Blue Stars - Leap Module

[median rover]

Would you want to upgrade and equip the Leap Module for Blue Star matches? Why/why not? Please include star ID from a match you tried to make Leap work.

[lusty torrent]

NO, too situational. in order to work, u also need a drone that is shooting another player. thats 2 mods to MAYBE do something cool. not my style..

[fossil basin]

No. This requires drones (second module) and drones move too slow, the other player can easily move away, and selection of the surviving drone to leap to is too difficult, and leap activation is too slow. If used in closer range, you might as well move in your bs and destiny would be a better module to inflict area damage. MLC-0918, DSJ-9600.

Edit: Given that drones have a limited launch range, teleport is a better alternative if one simply wishes to jump from A-B. Having an area damage, and in theory one would want to use leap over teleport but as attempts to use it have shown, leap is unlikely to complete in a bls making it obsolete compared to teleport in its current form.

One viable way to achieve success might be if drone squads teleported instead of flying. One could drop drone squad while in combat and activate leap, which would land the bs just behind the drone squad. Or if destiny and leap were combined somehow, where you could select a point to leap to in a sector with combat, and as long as any friendly ship in that sector was alive, and the destiny ship was disabled on landing and friendly ships disabled for a much lesser time.

[willow wolf]

Possibly, but unlikely. The damage is very nice, but there are easier ways to achieve it, either omega rocket or destiny (though those are weaker overall). The added range is nice, but its really only useful on a one on one situation, so it doesn't make a large difference. I found that many drones don't survive long enough without you tanking for them. Decoy drone is the best one to pair it with, since it just needs to be in range of the target
Overall, strong, but situational and you need to gear up for it. replays on the way

[willow wolf]

IIc 9323
VNY 2992
XRU 3153
OAL 2762
Additional feedback after testing other drones: Since combat needs the target ship to be being hit, drone squad doesn't really work, since they die rather quickly, and you need them to get hit. Really, none of the drones have enough health to last the leap cooldown without assistance from the battleship, so rather than a ranged attack, it ends up being a close up attack, at least the most effective for me.
It also means that getting leap off against a bomber or dart ship is very hard, and area shield does not save the drone and let you leap

[kindred prairie]

no, i would not upgrade leap for blue stars since it's nearly impossible to get the conditions set up for it to be usable

the main problem is that the conditions for this module to be activatable are too hard to achieve. from my experience, it only seems to work if both the enemy and your ally ship are attacking each other.

because of this, you cannot use this module whatsoever with decoy drone or repair drone, since both apparently don't allow the module to activate. this also makes it more of a challenge to use with other drones (laser turret and chain ray turret) and is best combined with drone squad.

the disable duration is also nasty long and is very annoying, leaving you decently crippled after the jump

when you are able to use it, the effect is nice but other modules are able to do better for the setup required (omega rocket, destiny, even vengeance)

CRT-4668, PHF-6627, JLR-7532

[abstract crane]

Drone Squad doesn't even consistently allow it to activate (KPG-4953). On two occasions I tried to make something work with using Leap to recoil to some place but I couldn't satisfy the niche conditions.

[willow wolf]

Combat is when your ship is being damaged, so decoy drone works with leap. You just can't use area shield with it and have it work, or any other kind of mod that disrupts firing

[kindred prairie]

i used it with area shield 😭

either way it's silly that it can't be used with area shield since "condition says no"

[twilit scarab]

It's very fiddly to set up the exact right conditions for it to work well and then the disable is very painful. The damage is great and it's fun when it works. I would use it occasionally for fun if it were free but I wouldn't dedicate time and resources to leveling it up other other modules that I would use more often/in all game modes.

[zealous glacier]

I’m not enjoying the whole leap dynamic to bls stars. Basically insta kills unless you have other mods to jump out.

[full silo]

HNL-8645
Leap + Delta drone is a fun mechanic but area damage on drop seems OP. I don’t want to instakill my target I want to dart them or push them into more dangerous sectors. If I’m targeting them I should have a plan and reason for it. This new mechanic makes leap and delta exciting to upgrade for BLS.

[dawn galleon]

Just change it back... for God sake change it back

This upgrade was the worst idea since Space Jam 2... just give me mu old awesome game back... not this shit

[vale zinc]

Leap is pretty good in BLS

[nimble falcon]

My first intent to match leap with Blue Star would have been, if you could use it on any the enemy BS, when they are in combat. And all ships in range, EXCEPT the target of the leap would take the damage. Of course that would somehow change the way leap works, since in Blue Star there are no allied ships.

[raw stratus]

Possibly, I have a good strategy that doesn't need leap and Im able to counter leap, but in the future I would upgrade leap to try it out because it is useful for every star in some way

[cunning parrot]

the module combination you're able to build with leap are overpowered and instant kill off other players mostly guaranteed. Cooldown seems to be low enough to fight alone against the lonely battleship.

[dense crow]

I do use it and don't know why anyone with leap 10 wouldn't. Mirror shield doesn't seem to reflect the damage to the leaper but imo it should

CDL-9103 - decoy drone 12 + leap 10 killed two people and I barely took any damage.

[south ore]

using leap right now, see no point in upgrading it. strategy is simple: rocket drone+leap to reach enemy, destiny/impulse shield to kill

[whole tide]

It's getting patched. Rocket drone's unlimited range is a glitch. Still viable play, but much smaller range now.

[near crow]

Want area damage modules? Use destiny or rocket drone
Want to teleport? Use teleport
Love high risk high reward AoE? Use vengeance but without omega shield like a guy escaped from a mental asylum
Want to vaporise enemy? Make a bs which can deal tons of damage quickly using destiny

There might have some misinformation cuz I play low level bs, only looked at high level replays

Nobody uses leap in those replays

[light crag]

Leap is broken rn. In 5 seconds you can vaporise an enemy even with full hp and shields up, from across the map

[near crow]

Rocket drone got patched

[untold knoll]

Leap is broken and better be nerfed

[vale zinc]

The Alpha Rocket Drone change definitely made Leap less broken. Still probably quite strong, but not too bad now

[near crow]

It’s supposed to have limited range, idk did they use the leftover alpha rocket code for its range

[light crag]

Yes now it is more reasonable. I still regularly use it in my build, tho

[near crow]

I do rocket drone spam in rs