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Overview

Travel Powers are any power that modifies a character's movement to such a degree that he can travel large distances quickly. There are four Pool powers designed primarily for this purpose for the hero himself over long periods. Other powers provide smaller or temporary travel benefits, or grant them to entire teams.

The base speed of many Travel Powers scales with level.
There are hard maximums to flight and running speed, though their exact values are subject to debate. One Hero Planner indicates that run speed (Super Speed) caps at 100 mph.
Travel Powers are subject to Suppression.

The following table lists the four main Travel Powers and their comparative speeds in MPH, first at Level 14 when they become available, then at Level 50, and finally at Level 50 with 3 Single-Origin Enhancements.

Power	Base @ 14	Base @ 50	Enhanced @ 50
Fly	28.72	33.87	52.44
Super Jump	50.37	55.97	89.80
Super Speed	59.96	70.45	118.02
Teleport	102.27	102.27	159.55

NOTE: Blasters with Energy Manipulation may be able to achieve as much as 312 MPH using Boost Range in combination with Teleport and Enhancements.

Travel

The following is a listing of “formal” Travel Powers. They are all subject to Suppression unless noted otherwise.

Fly

Toggle. Self +Fly: Fly is simple to use, safe, and highly maneuverable, but expensive in Endurance and relatively slow.

Group Fly

Toggle. PBAoE Team +Fly -Acc: Group Fly is slower than Fly, but just as maneuverable. Teammates and Pets in the 'gaseous nebula' it creates will be granted flight. Allies remain flying for 10 seconds after leaving the nebula. Group Fly does not suffer Suppression; however, it applies a severe ToHit penalty.

Super Jump

Toggle. Self +Jump: Super Jump is simple to use, fast, fairly maneuverable, fairly safe, and cheap. Its biggest drawback is the danger of accidentally jumping into a crowd of enemies.

Super Speed

Toggle. Self +Speed: Super Speed is simple to use, cheap, fast, and safe, but is very much restricted by terrain since it offers no way to gain altitude. On the upside, Super Speed grants minor stealth versus computer-controlled enemies.

Teleport

Ranged (Location), Self Teleport: Teleport is complex to use, very expensive, and dangerous. On the other hand, it is potentially the fastest of all Travel Powers, it is the least affected by debuffs and Status Effects, and it doesn't suffer Suppression.

Activating Teleport gives the player a targeting reticule similar to targeted AoE and Pet Summon powers. Each time the player teleports, he is given a four-second grace period at his new location where he can't fall (but also can't move, except by teleporting again). This grace period exists because the sudden change in location can cause a computer to pause for a few seconds while it redraws the screen. If the character began falling immediately, he would be at the mercy of the ground and any unseen enemies below him while his player waited for the drawing to finish.

A common bind for Teleport is /bind LSHIFT+LBUTTON "pow_exec_name Teleport". This combines activating the power and placing the reticule into a single step, activated by shift-left-clicking a location.

Team Teleport

Ranged (Location), Team Teleport: Team Teleport behaves just like Teleport, but with less range. Any teammate within range will teleport with the character to the same spot. This can be disorienting to teammates if they are not expecting it. Use with prudence.

Movement

None of these powers are subject to Suppression.

Sprint

Toggle Self +Speed
Sprint is an inherent power that slightly boosts run speed.

Swift

Auto Self +Speed +Fly
Swift increases run speed comparable to Sprint and slightly boosts flight speed.

Hurdle

Auto Self +Jump
Hurdle increases jump height, as well as forward momentum while jumping. Hurdle stacked with Combat Jumping provides impressive transportation speed.

Hover

Toggle Self +Fly +Defense
Initially, Hover is frustrating, as the character is nearly stationary while it is active. Hover's base flight speed is somewhere around 3 MPH. Even slotted with three SO Flight Enhancements, its speed is no better than an unenhanced Sprint. By itself, Hover is more a tool for staying outside enemies' melee range than a Travel Power. However, when combined with significant flight speed-boosting powers like Siphon Speed and Accelerate Metabolism, it can be a viable combat movement power.

Combat Jumping

Toggle Self +Jump +Defense +Resist: Immobilize
Combat Jumping uses minimal Endurance and improves combat movement dramatically.

