FFXIV 1.0 Running Animations

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Originally Posted by AdamuKun322

I would love to see the graphics and animiations come to 3.0 as they were in 1.0. That's about all I'd like to see be implemented from 1.0. I think DirectX 11 is going to do that I think judging off the videos.

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DX11 would do nothing of the sort. Textures may look a bit nicer and the gameplay as a whole may be a bit smoother and fluid depending on your card.
The big difference between 1.0 and 2.0 was the speed and momentum. We've gained speed and lost momentum, so none of the movements and attacks these days look like they carry weight. It's a shame, but at the same time, the way the game is now, we couldn't really do with it like it was. :(

Also the excess 2.5 steps a player takes after halting movement would screw up some mechanics that require exact positioning. Imagine trying to get to the a specific point and your character adds an extra few steps and overshoots and you eat Heavenfall or something.

NO!

I don't want to have to wait for my chr to stop, then turn, then start running again in this playing environment. Imagine the rage this will produce just cause it looks pretty... Its not functional in the fast paced game FFXIV has become.

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Originally Posted by SpookyGhost

https://youtu.be/sRbf0HCAGqc?t=116

lmfao

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I totally forgot about this glitch. Was so hilarious to see the npc's that usually sat on tables, on top of them in T pose. xD

@_@ MNK's didn't bounce on their toes. God that bothers the hell out of me.

I just miss my waddle- I mean cute little lala walk. Now when I walk I like, march.. Not that I walk around that often but it's the little things!

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Originally Posted by Jonnycbad

Chaos Thrust looked so good in 1.0, in ARR, it's so fast and doesn't have the same dramatic effect as it used to, and the sound/dragon cry it makes is too quick and garbled that you don't even notice it in the ARR version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9ajGiHoO-Y
Stunningly beautiful animation

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Don't forget Simian Thrash! I miss this skill. Hopefully it comes back in 3.0.

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Originally Posted by MageBlack

NO!

I don't want to have to wait for my chr to stop, then turn, then start running again in this playing environment. Imagine the rage this will produce just cause it looks pretty... Its not functional in the fast paced game FFXIV has become.

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If done right you shouldn't have to wait, I assume you've played a number of action games where they have good animations (one where being weighty and having visual momentum doesn't force you to have a 1.5 second wind up and wind down). Which does require some computer process power (calculating momentum, environment surface, and direction to correctly play and modify position of the body as needed) but.. it looked so good.. lol.

The 1.0 system did have a little bit of a delay*, so clearly not done right and I suppose could be a defense on not fixing it.. costs resources for something they don't care about. Won't stop me from missing them though xD.

*Although there were a number of things off, like server lag and animation lock - sometimes I felt one delay was or could easily be confused for the other.

i want multishot back :( was awesome before the nerf D:

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Originally Posted by Chiramu

Such sponge-y controls >< yuck. Looks like it would feel as slow as it looks.

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They were. I'd only support adding them back in strictly for non-combat because in 1.0 they made combat awful, especially for mages. During that animation you were still counted as moving so any spell you started casting would immediately be cancelled and you had to wait until the entire animation finished before you could do anything. When we had to do <17min AV/CC runs for Relics back then every single second counted and this slow stopping cost you quite a lot if you didn't know the exact timing for starting spells after it stopped.