Can we take a moment to appreciate Shinya Ichida's AMAZING work?

[Windseraph]

1.23's Holy makes the current holy look like poop.

[LlenCoram]

1.23's Holy makes the current holy look like poop.

Fellow monks, remember Simian Thrash?

[Zyrusticae]

1.23's Holy makes the current holy look like poop.

Someone needs to make a video showing all the animations from 1.0 that are missing in 2.0. That is, assuming such footage is even available to begin with...

[Jynx]

Someone needs to make a video showing all the animations from 1.0 that are missing in 2.0. That is, assuming such footage is even available to begin with...

This one has a few good bits of movement and animation.

[Mogi]

This one has a few good bits of movement and animation.

All i ever see about 1.0 is how slow the combat is slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Jynx]

All i ever see about 1.0 is how slow the combat is slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Yeah I totally agree.

Sucked that I wasn't constantly mashing the same 4 keys in rotation at all times.

[Moqi]

All i ever see about 1.0 is how slow the combat is slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

I couldn't even finish it lmao, fell asleep midway.

I have not tried all classes yet so I can't comment on anything but I saw a couple of those transformation/magical girl videos and the animations (especially monks!) are so cool.
Found my favourite

[reality_check]

I couldn't even finish it lmao, fell asleep midway.

I have not tried all classes yet so I can't comment on anything but I saw a couple of those transformation/magical girl videos and the animations (especially monks!) are so cool.
Found my favourite

LOL @ 3:25

[Zyrusticae]

This one has a few good bits of movement and animation.

Hnnngh, that stopping animation... why, Squeenix?! Whyyyy?!

That being said, the combat animations aren't that much different from 2.0, just noticeably slower. It's the sliding around in combat that gets on my nerves.

[Jynx]

aren't that much different from 2.0, just noticeably slower.

I can't say I agree, everything in 1.0 had alot of "Weight" into it from how your character swing their weapon to how they had to actually forcefully jump to and fro. Hell 2.0 has some nice animation quallity in general but they removed the weight of the animations in compensation for speed and removing animation lock, we now swing our weapons as if they were as light as air and our characters have no real reaction to swinging a weapon around that should move/shift/unabalance their stances.

Current animations are made with no real regards to how the body itself reacts to heavy motion again due to the need for them to keep players mobile even if it means sliding.