Siphon Speed

Ranged Click Self +Speed +Fly +Recharge FOE -Speed -Fly -Recharge
One application of Siphon Speed will grant a character Super Speed-like ground mobility. Siphon Speed also boosts flight speed and can easily cap Fly.
Siphon Speed requires a hostile target and a successful attack against it in order to be used.

Speed Boost

Ranged Click Ally +Speed +Recharge +Endurance recovery.
Speed Boost is one of the most coveted and most hated buffs. Speed Boost grants Super Speed-like movement, which can make placement and control of a character difficult for a player who isn't used to such speeds, or who receives them without warning. However, like Siphon Speed, the +Speed bonus is not affected by Suppression and can allow swift movement from one foe to the next. Very dangerous when Brutes and Scrappers get into scrapperlock, as they can rocket across an entire room to attack, gaining aggro along the way.

Inertial Reduction

Click PBAoE Ally +Jump
Inertial Reduction effectively gives the character and those around him Super Jump for 60 seconds.

Accelerate Metabolism

Click PBAoE Ally +Damage, +Recharge, +Recovery, +Speed, +Fly
Accelerate Metabolism's speed boost is similar to Swift and Sprint speeds, yet this is still a noticeable increase to movement. With a base recharge of 7 minutes and a duration of only 2, it is not possible for a single character to stack multiple applications without serious extra +Recharge boosts from other characters. However, three or more separate characters with AM can give everyone Super Speed-velocity running and boost Hover to the speed of Fly.

Quickness

Scrappers and Stalkers with the Super Reflexes powerset can take Quickness, which boosts run and flight speed (among other things) about the same as Swift does. Combined with Swift and Sprint, it can eliminate need for ground movement travel powers.

Stealth

Stealth from the Concealment Power Pool, as well as several other powers that grant stealth, have a -Speed component to them.

Suppression

Suppression was implemented by the Developers to combat a tactic known as Jousting, which involved queuing an attack against a distant enemy and then traveling quickly past him. Due to various delays, the attack does not begin until the attacker is well past the target, potentially leaving him out of range of counterattacks.

To reduce jousting, activating most powers, including virtually all powers that adversely affect hostile targets, triggers Suppression for 4 seconds. While Suppression is in effect, all speed bonuses from Super Speed disappear, as do all jumping speed and height bonuses from Super Jump. A Flying character remains flying, but his flight speed is reduced to approximately the same as Hover's base speed. Enhancements in the suppressed powers do not reduce Suppression's penalties.

