Not at all- as I demonstrated with my Uzi in the video, the increased walk speed gives bullet dodging more of an influence on the fight, and allows skill to do the talking, rather than guns.

Nerfing them would be less necessary than with the current walk speed.
They're still slower than the bullet projectile, It's just making the game more competitive by adding the ability to 'weave' between smaller bullet gaps.

Oh, increasing the walk speed isn't to provide a quicker means of transportation- it's to enhance gameplay during battles, and make fighting more interesting.

Also not to mention this helps out ipod players even more, with a faster movement speed you would have the ability to dodge faster with a smaller screen which means you dont need as much time or screen to dodge.

Thank God for this finally happening.

I support your statement, rep+ to you.

Sounds cool and fun but shouldn't be for a week that's too long for working out 15min.

15min running buff speed for 3 days
10min pumping iron 2days

This will make a player use the gym 3-4 times a week like irl you don't go once a week to the gym and your set for the week NO you go at least 5 days a week, well at least I do .

Hmm 15 min for 3 days is cool- 30 minutes for a week?

As long long as it isn't too time consuming, any time is good

If we're talking about implementing the gym idea, I actually agree with Slasher's post as far as the time limit is concerned; he brought up a valid logical point:

So basically we are getting the default speed raised for 2 days by going to the gym, I don't see why we have to goto a virtual gym for that lol. Still think just changing the default speed would be a better way to do this.