Why we cant Jump in this game?

[Neofire]

Getting over ledges, rocks, other obstacles. Also lets you have boss mechanics where jumping is required. For example an Earth element boss might start casting an earthquake aoe ability and if you jump as the cast finishes you avoid damage.

Last night I checked jumping wouldn't protect you from a earthquake lmao. If SE wanted to do that they couldnt just add the float spell.

[Alhanelem]

What does jumping contribute to any MMO aside from cheap entertainment?

Jumping has many legitimate uses, especially in this game where every tiny little object seems to get in your way.

I really hate people using the excuse "people will jump around like idiots for no reason." The immaturity of a few people is not a good reason to not have a feature.

On a side note, in FFXIV they were considering adding jumping.

[Flunklesnarkin]

Jumping has many legitimate uses, especially in this game where every tiny little object seems to get in your way.

I really hate people using the excuse "people will jump around like idiots for no reason." The immaturity of a few people is not a good reason to not have a feature.

On a side note, in FFXIV they were considering adding jumping.

It would be nice to get over some obstacles in the game.. like i always get stuck on the stairs in ordelle's cave and and the leujaoam sanctum assault zones.

I don't think it should be a priority right now.. especially with all the big changes they are making and with there not even being endgame content atm... I would hope they spend time on content instead of gimmicks like a jump feature.

[rog]

I really hate people using the excuse "people will jump around like idiots for no reason." The immaturity of a few people is not a good reason to not have a feature.

Why do you assume only the immature will do so? While running around there is nothing else to do, and thus many people will simply tap the jump button repeatedly, to make it slightly less boring than running around would otherwise be.

[Koren]

There's no real point to jumping. Those ledges and barriers that in real life we could jump over or at least climb up are designed to prevent players from going that way. Even if jumping had been implemented from the beginning, the designers would have simply made the barriers and ledges higher so you wouldn't be able to jump up to them anyway.

There are no rocks to jump across to traverse rivers, no outcrops of rock to climb up a cliff, no hidden zones or treasure by hopping onto a roof and crawling into some NPC's attic. The areas in the game were not made with that action in mind. You might as well ask to get the galka together to push that broken pillar off the stairs to Byakko, rob the shopkeepers or guild merchants, or shoot down airships with BLM spells when you're bored. Fun though they may be.

This is not to say getting a /jump animation is out of the question, but an animation is all it would be. From the game's perspective you would still be rooted to the ground and unable to hop over a discarded napkin.

[Zumi]

Its not like they can have a full 3d world now like current gen MMOs where you can fly around go to different areas ect. Assuming PS2 limitations on this one.

[Neofire]

Stupid thread with a stupid question, if SE wanted to mimic other MMOs they would have. And other then traversing terrain jumping is pointless in FF11. It also defeats the purposes of the mechanisms SE placed in most zones to reach different parts of it.

[Neofire]

SE would have more people glitching too.

[Megatron]

next hel lwant a wetsuit so water doesnt hurt him..... we dont jump becase we dont need to jump. this ant tomb raider or zelda. this is FFXI !!!!

/kick

[Cream_Soda]

Why jump, when there are elevators, ramps, portals, and other such objects?