Jet Pack War
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W:A replay: A Jet Pack War match using the first version of the scheme, with FoxHound and Bob-MarleyCassio |
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| Game setup |
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| Scheme |
| Jet Pack War: |
| Map |
| Open island maps. Best played on maps where the Jet Pack can go through anywhere. (examples) |
| Worms |
| As many as the map will support for automatic placement |
Jet Pack War (JPW) is a scheme inspired by the Hysteria scheme. Players are given a generous 4 seconds of turn time in which to move and attack, and unlimited jetpacks with which to do so. The main differences with Hysteria are the increased fall damage (508%), the plentiful supply of health crates, and the somewhat more restricted weapons arsenal - only a few drop-and-run explosives are available. This latter difference, along with artillery mode (aka anchor mode), require the jetpack to be used for the vast majority of attacks. Many strategies and techniques that are used in Hysteria, however, are useful in this scheme also.
As with Hysteria, 5 seconds of retreat allow players to glide around the map on the jetpack after dropping an explosive. In this scheme, this additional time can be used to collect health crates, but players should be careful not to run out of retreat time at the wrong moment: the extreme fall damage can easily wipe out any collected health.
Ideally, the scheme is played on an open-island map with no enclosed spaces, to ensure that everywhere is accessible to the jetpack and that no worms begin the game stuck. Selecting the map this carefully however tends to be tedious (as it requires checking how the terrain will be decorated with objects), so teleports are provided for the evaculation of any enclosed worms.
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Weapons
Along with unlimited jetpack and three 'emergency' teleports, players are equipped with unlimited dynamite and cows, three mines and a ming vase. A single low gravity is also available, which can help blast worms into the water, or create more widespread destruction with the ming vase.
Though unlimited, the dynamite is 15% weaker, making it more difficult to blast worms into the water. However, its fuse can help guage retreat time on the jetpack, as retreat time will run out at the same time that the dynamite explodes.
Mines, on the other hand, are 58% stronger. This makes them considerably more powerful than dynamite, and so only three are provided.
The cows offer an interesting twist to the scheme. Their damage is zero, so they are not useful for attacking, but can be used to collect crates. Retreat time only activates after the last cow is dropped, so more flight time can be gained by dropping the maximum number of cows. However, jetpack fuel still depletes while the cows are being released... so care should be taken when deploying this tactic.
Strategies
Some of the strategies are from Hysteria and can be applied here as well.
Back-facing weapon drops
Sometimes when you drop an explosive forward, it hits your worm and does not fall as you had aimed. A good way to avoid this is by releasing the explosive with the worm facing back.
Hiding far away from the opponent
It can be useful when you want to protect yourself against attacks, and search for health crates to receive more HP. This method can also make the opponent stop in the middle of the map (on a tentative to attack), making this way an easy method to attack him/her without recieving damage.
History
FoxHound created this scheme in 2009 thinking about making a scheme with short turn time like Hysteria, using the Jet Pack more and with no rules. The scheme's original name was Jet for Boom, but it was renamed to gain popularity, after Lex's suggestions. The scheme had been created, tested and divulged before the existence of the Worms Scheme Contest, so when the scheme was sent to the 2010 contest it was not accepted due to the rule: "The scheme has to be completely unseen by the public before and during the contest.".
On July 2010, teleports were added to the scheme after Fighter's suggestion. Before then, the scheme could only be played on the recommended map. A few days after, cows were added to the scheme too.
