alright here goes:
i am aware of the fact that its getting nerfed in the update, im just asking why its not temporarily disabled when Fumaz has said its an OP kit. not only that, but the update has been “coming out soon” for more than 3 months now.
the main unfair advantages you get with glider are as follows:
-a technique where you can practically bhop by jumping and gliding on a platform, giving you not only a speed boost but also an advantage rushing in to fight people. when you speed into a fight on another persons level, its impossible for them to fight accurately.
-the ability to rush into fights you know you will win from literally, and i mean literally, 20 blocks away, should not be an option for a kit with unlimited uses. you could argue that Teleporter does this, but with Teleporter there’s still a limited number of uses for the pearls.
-not only can you rush INTO fights like its nothing, you can also run AWAY from fights as if they never started in the first place. assuming you’ve learned how to use the kit, you’re basically immune to all knockback-related threats, like getting snowballed or bowed off a tower. you can also play a game of cat-and-mouse with someone who has more gear than you, to exhaust them and/or put them in a position where theyre easy to kill. no kit should be able to run away as much as glider does.
-towards the end of the game, when people dont have enough gear, they try to get chests that spawn in the air. its a challenge though, because you have to bridge to the mid-air chest without getting knocked off. with glider, this threat doesnt exist, because you can simply hold shift for 5 seconds and you’re on the mid-air chest. this gives the kit an unfair advantage with getting loot.
given all of this, and knowing that the admins are aware of how much of a broken kit it is, it really is a better choice to disable the kit until the update comes out.
for the people who paid for the kit, they would just have to wait a tiny bit since the update is coming out “soon”.