MM8BDM V2 public opinion poll! - SLOPES!

[CutmanMike]

It's time for another community poll, where the community says what's what! This week's topic is... Slopes!

Yes slopes. You've seen them using in custom MM8BDM levels, but how about seeing them in some of the originals? Sure slopes aren't technically in Mega Man, which is why I stuck to using 32x32 stairs everywhere. But speaking in terms of map flow, having to jump up stairs to get to new areas really breaks up the map flow. Haven't you ever lost a match simply because you couldn't jump your fat robot ass up some tight staircases? With slopes, you could just run up those things and avoid enemy fire without struggling up a staircase. Here's an example of what I'm talking about:

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This would not mean all staircases and ladders would be changed. Just the ones that I feel completely break up the map flow (Shadow Man, Centaur Man, Mr. X Fortress etc).

Have a think about all those times you've tripped up stairs in this game and got busted before voting! Poll ends in one week!

[Tails_Of_Tales]

I say YES! Seriously, the stairs, no matter how Megaman they are, they slow everyone down except for a few instances. The stairs slow me down most of the time from performing an escape from online enemies.

The slopes would help alot. 1 - They wont slow people down. 2 - Easier to get to certain places. And 3 - Slopes just make life alot better.... *points to people in wheelchairs*

CutmanMike, you are a genius.

[LlamaHombre]

I vote yes, but what the fuck happened to mirror buster?

[CutmanMike]

Any weapon that makes sense for Mega Man to hold out his hand, he now does so.

[OZX]

brilliant.slopes make life easier. u can escape from zombies a bit faster then usual.

[Kapus]

As long as they're kept to a minimum, I'm fine.

[Nuy]

Well I've seen plenty of times where stairs were set up in such a way where you can just walk up so why not use that?

[CutmanMike]

Well, where it would make sense to just make proper stairs I would use those. Aligning textures can be a pain in some cases though.

[CHAOS_FANTAZY]

I don't mean to be rude or stereotyping here, but...MM8BDM wasn't meant to be played in a wheelchair.
Also, there's barely any PLATFORMING IN THIS GAME ABOUT PLATFORMING as is.  I voted no, and it looks like I'm the first to do so.[/hipster]

[OZX]

but its harder to climb alot of steps, dont u hate that?

[CutmanMike]

Megaman is about platforming, but is MM8BDM really?

[Nuy]

Hm... the forum seems to be having issues when I click to view the latest unread post. You should look into that!
Anyway, I personally think it should be left as stairs but be walkable, like I said before. It may be hard to do but ramps are eh unless its a very long or short stretch of land.

[Lio]

I think stairs make the game feel more like a platform game like the originals and it's a really nice touch, but they do interrupt the flow of the map in some rare occasions. I've always been in favor of adding new features to the game, such as this one. As long as they don't start popping up in every official map, I'd say go for it.

[Donutyoshi]

I picked No.

[OZX]

why dont....ah. i get it now.