Thorn jump

[morganmcalister]

I tried out the thorn jump after reading about it in a bubble-cave help topic, and the first couple of times I did it I was amazed - it seemed like I was launched practically into the stratosphere.  Then I tried it about 1,500 more times, and just got bumped up a tiny bit.  Is it the kind of thing that only works once or twice?

[Knight]

It really depends on the angle of the surface you're growing the thorns on. However, you can always jump high if you can plant a cactus and cling to it first. Jumping OFF of an already-planted cactus always gives you decent altitude, if not the impressive stratosphere-launch of a perfect planting.

[Lady-Succubus]

Okay, now I feel like I'm missing something... what's a thorn jump? I always thought it was shooting a thorn and then landing on it, like a cliff. o.o

[Xiagan]

It's shooting a briar/thorn under your feet, so it catapults you away.

[Lady-Succubus]

So you don't even have to jump? D:

Just cling onto a wall and shoot at it?

[Xiagan]

Yeah, well, it makes you jump.
Better cling to the floor, but walls work too...

[Lady-Succubus]

I should try that later. :3

[Align]

Keep in mind that it's very hard to do intentionally. I'd suggest trying it in the Sun Temple first so you don't have to worry about the angle of the surface you're on, too.

[Valalvax]

Thornjumping made me hate life

[Inyssius]

Personally, I've found that attempting to switch to Beast Form a split-second after you launch the fully-charged seed seems to make it considerably easier--for me, at least. Anyone else like to give it a try, see if I'm imagining things?

(My theory when I started was that Beast Form should always get the stratospheric jump, since if you're not in Plant Form the briars always sting you and launch you a formidable distance when touched. I'm not at all sure if that's actually the case, or if it's something else--or if it's anything but a two-bit superstition, for that matter.  )

[Alphasoldier]

I'm not sure why Beast form would move you forward while in air, so I think it's the pretty light you see that makes you think Naija goes faster.

[r_b_bergstrom]

I'm not sure why Beast form would move you forward while in air, so I think it's the pretty light you see that makes you think Naija goes faster.

The beast form does jump farther than any other form, when jumping out of the water or off a wall.

I think they were indicating they'd throw the seed and try to change forms before it could sprout and fling them. Not sure if the timing would work out for that, but if you could change before the seed hit the ground, the extra jump distance seems plausible.

Once you're in the air, though,  I agree it's probably to late to for form switching to matter.

[Inyssius]

The beast form does jump farther than any other form, when jumping out of the water or off a wall.

I think they were indicating they'd throw the seed and try to change forms before it could sprout and fling them. Not sure if the timing would work out for that, but if you could change before the seed hit the ground, the extra jump distance seems plausible.

Once you're in the air, though,  I agree it's probably to late to for form switching to matter.

Something like that, yeah. Note also what happens when you touch a cactus while not in plant form--you always take damage and get flung away. As opposed to plant form's natural inclination--to cling to sprouting cacti. Theoretically, if the launch>switch>sprout timing worked out right, you could benefit from the former instead of being hindered by the latter.

[Alphasoldier]

The launch simply happens because you just put 2 entities right into each other and that shouldn't be possible, so it flings you away.
Beast form SWIMS quicker, it doesn't have a higher top speed.

And I think if you would switch forms right before the seed hits the floor, which is millisecond work and it would just hurt and bump you away or just launch you like normal.

Dun think it'd work, I should know after having played so much Aquaria in the early days.