Lalafell walking animation

Can they please change how Lalas walk? They have freaking knees when they sit, jump, climb, and run. But for some reason, when they need to walk, the knees become stiff as a board and they have to waddle? lol

Well, lala animations are more expressive than other races overall so IDK if SE has any plans to change them.

You waddle, and that fast, because you need to keep pace with other races, everyone has the same walking speed, so Lalas need to make up for the leg length difference.

Also Lalas are a gag-ish race, not that they are never in serious situations, but that they are inherently, intentionally silly, and even feature some incredibly cartoony animations, especially the guys, if you have a male Lala, just go to any bed(all Inns have a bed) and do /doze, you will witness one of the most cartoonish animations in the game.

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Originally Posted by RyoXander

Can they please change how Lalas walk? They have freaking knees when they sit, jump, climb, and run. But for some reason, when they need to walk, the knees become stiff as a board and they have to waddle? lol

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for me they always look like they have just crapped their pants and that's how a Lala should look like, ashamed and embarassed.

It's so strange because in the MSQ lalas walk normal sometimes but when you're in control they waddle like a penguin... I'd like an alternate walk animation as well.

I love my walk animation LOL

Realistic or uncanny?

It's a reference to Tarutaru, the race Lalafell were inspired by from FFXI, who are far more doll-like and do walk pretty much exactly like that. All races that have been around since 1.0 are based on FFXI's races.

Though, Lalafell are meant to proportionately resemble the classic FF title's sprites and the chibi style used in the 3D remakes of games like FF3 and the Bravely Default series.

I don’t mind it, but I would like more options… I think the Midlander “princess run” would be cute on my Lala, for instance.

It’s going to be hard to be taken seriously in heavy RP when you’re trying to make a dramatic entrance and your character just penguin waddles into the room. -_- We’ve seen Lalafells walk normally in cutscenes plenty of times, so the animations clearly exist.
It would be great to have that as an actual toggle or option

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Originally Posted by Anwar

It’s going to be hard to be taken seriously in heavy RP when you’re trying to make a dramatic entrance and your character just penguin waddles into the room. -_- We’ve seen Lalafells walk normally in cutscenes plenty of times, so the animations clearly exist.
It would be great to have that as an actual toggle or option

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100% my stance on it. It sucks during serious/epic cutscenes.

You picked a silly race and you're upset it... acts silly?

Lalafell should clearly roll around.

If some of the people that commented saw the sassy walk Momodi had in 1.0 they would lose it I suppose

+1 to alt walk animation, I almost never RP walk because I really dislike the waddle

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Originally Posted by Anwar

It’s going to be hard to be taken seriously in heavy RP when you’re trying to make a dramatic entrance and your character just penguin waddles into the room. -_- We’ve seen Lalafells walk normally in cutscenes plenty of times, so the animations clearly exist.
It would be great to have that as an actual toggle or option

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The exact reason I never could take any "heavy" scene in Ul'dah seriously. Add in the sultana being carried like a baby and that entire place is a circus.

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Originally Posted by Selsix

You picked a silly race and you're upset it... acts silly?

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Being small and adorable =/= silly. I also never said I was upset. I just think it's inconsistent and breaks immersion during cutscenes.

I know Lalas have some sillier emotes and that's fine, but forcing that toddler walk is insane lol. Just look at the runway emote, Lalas walk just fine.

At the very least, there should be a toggle (for every race): one eccentric walk, and one standard walk.

Believe it or not they're animated like this because of feedback from their 1.0 animation, which had them use their knees more.

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Originally Posted by RyoXander

Being small and adorable =/= silly.

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You picked a "small and adorable" race and are bothered that it walks like something "small and adorable"?

call it cartoony gag character small and adorable whatever. but yeah. at least i am bothered by that. It can still be those things without walking like a toddler with too big diapers.. I mean. Not that hard to understand. Not everyone views every race trough the same lenses and projections other see. I certainly don't

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Originally Posted by Selsix

You picked a silly race and you're upset it... acts silly?

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Lalafell are not even remotely treated silly in the story and lore of this game. Every Lalafell npc is taken seriously

Yeah there's just something uncanny about how their legs have to move to have a "normal" walking animation with how small they are.
It's my same issue with Roegadyn running animations but in reverse, they look like they're hardly even trying to jog because putting that leg stride onto a full running animation would make it feel very silly they don't actually go any faster.

I went from Lalafell to Roegadyn and it felt like I was moving in slow motion and very stiffly. I actually don't think I'll ever be comfy playing one again because of how jarring it was. Now I can't unsee it. Especially odd since the other huge lady option, Hrothgar, are very bubbly and active in their animations, but they bounce up when they run, similar to how they animated Male Au Ra, to compensate their height when running.

Meanwhile, jogging and sprinting Lalafell take giant, fast leaps, but still move very quickly, making the clockwork doll walk stand out more.

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Originally Posted by RedLolly

I went from Lalafell to Roegadyn and it felt like I was moving in slow motion and very stiffly.

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This is the most extreme example but going from fem Au Ra to Roe is also jarring, I had a male Roe alt for a short while and my god I felt it, which led to me doing a bit of testing, and from my personal opinion, Hyur, Miqo and fem Au Ra have reasonable movement speed, while everything else feels too sluggish or too fast. Among the ladies anyway, idc about the dudes much, even that Roe was a gag character.

I wish they could just adjust all the animations to work between races and let you choose how you walk, that way lalas dont have to walk so silly, female hyurs aren't forced to 'princess' run, hrothgars can move in a less hunched over manner, elezen can use a less stiff walk run cycle, etc etc.