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 == Overview ==
-'''Travel Powers''' are any power that modifies your characters movement to such a degree that you can travel large distances quickly. There are 4 powers that were designed for this purpose.
+'''Travel Powers''' are any power that modifies a character's movement to such a degree that he can travel large distances quickly. There are four [[Power_Pools|Pool]] powers designed primarily for this purpose for the hero himself over long periods. Other powers provide smaller or temporary travel benefits, or grant them to entire teams.
-*Travel Power's base speed scales with level.
+*The base speed of many Travel Powers scales with level.
-*There are flight and run speed caps in place. Their values are subject to debate. One [[Hero Planner]] indicates that run speed (Super Speed) caps at 100 mph.
+*There are hard maximums to flight and running speed, though their exact values are subject to debate. One [[Hero Planner]] indicates that run speed (Super Speed) caps at 100 mph.
-*Travel Powers are subject to [[#Suppression|Suppression]]
+*Travel Powers are subject to [[#Suppression|Suppression]].
-The following table lists these 4 powers along with travel speeds in MPH. First at Level 14 when you can first acquire them. Then at Level 50. Then theoretical speeds with 3 [[Enhancements#Single-Origin_Enhancements|Single-Origin]] enhancements (at level 50).
+The following table lists the four main Travel Powers and their comparative speeds in MPH, first at Level 14 when they become available, then at Level 50, and finally at Level 50 with 3 [[Enhancements#Single-Origin_Enhancements|Single-Origin Enhancements]].
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-''NOTE:'' Blasters with [[Energy Manipulation]] may be able to achieve as much as 312 mph using Power Boost and Boost Range in combination with Teleport.<br>
+''NOTE:'' Blasters with [[Energy Manipulation]] may be able to achieve as much as 312 MPH using [[Energy_Manipulation#Boost_Range|Boost Range]] in combination with Teleport and Enhancements.
 == Travel ==
-The following is a semi-biased listing of Travel Powers.
+The following is a listing of “formal” Travel Powers. They are all subject to Suppression unless noted otherwise.
 === [[Image:Flight TravelFlight.png]] Fly ===
 ;Toggle. Self +Fly
-:[[Flight#Fly|Fly]] is slow, safe, and highly maneuverable, however it is very expensive.
+:[[Flight#Fly|Fly]] is simple to use, safe, and highly maneuverable, but expensive in Endurance and relatively slow.
 === [[Image:Flight GroupFly.png]] Group Fly ===
 ;Toggle. PBAoE Team +Fly -Acc
-:[[Flight#Group Fly|Group Fly]] is slower than Fly, but just as maneuverable. Teammates and Pets in the 'gaseous nebula' it creates will be granted fly. If the ally moves out of the nebula they will still fly for another 5-10(?) seconds.
+:[[Flight#Group Fly|Group Fly]] is slower than Fly, but just as maneuverable. Teammates and Pets in the 'gaseous nebula' it creates will be granted flight. Allies remain flying for 10 seconds after leaving the nebula. Group Fly does not suffer Suppression; however, it applies a severe ToHit penalty.
-:However accuracy is reduced 20%.
 === [[Image:Jump LongJump.png]] Super Jump ===
 ;Toggle. Self +Jump
-:[[Leaping#Super Jump|Super Jump]] is relatively safe and very cheap. Good air control while jumping, be careful where you land.
+:[[Leaping#Super Jump|Super Jump]] is simple to use, fast, fairly maneuverable, fairly safe, and cheap. Its biggest drawback is the danger of accidentally jumping into a crowd of enemies.
 === [[Image:SuperSpeed SuperSpeed.png]] Super Speed ===
 ;Toggle. Self +Speed
-:[[Speed#Super Speed|Super Speed]] is fast and cheap, no vertical component. Super Speed also grants minor stealth.
+:[[Speed#Super Speed|Super Speed]] is simple to use, cheap, fast, and safe, but is very much restricted by terrain since it offers no way to gain altitude. On the upside, Super Speed grants minor stealth versus computer-controlled enemies.
 === [[Image:Teleportation Teleport.png]] Teleport ===
 ;Ranged (Location), Self Teleport
-:[[Teleportation#Teleport|Teleport]] can be the fastest as well as the most dangerous. It can drain endurance to zero when unenhanced if there are multiple teleports in succession. Activating Teleport gives the user a targetting reticule similar to targetted AoE and Pet Summon powers. Each time you teleport, you are granted almost immobile Fly for 5(?) seconds, sometimes called a 'grace period'. This grace period exists because the sudden change in location can cause a computer to pause for a few seconds while it redraws the screen.
+:[[Teleportation#Teleport|Teleport]] is complex to use, very expensive, and dangerous. On the other hand, it is potentially the fastest of all Travel Powers, it is the least affected by [[debuff]]s and [[Status Effect]]s, and it doesn't suffer Suppression.
-:A common bind for teleport is '''/bind LSHIFT+LBUTTON "pow_exec_name Teleport"''' which will both activate Teleport and click the location the user wants to teleport to. Hold down SHIFT and keep clicking.
