/vr/ - Retro Games

I remember Jump Jet Infantries being entirely useless in vanilla Tib Sun. But then in Firestorm they increased the flight speed, increased their armour, and gave them a small radius stealth detection and now they are actually somewhat useful. Still not a main battle force you'd amass, but they have their niche as a scouting party in certain maps (Forest Fires, River Runs Through, etc.) or against opponents who are very good at anti-scouting and killing your foot infantry before they could get in the enemies' base. And once you get to mid game Jump Jets are surprisingly useful as a base/harvester harrasser. Weak as they were, they deal *just* enough damage to force the enemy to respond and relocate their attention away. I recall in a group of 5 or 6, JJ's could actually take down low-health buildings like Power Plants unexpectedly fast.