Since Jumping is confirmed, can we fall off a cliff, take damage, etc?

One major difference between FFXIV world and other MMO worlds is jump and falling off ledges. In other MMOs, you basically can jump and fall anywhere, into the water, off a cliff, everything is open.

So in FFXIV, has this been confirmed: would all the invisible walls be taken out, therefore, we can jump off a cliff of La Noscea , into the sea? Everytime I'm fishing, I get this urge to just jump, and this has always been my dream.

Thanks for anyone with information.

my understanding is no, but we'll have to wait and see.

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Originally Posted by Hycinthus

One major difference between FFXIV world and other MMO worlds is jump and falling off ledges. In other MMOs, you basically can jump and fall anywhere, into the water, off a cliff, everything is open.

So in FFXIV, has this been confirmed: would all the invisible walls be taken out, therefore, we can jump off a cliff of La Noscea , into the sea? Everytime I'm fishing, I get this urge to just jump, and this has always been my dream.

Thanks for anyone with information.

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I hope we don't have invisible walls, those are just game breakers.
I truly want to jump in the sea too, even it means death. FREEDOM! :D

Our interview at Japan expo

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Is jumping everywhere possible? For instance, you hop over a cliff, and then you do not die...?
Yoshida : You can definitely jump everywhere. (pointing a small cliff) That kind of cliff, yes, but we will not allow the players to jump over a cliff... (pointing a higher cliff) ...that high, they would die. (laughs)
The Final Fantasy graphics are too realistic, we can't really allow players to do this kind of stuff.
(Yoshida jumps and gets stuck in a wall, laughs)
It is still a dev version! (laughs)

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What is more important to me is whether or not we can jump in combat. There's already enough ways to kill oneself in an MMO.

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The Final Fantasy graphics are too realistic, we can't really allow players to do this kind of stuff.

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Doesn't make sense.

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Originally Posted by Mishakai

What is more important to me is whether or not we can jump in combat. There's already enough ways to kill oneself in an MMO.

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Jump in combat is confirmed. You can jump during combat to stop your cast.

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Originally Posted by bobbygunz

Doesn't make sense.

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ruins the immersion.

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Originally Posted by Genz

Our interview at Japan expo

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Thank you for posting this interview, I've never seen that before.

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Originally Posted by bobbygunz

Doesn't make sense.

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I agree, I feel that by having invisible walls everywhere, it's more unrealistic and more immersion-breaking. For example, outside Uldah area, the cliff that has a sloping path going down, I should be able to just jump that.

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Originally Posted by Mishakai

What is more important to me is whether or not we can jump in combat. There's already enough ways to kill oneself in an MMO.

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Yes, It's been confirmed we can Jump in combat.

Level DRG and you can do it now.

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Originally Posted by Hycinthus

I feel that by having invisible walls everywhere, it's more unrealistic and more immersion-breaking. For example, outside Uldah area, the cliff that has a sloping path going down, I should be able to just jump that.

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This is one of the main reasons that people were against jump to begin with...

The jumping advocates thought it breaks immersion not being able to jump, so the Devs added in jumping but with very little gameplay value to it (I understand the 2.0 maps will have small obstacles and short cliffs you can navigate via jumping, but that's pretty much it).

We will still have invisible walls on huge cliffs, and other large obstacles. Before jumping, those weren't immersion breaking, but they will be afterwards.

"Be careful what you ask for" is the lesson here, I suppose.