I love beautiful animations.. but I think they're too slow for this game

[Jinko]

I believe they said 2.0 will allow for lower and upper body animations, the current game does not and this is whey we can't move during animation.

[Dragonheart]

I believe they said 2.0 will allow for lower and upper body animations, the current game does not and this is whey we can't move during animation.

Body limitation.

[Oniji]

I believe they said 2.0 will allow for lower and upper body animations, the current game does not and this is whey we can't move during animation.

Yeah that is the main cause for it. Their animation system is far too rigid atm. They should look at the Battlefield 3 "ANT" system, which is also used in a lot of EA Sports games.

They could temporarily fix this by just allowing characters to "slide" while the animation plays out, as you move. Or by instantly killing the current animation when the character moves, which may feel disjointed or jolting. Either way it will break the "realism" to some extent.

But if it fixes the animation lock issue from now until 2.0, I'm willing to wager that most people will be happy to live with the minor drop in realism in the interim.

Edit: Another problem that causes the animation to feel slightly sluggish is the easing into and out of moving. This delay is slightly annoying for spell casting, as you generally have to wait for your character to come to a complete stop before you can start casting. This issue is amplified with lag. The person should be able to cast immediately after they have depressed a movement key i.e. you can start casting even while the character easing into coming to a stop.