» Mon May 24, 2010 6:41 am
I think that if you power jump from an elevated point (i.e, the helipad to the ground below in the video example) and then air stomp it deals more damage and/or wider area of effect. I cleared an entire room of 3 enemies shooting at my teammate in the rooftop level by power jumping and air stomping at the top of my jump to fall through the hole in the roof to the reception/info-desk room inside.
Can anyone confirm this? It makes sense to have the damage and/or the aoe directly affected by height because it takes you significantly longer to hit the ground, making it harder to aim.
Yes, this is exactly how it works. Doing a power jump off the ground and stomping does nothing. The more height you have, the more damage you do and the bigger the impact radius spreads out. But even jumping off of something slightly larger than you, like say a shipping crate or a truck, makes a world of difference.
I get Air Stomp kills quite easily in objective based gameplay, especially Crash Site. Opportunities are less in something like Instant Action game types, but if you know the maps well enough, you'll know where the opportunities are.