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sab February 21st, 2015 7:50 PM

When the idea of soaring was first shown off, I honestly thought that they were going to replace the fly mechanic with soaring. I can't really say that I use soaring much, but that's only because I always carry around an HM slave for busy work, and it happens to have fly. I guess it's slightly faster to fly than to soar, but I honestly don't see why they need both in the game.

Twilight-kun February 21st, 2015 8:02 PM

The things I like about Soaring is the Night Music (reminded me of Unova's gate theme) and the Mirage Spots

I wish there were more Pokémon options though, like Rayquaza and Mega Pidgeot

HUGE missed opportunity there...ah well, maybe next Gen

Starry Windy February 21st, 2015 8:51 PM

I still use Fly at times, in case I want to go to some routes quickly. Even though Soar is also the cool alternative to fly, because I love its music, and how I can ride my Latias to where I wanted to be.

Altairis February 21st, 2015 11:12 PM

I never use Fly anymore! This was especially useful when I was completing the Hoenn Pokedex. My party consisted of my lv 100 Sceptile with False Swipe and 5 Pokemon that I was trying to level up with the EXP Share so they would evolve. Maximum efficiency because then I didn't have to carry a Fly HM slave while I walked around Hoenn :) Plus, Soaring doesn't take that long anyway, and you can encounter the Mirage Islands and catch even more Pokemon.

antemortem February 22nd, 2015 7:58 AM

uhhh... I find it kind of inconvenient to have to wait for the soar and land animations, as they are a few seconds longer than the Fly animations. Plus, I don't really like having to hover over the cities (somewhat too precisely for my tastes) to land, and tapping the map on the bottom screen and hitting Fly is a lot quicker. I do soar a lot, don't get me wrong - I just haven't replaced using Fly with it.

JP February 24th, 2015 2:55 PM

The animations can be a pain to go through when you have multiple places you want to go to, but it's definitely more fun and dare I say easier than needing an HM Fly slave in your party. I use the Soaring mechanic most of the time lol.

LightningAlex February 26th, 2015 7:32 AM

In the beginning, I didn't use Fly at all, because soaring was way too good to not use. But now it got a bit boring, and the cutscenes are too long, so I use Fly again (Except when searching for new Mirage spots everyday). Oh well...

Candy February 26th, 2015 8:27 AM

Well in the beginning I used Soar all the time. But then it got tedious when I'm flying to search for Secret Bases and the like. Honestly, I don't want to fly from the Battle Resort all the way to Route 115 just to go to my Secret Base manually, it's faster to use Fly.

It's easier to have a Pokemon with Fly so you can immediately fly to a location via AreaNav. Other than that, I use Soar if I feel like exploring the Hoenn skies or searching for Mirage Spots.

I'd use soar all the time if the cutscene isn't so long though. Pokemon Rangers: Guardian Signs simply had the [email protected] swoop down, pick you up and boom, you're flying in the sky already! Not to mention they have an area list that you could use as shortcuts. The spin-off did a good job making soaring not too tedious, why can't they do that? At least put shortcuts to the cities and towns.

Gligar February 26th, 2015 9:11 AM

Personally, on average, I use fly like around 10 to 11 times per 4 hours or so.

Wobb February 26th, 2015 8:09 PM

I use Fly all the time. i would Soar if the Mega Evolving thing and landing things were shorter. And if you could just press where you wanted to go and then you're there.
But, Flying is just so much faster!

PlayRoughh February 27th, 2015 1:50 PM

i never use fly anymore lol! eon flute is the best

Leviathan February 27th, 2015 2:12 PM

I don't think I've used Fly at all this generation. I don't have the 6th gen games and the fast travel provided by the NPC did most of the fly-worthy traveling for me anyway. Soaring imo is simply better -- despite the mandatory cutscene. Plus; mirage spots! Which I think you can't get to using fly?

