Quote Originally Posted by Renalt View Post
I think it's less about recycled animations ( good ol fist punch and head nod ) and more the frequency that it happens. It's almost every single time they cut to her...and with this patch being a lot of development for her...it's A LOT. Imagine if our WoL did their little thing every single time it cut to them...and even like framed it so it's all you see. It would be picked on too.
My point wasn’t just that they’re recycled animations. The Ea, Omicrons, and Lopporits do their animations in every single cutscene they exist in, probably because those models can’t do much else.

Even if you ignore beastmen models, NPCs have had quirks just as common as Zero’s hat touch. Like Yda constantly doing squats in every other cutscene or Emet-Selch’s snap and wave.

This kind of thing has been around since the beginning and eventually they get referenced later on. I wouldn’t be surprised if Zero loses her hat at some point and goes to touch it and it’s not there.