<!--quoteo(post=2062561:date=Jan 18 2013, 06:30 AM:name=rebirth)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rebirth @ Jan 18 2013, 06:30 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2062561"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I say: It has an effect because you never are using SS or Blink 100% of the time, in fact you spent the majority of time not USING these abilities but rather profiting from their acceleration <b>after</b> you used them.
Or to get back to a more practical example: You never spam SS, you don't just mash the SS button with no regard to timing or cooldown. Or else this applies:
The proper way to use SS is to accelerate into a certain direction and NOT instantly SS again. You use SS again only if you start to decelerate (which takes some time, to that point Cele should be active) or if you want to change directions. But you do not spam/hold down SS to "perma SS" (same with Blink). You use these abilities in controlled bursts to gain acceleration and air time, if you spam these abilities to keep in the air/keep moving you are doing it wrong as you are not making any use of the inertia SS/Blink give you when you use them.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> that's not how you use ss. You're severely misinformed about how ss works. When you use it, it will always boost your speed to 21, and decrease slightly down to around 16 after double jumping to maintain speed. There is no diminishing returns on repeatedly using ss, and wherever you're getting your information from is totally wrong, or its interpretation is confusing (it sounds like it's referring to the speed decrease after double jumping, which would actually encourage ss spamming for maximum speed)
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It has an effect because you never are using SS or Blink 100% of the time, in fact you spent the majority of time not USING these abilities but rather profiting from their acceleration <b>after</b> you used them.
Or to get back to a more practical example: You never spam SS, you don't just mash the SS button with no regard to timing or cooldown. Or else this applies:
The proper way to use SS is to accelerate into a certain direction and NOT instantly SS again. You use SS again only if you start to decelerate (which takes some time, to that point Cele should be active) or if you want to change directions. But you do not spam/hold down SS to "perma SS" (same with Blink). You use these abilities in controlled bursts to gain acceleration and air time, if you spam these abilities to keep in the air/keep moving you are doing it wrong as you are not making any use of the inertia SS/Blink give you when you use them.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
that's not how you use ss. You're severely misinformed about how ss works. When you use it, it will always boost your speed to 21, and decrease slightly down to around 16 after double jumping to maintain speed. There is no diminishing returns on repeatedly using ss, and wherever you're getting your information from is totally wrong, or its interpretation is confusing (it sounds like it's referring to the speed decrease after double jumping, which would actually encourage ss spamming for maximum speed)