With the new graphical engine, will we see more "interactive" animations?

Not so much in the sense of making the world an interactive place since that's something completely different, but more so expanding/modifying what we have already. For example:

In battles if you pay close attention, with certain weapons when you parry you'll see your character deflect the attack with their weapon or you'll see (usually 2 handed weapons) brace for impact.

As well as if you strike a crab when it's in it's shell you'll notice your weapon (generally 1 handed) bounce off of it's shell if you let the animation play out.

More little subtle attention to detail like that since it's something you really don't see much in even offline games.

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In battles if you pay close attention, with certain weapons when you parry you'll see your character deflect the attack with their weapon or you'll see (usually 2 handed weapons) brace for impact.

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This is already in game.

Guess people don't care to look.

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Originally Posted by DoctorMog

This is already in game.

Guess people don't care to look.

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I believe that's why she said expanding/modifying, since with a new engine = new possibilities.

I love the parry animations and whatnot... I just wish you couldn't over right them. Makes the point of some animations useless lol

+1

would be nice reintroducing the evade animation. Btw, i support this.

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Originally Posted by Jennestia

expanding/modifying what we have already. For example:

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Originally Posted by DoctorMog

This is already in game.

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XD Those were examples.

And I agree on this, infact I would like more interaction over all. Like when you go to the elevator, you just stand there and it magically opens and is all ready for you and you walk in and it magically knows to go up to the specific floor. At least press a button or something!

And then in raids you have those stupid lamps, you just examine and you get a cutscene where your character stands there looking all dumb while the lamps do some flashy animation and hey presto the door opens.

So annoying imo lol

But that is likely world interaction that you said is another thing. I just see it is 1 big cup of tea.

Parry animations = lifesaver. Can't count how many times those visual queues have allowed me to use Fracture.

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Originally Posted by DeadRiser

I love the parry animations and whatnot... I just wish you couldn't over right them. Makes the point of some animations useless lol

+1

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Not being to overwrite these animations is a really, really bad idea. Animation lock is bad enough, getting locked into parries etc would suck even more.

Edit- That said, I enjoy these details in animations, I hope we see more of them (although we definitely need a more flexible system that allows movement whilst also having these animations, make them faster or something)

Yeah, though if anything they could likely lengthen the TP ready phase of certain things if they want to keep a 'delay' in animation rather than lock, since it seems to be a combination of both really.

Let me be the first.

WE DONT NEED THIS! WE NEED GAMEPLAY AND OTHER STUFFS! WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO DONT CARE ABOUT ANIMATIONS AND JUST SPAM ATTACKS!? I SAY NO!

Wow, being other people is so easy on this forum.