Remove brooms

[Rotem]

What's the point of them anyway?

I'll clarify my thoughts, in their current state they're pointless as hell, few edits to the map, change to snitch catch event and no need for them completely until at one point we figure what to do with them.

Unless then what's the point?

[Traxicous]

Flying over the entrance at diagon alley. xD

[Zachie]

Just don't be lazy? I've never had to do this and probably never will. In fact, I barely use my broom.

+1 to removing.

[Habitual]

+1

[Sara]

Flying on brooms isn't useless. It's a way where people can "break" the rules Roleplaying wise and lose points for their house, and be able to find things somewhat "easier" for them for events. Also, to get to the Fire Golems, you need to Fly. So they are not useless, as Lava is not walkable anymore. I have seen alot of players enjoy flying, and being able to roam around. I have even used my broom alot.

Also: Habitual, please don't do +1 without providing actual feedback to why it's a "Good idea" to you.

[Lucifer]

Flying over the entrance at diagon alley. xD

[DuhCosmicApple]

how else am i gonna get banned for flying in school if brooms dont exist

[Skystone]

They make players feel like they have more power. The first time you get a broom, it feels like a game changer. They allow you to fly over most solid objects which can help with getting from one place to another. It's like the first step until you get a hero's brace or portus.

Maybe the reason why brooms don't feel useful is because there are  a lot of areas that prevent you from getting on your broom.

If anything I think we may need to make more places/events to use brooms.

[Rotem]

I repeat, brooms as they are now are completely pointless, they add a tiny stick overlay on your butt (that's precisely what they do) and set your density, movement remains the same, it has no feel of flying to me, I'd rather revamp the map to support non-brooms than have to deal with brooms.

This originates from Justin asking me what to do with brooms for wig icon improvement since there's a flying state for every icon, my response to it is to simply remove brooms.

Not to mention the benefits of how simplified mapping would become. There's an incredible need for brooms to change and since Justin went ahead and removed them without waiting on this suggestion I'd say that if you want to keep brooms find a better way to implement them.

If it's just for the purpose of being undense I'd rather have a flying spell instead that removes Justin's icon problems, I definitely am not keeping shit that makes the developer's life harder.

[Sara]

Wasn't it -you- that wanted the Lava to be dense? I mean like, thats the MAJOR part of why brooms are useful. Also, during boss fights people use their brooms so they don't run into the trees and bushes and flowers. Getting rid of them isn't going to be helpful at all. Especially when the map was -changed- to look more "logical".

And a flying spell won't do. Because won't it more conflict with the wigs? The only way I can see how the map would change is if lava wasn't ever dense in the begin with. Because you can't just keep an entire back area of lava not walkable, especially when the Tamed dog and a ton of Fire golems reside there. Not to mention the Fire bats drops tend to go -in the lava-.

I have enjoyed flying and my imagination, that's -all- you would ever need is to prove yourself that you are actually flying. Unless you add a type of shadow  under the icon that resembles like you are.

[Ben]

Add Ascendio, let's players "fly" for a certain amount of time. Requires no major icon work and does the same job as a broom. Bam, more spell content.

[Zachie]

Give the dragon trans the ability to fly.

[Sara]

If we give the dragon transfiguration the ability, that means we have to allow the Bat, Crow, and Pixie one to fly aswell.

[Habitual]

If you remove brooms I'd like a refund of 10k gold.

[Rotem]

Zach already made a proof of concept for a floating animation. DEs already use something similar when using brooms. Just a reminder that the only way I'm keeping brooms is if Justin says "Oh, I can get around my problem, don't worry.".