Cover Animation

Cover. What is this animation supposed to be?

http://i.imgur.com/Qpijngx.jpg

I cover my face with my left hand and wave my sword at the cover target. What is this?

wtf.

http://i.imgur.com/FyfiS1f.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/g6417WO.jpg

Nah man, NAH. You have to see this tarded flailing around in action. My screenshot doesn't do it justice.

You're signaling to the healer not to run away from you when you try to Cover them.

Well, you're clearly smacking your sword against your shield to draw ire back at you by being noisy with cymbals. The Fighter of Dragon's Dogma uses a similar animation for Shield Drum.

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Originally Posted by CGMidlander

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LMAO this is great

Also the weird line thing with the cover freaks me out..idk lol

Actually if you see the animation on a few races you're banging your sword on your shield...

Kinda yeah
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/...20121127134425

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Originally Posted by Brannigan

Wtf Cover. What is this animation supposed to be?

http://i.imgur.com/Qpijngx.jpg

I cover my face with my left hand and wave my sword at the cover target. What is this?

wtf.

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This animation screams "Not the face! NOT THE FACE!!!"

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Originally Posted by Marxam

This animation screams "Not the face! NOT THE FACE!!!"

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The only real issue with the animation is that there's no weight to the sword being swung to hit the shield, while you can clearly see the weight of the pommel in Shield Drum.

Nigh useless ability + goofball animation = wasted developer coding time.

Cover algebra in a nutshell... (maybe pre-algebra.)

Maybe if the cover range was extended, or less fragile, maybe it'd be more useful than what even the animation is, but... meh...

Upon further review with a team of girls who told me to go awayscientists I have concluded that you guys are right and it is indeed a goofy "banging sword on shield" animation. I have a feeling this animation was intended for a different ability (possibly war drum) that was cut during development, since the whole concept behind cover is stepping between an attacker and their victim rather than provoking them with some loud clanging sounds. Solkzagyl uses a proper Cover during the job quest where assassins try to gank Jenlyns. This animation is wack.

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Originally Posted by Iromi

LMAO this is great

Also the weird line thing with the cover freaks me out..idk lol

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The line was added in a later patch to let player and covered player know they are being covered and if there still in range or not.

Cover itself is a good ability it's just that people don't know when to use it.

In FFXI, for a successful Cover, your targeted player needs to be behind you for the duration. I think that mechanic should have remained. It was extra funny when I Tarutaru (Lala) PLD used Cover on a Galka (Rog) WHM. Was epic.

You are a sneaky one Mr. Moderator but you can't fool me.

I mean you probably can just not this time.

Everytime I cover someone, I feel pretty sorry that it looks like I have a chain pulling the target player..... ^^;