Trick sparrows can't do tricks... (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Thursday, December 10, 2015, 14:30 (3366 days ago) @ cheapLEY

It still works for me, but it does seem pretty finicky. Releasing boost in the air seemed to help.

Is it because of the new perk on the helmet/sparrow that allows you to get airtime/fall faster? which I believe is just the left stick maybe that is being finicky with the air tricks?

I suppose that's a possibility, although I haven't leveled any of the racing gear enough to actually select that node, yet, so I'm not sure.

So one thing I've noticed is that the game seems to be having trouble deciding when your sparrow is in "mid air". I've been able to get my Guardian's kick/superman tricks to work more reliably, but even they are more finicky than they used to be. I've had plenty of occasions where I'm in the air, trying to superman, and my Guardian just does the normal "point" sparrow emote. It's like there is a very narrow window in any jump where the game decides "ok, you are in the air now and can perform tricks". And it seems to me like that window can get screwed up if you bump into anything in mid-air, or even just before jumping.

Thing is, I'm having these problems in patrol as well, where I never used to have any issues. I used to roll and flip my Sparrow with ease. Now it seems almost impossible.