+Activating Teleport gives the player a targeting reticule similar to targeted AoE and Pet Summon powers. Each time the player teleports, he is given a four-second grace period at his new location where he can't fall (but also can't move, except by teleporting again). This grace period exists because the sudden change in location can cause a computer to pause for a few seconds while it redraws the screen. If the character began falling immediately, he would be at the mercy of the ground and any unseen enemies below him while his player waited for the drawing to finish.
+:A common [[Bind (Slash Command)|bind]] for Teleport is '''/bind LSHIFT+LBUTTON "pow_exec_name Teleport"'''. This combines activating the power and placing the reticule into a single step, activated by shift-left-clicking a location.
 === [[Image:Teleportation GroupTeleport.png]] Team Teleport ===
 ;Ranged (Location), Team Teleport
-:[[Teleportation#Team Teleport|Team Teleport]] behaves just like Teleport, but with short range and longer 'grace period'. Any teammate within range will teleport with you to the exact same spot. This can be disorienting to teammates if they are not expecting it. Use with prudence.
+:[[Teleportation#Team Teleport|Team Teleport]] behaves just like Teleport, but with less range. Any teammate within range will teleport with the character to the same spot. This can be disorienting to teammates if they are not expecting it. Use with prudence.
 == Movement ==
 <!-- minor discussion of other movement powers and how they can benefit or replace Travel Powers-->
+None of these powers are subject to Suppression.
-=== Swift ===
-''Auto Self +Speed''<br>
-[[Fitness#Swift|Swift]] is an auto power, permanently increases run speed comparable to [[Sprint]], but with no endurance usage. Combined with [[#Quickness|Quickness]], can eliminate need for ground movement travel powers.
-Combined further with Hurdle and Combat Jumping can produce some impressive movement
 === Sprint ===
 ''Toggle Self +Speed''<br>
-[[Sprint]] is an inherent power.
+[[Sprint]] is an inherent power that slightly boosts run speed.
+=== Swift ===
+''Auto Self +Speed +Fly''<br>
+[[Fitness#Swift|Swift]] increases run speed comparable to Sprint and slightly boosts flight speed.
 === Hurdle ===
 ''Auto Self +Jump''<br>
-[[Fitness#Hurdle|Hurdle]] is an auto power, permanently increases Jump Height, as well as forward momentum while jumping. Hurdle + Sprint can make getting around at low levels a lot less painful. Hurdle and Combat Jumping or Super Jump stack quite well.
+[[Fitness#Hurdle|Hurdle]] increases jump height, as well as forward momentum while jumping. Hurdle stacked with [[#Combat Jumping|Combat Jumping]] provides impressive transportation speed.
 === Hover ===
 ''Toggle Self +Fly +Defense''<br>
-[[Flight#Hover|Hover]]'s base flight speed is somewhere around 3MPH. Compare that with normal running speed 14MPH. 4 slotted SO's bring Hover's flight speed to 17MPH. Sprint's base speed is 20MPH.
+Initially, [[Flight#Hover|Hover]] is frustrating, as the character is nearly stationary while it is active. Hover's base flight speed is somewhere around 3 MPH. Even slotted with three SO Flight Enhancements, its speed is no better than an unenhanced Sprint. By itself, Hover is more a tool for staying outside enemies' melee range than a Travel Power. However, when combined with significant flight speed-boosting powers like [[#Siphon Speed|Siphon Speed]] and [[#Accelerate Metabolism|Accelerate Metabolism]], it can be a viable combat movement power.
-Initially, Hover is frustrating as you are essentially stationary while it is active. However you can get out of Melee with it and survive a bit longer.<br>
-When combined with certain +Speed buffs ([[#Siphon Speed|Siphon Speed]], [[#Accelerate Metabolism|Accelerate Metabolism]]) it becomes a viable combat movement power. 2 Siphon Speeds bring unslotted hover up to Fly speeds.
-It is recommended to have a quick way to turn Hover on and off. Either having it in a convenient slot or having a /bind to turn it on and off.
- /bind H "powexec_name Hover"
-Pressing H while Hover is active will turn it off, and vice versa
 === Combat Jumping ===
-''Toggle Self +Jump +Defense +Resist: immobilize''<br>
+''Toggle Self +Jump +Defense +Resist: Immobilize''<br>
-[[Leaping#Combat Jumping|Combat Jumping]] uses minimal endurance, and improves combat movement dramatically.
+[[Leaping#Combat Jumping|Combat Jumping]] uses minimal Endurance and improves combat movement dramatically.
 === Siphon Speed ===
-''Ranged Click Self +Speed +Recharge FOE -Speed ''<br>
+''Ranged Click Self +Speed +Fly +Recharge FOE -Speed -Fly -Recharge''<br>
-One application of [[Kinetics#Siphon Speed|Siphon Speed]] will grant you Super Speed like mobility that isn't affected by [[#Suppression|Suppression]]. Siphon Speed also affects Flight Speed and can easily cap Fly.<br>
+One application of [[Kinetics#Siphon Speed|Siphon Speed]] will grant a character Super Speed-like ground mobility. Siphon Speed also boosts flight speed and can easily cap Fly.<br>
