Jumping and swimming 2.0

[Nakiamiie]

As long as there is a cool-down for jump, all is good. Seeing half the server running around like kangaroos isn't very immersive.

As for swimming, I think Blitzball will be a nice addition...

When someone in real life jumps, he has to gather momentum. In most RPGs, when jumping, the character don't even have to crouch and gather momentum to jump. It allows for instant jumping. A practical and realistic way to put a "cooldown" on jumping would be to have people gather that small moment by crouching before jumping. I think it would both look nice, even if some persons decide to do the kangaroo.

Anything that makes the community look like clowns is a negative in my book.

Including free jumping, non-restricted naming scheme (LoLlErSwArrIoR-98 is not what we need here), non-restricted character customization options (lalafell sized roegadyn wearing rainbow colored equipment) and so on.

I believe more than 90% of the players dislike seeing clown-players. I, for one, dislike seeing clowns as well. However, the present situation of allowing jumping is irrelevant. There will be as much clowns in FFXIV v2.0 as there is in the present game. We can already see people poorly dressed in subligar and rainbow armours, people with ridiculous names (even with the current proper naming scheme!), but they represent a minority of players. Just as much as kangaroos will be a minority of players.

So, please, remember we are talking for the majority of players. Jumping will not look silly.

Thank you for your understanding!

[Betelgeuzah]

I believe more than 90% of the players dislike seeing clown-players. I, for one, dislike seeing clowns as well. However, the present situation of allowing jumping is irrelevant. There will be as much clowns in FFXIV v2.0 as there is in the present game. We can already see people poorly dressed in subligar and rainbow armours, people with ridiculous names (even with the current proper naming scheme!), but they represent a minority of players. Just as much as kangaroos will be a minority of players.

So, please, remember we are talking for the majority of players. Jumping will not look silly.

Thank you for your understanding!

I think more than 90% of people jump like bunnies too. They don't see themselves as clowns, and the threshold for doing such activity is pretty low. You just need to press space.

In XI I remember playing with the camera when I was bored. My friends who were watching me play were always annoyed at me for doing it. People do that kind of stuff when they're bored. And I agree, it looked silly, but at least nobody else had to bear it.

That said I think it requires a different kind of effort to name your character as something silly or wear clown clothes than do stupid things when you're bored.

[Abauge_Goga]

So, please, remember we are talking for the majority of players. Jumping will not look silly.

Thank you for your understanding!

Not sure where you are getting this idea from.

I for one, would not like to have jump added unless in an instance or for a specific area, where you click something and you jump over a creek for example.

I don't see the need for jump.