New Alpha Video

Deal. K, time for dinner.

I apologize if I offended people. :s

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Originally Posted by casker

Why wait to troll? Watch, come beta and the animations are still freekorea2007, people will still be mad at me for trolling the animation.

How about this, if they address it in the live letter I will calm down. Even if they still suck in beta but are fixed later. But if they don't mention it, I will take it to mean they are ignoring it.

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If it's beta and animations are still as they are, I would also be pretty disappointed. So I'll join your cause if that happens. Otherwise, alpha is really to make sure the game is playable first and fore most. Other aspects can slowly make their way in.

Enjoy your meal~

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Originally Posted by whoopeeragon

If it's beta and animations are still as they are, I would also be pretty disappointed. So I'll join your cause if that happens. Otherwise, alpha is really to make sure the game is playable first and fore most. Other aspects can slowly make their way in.

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I second this. And would also get mad if the animations do not improve.

I'd rather sacrifice the animations for a beautiful world and good gameplay instead of the shitty copypasta world we have now. Any of you that actually prefer 1.0 to this must have Stockholm Syndrome.

I've always wanted MMO's to feature seasons. Even if it would be subtle, a change in colours, atmosphere, music,... .

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Originally Posted by Ceravic

I'd rather sacrifice the animations for a beautiful world and good gameplay instead of the shitty copypasta world we have now. Any of you that actually prefer 1.0 to this must have Stockholm Syndrome.

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I wont lose my sleep neither if the animation still the same. I need fun gameplay experience on top of something that I wont notice on battle.

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Originally Posted by syntaxlies

cant wait to see something other then lancers running around grid

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I'm glad it was the town and not the outside of the Shroud which we've already seen. Nice to see how Old Gridania has evolved as well as hearing the new tunes. I'm excited!

I don't think we should be making excuses for this company or just easily accepting whatever excuse they come up with. But I also don't think that the whole game hinges on relitivley small features in the full scope of the design.

I think the animations do need to be better and we can't just bank on the idea that it -might- change later. The game might not fail if it isn't improved, sure, but I see no reason for quality to suffer in the hands of some of the most skilled artists in the industry. For a game as visually based in reality as this, things like momentum and transition really give your character that extra hook and makes everything feel all the more alive. This isn't a concern to be stifled, but it isn't one to balence your expectations for the total quality of the game either.

We don't know what's going to happen, so keep those concerns coming, but keep them in check.

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Originally Posted by casker

Why wait to troll? Watch, come beta and the animations are still freekorea2007, people will still be mad at me for trolling the animation.

How about this, if they address it in the live letter I will calm down. Even if they still suck in beta but are fixed later. But if they don't mention it, I will take it to mean they are ignoring it.

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To be honest, if the animations improve by the time the game goes into beta, then we will have you and the other people who are making this argument to thank. Sure it may sound like negativity, but she's just trying to get the point across. They made it this way because that was their idea for it. If no one disapproves then they have no reason to change it. I'm sure they have lots of other things planned that they would rather spend time doing.

It may seem like you're arguing against everyone, but I support your effort to try make all aspects of 2.0 worthy of praise.

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Originally Posted by Pretz

To be honest, if the animations improve by the time the game goes into beta, then we will have you and the other people who are making this argument to thank. Sure it may sound like negativity, but she's just trying to get the point across. They made it this way because that was their idea for it. If no one disapproves then they have no reason to change it. I'm sure they have lots of other things planned that they would rather spend time doing.

It may seem like you're arguing against everyone, but I support your effort to try make all aspects of 2.0 worthy of praise.

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Or you know....that animation upgrade may have been part of the schedule for development before people started to voice their concerns on it? You probably are giving too little credit to the development team for what they have in mind to develop the game on.