Why is animation lock still a thing?

It seriously makes ZERO sense at all! I find it EXTREMELY frustrating and would like a straight answer from someone knowledgeable about why we are still putting up with this. Thanks! I really like how dragoon looks and want to play it again, but the locks really turn me away from it.

It only affects one skillstop whining.

You just have to learn when you can and when you can't.

It can't take you back to the same position if you're not animation-locked.

Ninja also has one with Assasinate.

I died because if this earlier today. While I was doing Braver against the second boss of Gubal HM he hit me with 3 Explosions and I couldn't move. Laughed it off saying "I Dragooned it."

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Originally Posted by Maero

Ninja also has one with Assasinate.

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...and I seriously hate it lol. But you learn when it's safe to use it.

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Originally Posted by Shamox

You just have to learn when you can and when you can't.

It can't take you back to the same position if you're not animation-locked.

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That said, there's still no real reason not to just program Assassinate and Jump to, while you're seemingly over there, still move about in order to change your landing position when you get back...

Sometimes there is risk for your reward.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

Sometimes there is risk for your reward.

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While true for skills like the jumps, often, the reward is so hilariously bad there is no justification for the animation lock. E.g. Assassinate vs Mercy Stroke

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Originally Posted by Canadane

Sometimes there is risk for your reward.

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But the reward should be worth the risk. There's no good reason Assassinate should have an animation lock when other similar abilities like Heartbreak or Mercy Stroke do the same thing.

benediction, hallowed ground, living dead, assasinate, jump, i agree OP

Does hallowed ground have animation lock?

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Originally Posted by Darkstride

...and I seriously hate it lol. But you learn when it's safe to use it.

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hehe right?

Hallowed and Benediction have effect delay which is funny to see.

I don't really see a problem with animation lock, all the frontline DPS have one and as long as you are familiar with the fight you can use it often, if not every time it's on cooldown.

Last nights A11s was funny because of animation lock on the DRKs plunge ability, spin crusher to the face!!!

While it can be argued that it's unnecessary for skills like Jump which get used dozens of times over the course of a fight, creating many points of failure, it's a bit useless to compare it to Assassinate. You only get around 1-3 uses of Assassinate over the course of the fight and provided you line it up with your buffs, it still leaves you with a MASSIVE window to find a safe GCD to use it on. Assassinate is not something you have to press as soon as the button lights up. That said I don't really agree on removing the Jump animation lock either, just so others can suffer as I have suffered.

isn't that the whole point of the skill? to weigh up when is safe to use and when not to, and not just jab the button whenever you feel like it

You guys would have hated the game in 1.0 (after the battle adjustments toward the end).

I for one would like to see a few more animation locks. I love love LOVED the animations in 1.0. They were beautiful and smooth.

Animation lock is pointless.
Jump could have you adjusting the landing spot after you jump from the enemy, same thing for Assassinate.
They just put these things in the game and now don't wanna remove for whatever reason.