Next Splatfest: Flight or Invisibility, Time to Choose!

[Globin347]

As for me, personally, Even ignoring the above effects, I feel like flight would be more fun to have. There's nothing I'd really want to use invisibility for.

 

[Либра]

Tough one. Unless it's as "perfect" as Sombra's invisibility hack, including your gear AND clothing I can't really see myself running around naked, lol. You'd be the best at hide-and-seek, sniping, infiltration... unless infrared-sensors can still pick up your presence, that is. :|
At the end of the day I'd probably chose flight because it fits better with my personality and seems way more fun (also, easy travel).

 

[Globin347]

You know, a lot of people are describing flight as easy long distance travel... but wouldn't you get tired? Flying takes a ton of energy- just ask the birds. Also, you could theoretically walk across the country, but that doesn't stop you from paying for travel.

Even so, flying would still probably be faster than walking or running.

 

[Либра]

I'm not talking long-distance as in "Oh sure I'll just fly over to [enter any country that's 500+km away] " but you do save a lot on shorter distances (say, anything within 20km seems fairly doable). Now, there's no further information given. Flight using wings? Magic? Also, I'm pretty sure you could train and "level up" your flight skill, so to speak. But believe me I'm not completely naive. I'd already be happy if I could get that one jar of pickles down from the top shelf without having to get a chair. (I'm only 165cm tall and somehow, most furniture around here is made for people around 180cm or taller *grumbles*)

 

[Globin347]

I'm not talking long-distance as in "Oh sure I'll just fly over to [enter any country that's 500+km away] " but you do save a lot on shorter distances (say, anything within 20km seems fairly doable). Now, there's no further information given. Flight using wings? Magic? Also, I'm pretty sure you could train and "level up" your flight skill, so to speak. But believe me I'm not completely naive. I'd already be happy if I could get that one jar of pickles down from the top shelf without having to get a chair. (I'm only 165cm tall and somehow, most furniture around here is made for people around 180cm or taller *grumbles*)

Fair enough.

 

[swimmingknife]

A lot of people have been bringing up having to be naked to use invisibility as a downside, but I actually don't mind that so much. Maybe it's just because I live in a place that gets really intolerably hot during summer, but I kind of like the idea of being able to go out and do things without having to wear clothes. Obviously it wouldn't be possible to do it if the stuff you need to do involves dealing with people, but for smaller stuff it would be pretty handy. I could go to the mailbox and back without my clothes getting soaked through with sweat, for instance.

There's also the fact that invisibility would, at least in theory, make you immune to sunburn, which is a pretty nice trick when you live beneath a hole in the ozone layer.

 

[SillySocks]

... but wouldn't you get tired? Flying takes a ton of energy- just ask the birds.

On the flip side, becoming invisible can be a really painful process - just ask Kevin Bacon. =S

Agreed with the above poster though - not having to wear clothing while doing stuff outside is a comfy benefit to invisibility. In a sense, that does give both sides their own practicalities. Interesting to note, should either power malfunction midway through using it, I'd rather be caught several blocks from home in my birthday suit than caught several thousand meters above home in my drop-like-a-stone suit. xD

 

[ThatOneGuy]

Team Invisibility?

Why you may ask?

We have the best teammate.

Spoiler: Spoilers

nice tri m8s gg 2 ez

 

[Ansible]

Let's see...

Invisibility: I can go creep mode, and watch you, while you sleep.
Flight: I can go creep mode, and watch you, while you sleep.

Tough choice. Tough choice.

Other than questionable acts of heroism and villainy both are capable of, I can still travel and have adventures using either. One just grants me the perk of quick/fast travel while the other let's me skip random encounters and unwanted dialogue.

Tough choice. Tough choice.

 

[Wosie]

I like to think that... being invisible is like not existing to anybody else, you feel your legs as you walk, but people could pass right through you and never notice a thing. Also, wearing clothes would make them invisible/non-existant too. If I were invisible, the main thing I would use it for is taking walks in the middle of the night. xD
And about flight, in my mind it would not be tiring one bit! *idealistic... I guess* *^.^*

 

[Globin347]

I like to think that... being invisible is like not existing to anybody else, you feel your legs as you walk, but people could pass right through you and never notice a thing. Also, wearing clothes would make them invisible/non-existant too. If I were invisible, the main thing I would use it for is taking walks in the middle of the night. xD
And about flight, in my mind it would not be tiring one bit! *idealistic... I guess* *^.^*

I think you're taking some liberties with the nature of the powers, but It doesn't really matter... Anyway, invisibility as you describe it would be pretty cool, but also pretty physically impossible... more like becoming a ghost than invisibility.

 

[Wosie]

I think you're taking some liberties with the nature of the powers, but It doesn't really matter... Anyway, invisibility as you describe it would be pretty cool, but also pretty physically impossible... more like becoming a ghost than invisibility.

Myeah, in a way I s'pose... but you wouldn't be dead. :D As these are both super powers completely unattainable to a human in the first place (at least in 2017 ;)), it's all just dreams and fantasies of course, but I like to look at flight and invisibility in the best light possible for both sides. :3

 

[aeron!]

I think I'll pick flight so that I don't have to stress about getting my license so I can actually get to college :p.

 

[Padre]

Easy for me. Flight.
I could go anywhere.
Be free.

Invisibility would just make me sad, as I would hear things I dont want to hear.
Also no one would trust me if I had that power.

 

[Berry]

Invisibility so I dont get shot down while flying.

 

[Miyako]

I personally want to pick flight, as i think it would be more interesting to be able to go anywhere. Using invisibility to say sneak on a plane or something to accomplish the same thing would be novel for a while but invisible doesn't mean you're inaudible, and I would probably get caught doing that stuff somehow (and imagine how weird that would be).

Despite me wanting to pick flight though, pretty much all of my friends are picking invisibility, which makes the choice hard for me. Do I abandon my principles to have more fun with friends or go it alone? I still haven't really made up my mind on that.

 

[SillySocks]

Despite me wanting to pick flight though, pretty much all of my friends are picking invisibility, which makes the choice hard for me. Do I abandon my principles to have more fun with friends or go it alone? I still haven't really made up my mind on that.

Well, here's the thing: if you pick Team Flight, you wouldn't have to worry about seeing your friends' disappointed expressions...

...because they'll be invisible to you...

 

[Flareth]

Man, y'all make a pretty good case for flight. I may just change my mind and side with Team Flight yet. Even though I can still imagine being more content with nigh-perfect camouflage.

See, that's the thing: when I think of ways to use invisibility, the first thing that comes to mind is as a last-resort defense option. Like, if I'm in the wrong part of town one night and I have to run away from a bunch of hoodlums. Had I the option to vanish, all I'd need to do is strip down and hide behind a backalley dumpster, wait for them to clear out, and then go about the rest of my evening.
Or, say a guy decides to break into my house on a different night. Then all I need to do is cloak up and wait for the right moment to get the jump on 'im with a bat. Saves me the trouble of having to hide first, as well as enabling me to avoid direct confrontation. The coward's way out? Perhaps, but ****, I don't wanna chance ending up on the wrong end of a gun.

Spoiler: Then again...

...even the unofficial team leader seems to view invisibility as more a means to an end, so I guess the choice must become a moral one as well.

 

[swimmingknife]

Wow, Marina. WOW. I'll never look at Splat Zones the same way again.

Spoiler

 

[Ansible]

Wow, Marina. WOW. I'll never look at Splat Zones the same way again.

Spoiler

That almost wins me over and touches on some humor I thought about with her but figured it'd raise a mod's eyebrow.

*laughs self to death*