Guild Wars 2

A guildie and I were having a great time playing around with updrafts. We have exactly the same Masteries completed. I’m an Asura, and he’s a Human. Why is it that for some updrafts, when we enter at exactly the same time, he flies up higher than I do? We repeated this over and over getting different heights. Is there some RNG aspect to how far you get lifted by an updraft? Is it based on character model in some way?

Asura are heavier because of all the ego they’re carrying around.

Humans have more surface area?

Do you have the same exact masteries? Maybe the ‘Lean’ one lets you get higher.

Could be server/network related.

Maybe record videos and find out if what you both see matches?

Same exact masteries (Basic and Updraft — no others in Gliding). Both of us notice the same thing at the same time.

Its “progression” and he is “progressing” more than you, you need to level something and do some grinding and unlock some stuff – how dare you think that playing the game is enough, PROGRESSION!

Asuras have smaller wings i think….less surface area to catch the updraft. Nice physics programming there Anet. :P

You have more movement speed than your friend. This causes you to fly through the updraft and exit on the other side before reaching the top. Your friend who is moving slower than you gets to ride the entire way up before he exits out the other side. I bet if you turn around and fly back towards the updraft you’ll go up to his height too.

Shoe: I almost spit my cereal out at reading that I laughed so hard.

Simplicity: That’s a kitten good point, and it amuses me that they penalize movement speed (which everyone takes a ton of) in gliding.