Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27082610-20161126183941/@comment-26397825-20161209035002

No, her boots were an increased jump thing. Not a double jump. They didn't allow her to jump in mid air, only boost her normal jump to get away from people.

And I would think that the ability to do a proper jump in any direction is much better than recoil, which wouldn't really push you in the direction as much as a double jump would. Look how many times Ruby has to fire her gun to keep her momentum away from the Geist going, and then she falls over the edge of the cliff and stacks the landing anyway.