LyokoGirl5000 February 28th, 2015 3:19 PM

I use Fly in my Alpha Sapphire. Not in my failed Omega Ruby Wonderlocke. I don't see the point of Fly once I get the ability to Soar for the story. Fly's useful for Secret Base hunting, Soaring is better for getting to places.

mikey February 28th, 2015 9:07 PM

Fly is quicker for me. When you soar, you have to wait and watch Lati mega-evolve and I aint got time for that.

Soaring is cool tho.

Alfieri February 28th, 2015 9:25 PM

If I have a Pokemon with Fly in my party, I'll use Fly. If not, I'll soar.

SleeplessUmbreon March 2nd, 2015 12:07 PM

Soar for me is better, I really love the cutscenes

Mimikyu402 March 3rd, 2015 5:46 AM

Fly is faster since you dont have to see the darn mega evolve scene each time like with soar and flying alow you to land on any specific route now just like soar does

HSV15 March 5th, 2015 12:16 AM

I generally find myself using soar most times as I only carry my three main Pokemon with me (Sceptile, Mightyena, Metagross) but if it's a short distance, say Mauville to Verdanturf (should walk but too lazy :p) I use fly if it's on hand.

colter519 March 6th, 2015 11:26 PM

It kind of depends on how I'm feeling for me. I find soaring to be more fun, but I am sick of that mega evolution cutscene (I zone out during it now). Also, checking on mirage spots daily is nice. However, if I have extra room in my party or I'm hopping around to check on berries, rematches, secret bases, etc. it's much more convenient to use fly since I can select it from my pokenav. And yes, I do farm berries all over. It's pretty convenient now that you can fly to a specific route, and the berry master still has a limit to how many can be grown there...

Tetra March 7th, 2015 7:25 AM

I still use it quite often, actually! The [email protected] animation is cool and all but it's time consuming and just flying does the job better. It's quite a waste to use the HM though when you can fly on the Eon when it doesn't even need to be on your party.

When I do fly on my Latios though, oh man it is fun! I like going as high as I can and just generally flying and messing around before I go to where I'm actually supposed to go lol.

Dedenne1 March 7th, 2015 8:55 AM

My Altraria knew at first but i deleted it b/c i got a Latias! Im gonna ride it everywhere i go!
Literally i just imagine myself riding into a city on a mega evolved Latias how sick is that? Im just flying everywhere on her now! Plus i like to fly around look at everywhere and see the mirage islands and such. Why would i use boring old fly anymore? Haha

Sheep March 7th, 2015 11:57 AM

I use Fly all the time. @[email protected]; It's definitely convenient not needing a flyer on your team to go places but soaring takes a while and I'm almost always in a hurry when flying around. It's just a lot more convenient for someone like me who goes back and forth often for way too many things. :(

colter519 March 8th, 2015 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by BadSamaritan (Post 8645883)
I don't care for soar being limited to only the latis. I love both of them oh so much and used latias on the initial playthrough, but having to have one of them in your party just to then sit through the cutscenes is too much for me.

You don't have to have one of them in your party. In fact, you could even trade away or release your latias/latios and you'd still be able to soar. The most convenient thing about soar is that you call the pokemon from wherever it happens to be, without you even needing to use it.

FirestormProdigy March 8th, 2015 12:53 AM

I use it. With the addition of the new fly mechanic where you can fly to routes now it makes pokemon hunting much more easier. Plus you dont get the eon flute until sometime after you get fly, or at least as far as i can remember. Ive been playing competitive for so long now i cant remember the storyline XD

Kameken March 8th, 2015 1:11 AM

I use fly.

It's not a terrible move itself, and it's the best flying STAB move I can give my dragonite, Volg. Worst case scenario, they switch out when the move starts and it doesn't do much damage.

People always worry about switchouts too much. Unless the opponent knows I'll use fly before I do, they'll only switch out after the first turn, so on the second turn they take slight damage and Volg is ready for action.

Unless I have Volg with me, though, I go with the Soar function, and I really hope they bring it into the future games.

Spoiler:
They won't.


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