City Of Heroes: Making Jetpacks Permanent?

Recently it was asked how hard it would be to make jetpacks permanent, Statesman has the following answer:

Possible? Yes. But the issue with the jet pack is two fold. One, it's yet another ongoing special f/x that adds that much more to the particle count. That's a fancy way of saying that it would cause performance issues if it's always on. Secondly, and more importantly, the jet pack intersects with player avatars A LOT. It looks kinda sloppy and ugly (even amateurish) on some costumes. The look and feel of the game is as important as gameplay - so that's why the Sky Raider jetpack isn't permanent.

But, that isn't to say that we can't build another jet pack that does work with all avatars...that'd just take time & effort (like everything, really).

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