-Siphon Speed requires a target and a successful hit in order to be used. Its recharge buff applies to itself, so it is possible to stack.
+Siphon Speed requires a hostile target and a successful attack against it in order to be used.
 === Speed Boost ===
 ''Ranged Click Ally +Speed +Recharge +Endurance recovery.''<br>
-[[Kinetics#Speed Boost|Speed Boost]] is one of the most coveted and most hated buffs. Speed Boost grants Super Speed like movement, and can make placement and control of a character difficult. However, like Siphon Speed, the +Speed boost is not affected by Suppression and can allow swift movement from one foe to the next. Very dangerous when Brutes and Scrappers get into [[scrapperlock]], as they can rocket across an entire room to attack, gaining aggro along the way.
+[[Kinetics#Speed Boost|Speed Boost]] is one of the most coveted and most hated buffs. Speed Boost grants Super Speed-like movement, which can make placement and control of a character difficult for a player who isn't used to such speeds, or who receives them without warning. However, like Siphon Speed, the +Speed bonus is not affected by Suppression and can allow swift movement from one foe to the next. Very dangerous when Brutes and Scrappers get into [[scrapperlock]], as they can rocket across an entire room to attack, gaining aggro along the way.
 === Inertial Reduction ===
 ''Click PBAoE Ally +Jump''<br>
-[[Kinetics#Inertial Reduction|Inertial Reduction]] effectively gives you and those around you Super Jump for 60 seconds.
+[[Kinetics#Inertial Reduction|Inertial Reduction]] effectively gives the character and those around him Super Jump for 60 seconds.
 === Accelerate Metabolism ===
-''Click PBAoE Ally +Damage, +Recharge, +Recovery, +Runspeed, +Flyspeed''<br>
+''Click PBAoE Ally +Damage, +Recharge, +Recovery, +Speed, +Fly''<br>
-[[Radiation_Emission#Accelerate_Metabolism|Accelerate Metabolism]]'s speed boost is similar to Swift and Sprint speeds, yet this is still a noticable increase to movement.<br>
+[[Radiation_Emission#Accelerate_Metabolism|Accelerate Metabolism]]'s speed boost is similar to Swift and Sprint speeds, yet this is still a noticeable increase to movement. With a base recharge of 7 minutes and a duration of only 2, it is not possible for a single character to stack multiple applications without serious extra +Recharge boosts from other characters. However, three or more separate characters with AM can give everyone Super Speed-velocity running and boost Hover to the speed of Fly.
-Duration is 2 minutes and recharge is 7 minutes, so it is not possible to self stack. However on a team, 3 or more of these and you've got Super Speed and Fly movement capabilities.
 === Quickness ===
-[[Super Reflexes#Quickness|Quickness]]
+Scrappers and Stalkers with the [[Super Reflexes]] powerset can take [[Super Reflexes#Quickness|Quickness]], which boosts run and flight speed (among other things) about the same as Swift does. Combined with Swift and Sprint, it can eliminate need for ground movement travel powers.
 === Stealth ===
-[[Concealment#Stealth|Stealth]] from the [[Concealment]] [[Power Pool]], as well as several other powers that grant +stealth, have a -Speed component to them.
+[[Concealment#Stealth|Stealth]] from the [[Concealment]] [[Power Pool]], as well as several other powers that grant stealth, have a -Speed component to them.
 == Suppression ==
-'''Suppression''' was implemented by the Developers to combat a tactic known as Jousting. EXAMPLE: Target a foe much stronger than you out of aggro range, enable Travel Power (Super Speed) and click on attack power. Run past foe, attack goes off, continue running at full speed. Foe is unable to retaliate before you are out of range again.<br>
+'''Suppression''' was implemented by the Developers to combat a tactic known as Jousting, which involved queuing an attack against a distant enemy and then traveling quickly past him. Due to various delays, the attack does not begin until the attacker is well past the target, potentially leaving him out of range of counterattacks.
-Very few powers, if used, will NOT induce Suppression. Any power that affects anyone who is not your ally will most assuredly induce Suppression.<br>
-Suppression will decrease your movement speed to match base speeds for several seconds (long enough for your foe to retaliate). Super Speed to normal running speed. Fly to unslotted Hover speeds. Super Jump to normal jumping.<br>Teleport was not subject to Supression due to it's nature of being a Click power rather than a Toggle power. However recent updates will now prevent Teleport being used in a 'jousting' nature.
+To reduce jousting, activating most powers, including virtually all powers that adversely affect hostile targets, triggers Suppression for 4 seconds. While Suppression is in effect, all speed bonuses from Super Speed disappear, as do all jumping speed and height bonuses from Super Jump. A Flying character remains flying, but his flight speed is reduced to approximately the same as Hover's base speed. Enhancements in the suppressed powers do not reduce Suppression's penalties.
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