Alpha First Look: Video 7 – Levequests and Party Combat

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Originally Posted by Bartleby

The excessive mob flinching really needs to go. Matter of fact I think they should just remove it entirely. I mean really, it looks like the monster is having some kind of seizure.

I realize that the players are only level 20 but I'm not very impressed by the combat either, it seems rather... dull? simple? if that's the right word. But then again so was 1.0 combat at level 20. Hopefully it'll get better down the line.

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the "combat been too flashy" thread wants a word with you XD!!! combat is just about right for the level

As others have said the flinchiness when multiple people are present is chaotic and wierd. Its nice if, you know, a crit or your big combo finish attack affects the monster, but having it on every hit actually lessens the impact of doing your big bad limit break etc. Hopefully animation implementation fixes this.

Monsters flinched a lot in FFXI too with an alliance wailing on them. But they didn't "react" as hard? Used to laugh my ass off at a rampage/asuran fists making a raptor have a seizure.

Liking the Archer motions so far ^^

Also people complained about the slow text floating but it seems only whatever action you do to the monster floats up, while everyone else has the classic feel (minus status ailments). The 'text floating' seems more helpful in that way (In seeing how much damage you've done and what debuff is on the mob).

Could there be a possible filter on what information 'floats' off and what doesn't?

I'm sure they will continue these teaser videos come Beta. I don't know why people keep going at these videos like this is the way it's gonna be. It's only ALPHA! It's for working out the servers. SE have said many times these things are NOT as they will be. I'm gonna wait until I see some Beta game play before I get so nit picky. But being a player of 1.0 for almost 2 years and a big fan of 1.0 the last six months of it's life. I do appreciate getting a little taste of things to come, being I can't play said game at the moment ; ;. With out reading to far in the visuals. I love how it is looking and can't wait to see how it all turns out. I also hope media and other players give it the second chance it deserves.

They should make only when Crit the Iron Giant flicht

The video looks great! I think the problem with the flinching is that auto/regular attacks shouldn't visually affect a mob that BIG. Perhaps once you're at the size of the mobs in this video, they should only flinch on weapon skill attacks?

...also, it reminded me of this xD
http://individual.utoronto.ca/ronink...tableChunk.gif

Where'd the Final Fantasy victory fanfare go?

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Originally Posted by Klefth

It didn't look like mindless ws spam every 3 seconds, though. Heck, the ARC doing that leve near the beginning barely landed a couple of autoattacks between all of that ws spam.

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You're right, because PC in FFXI are too busy blinking in and out of existence switching between gear sets. Same amount of spam, different actions involved.