So people would rather see people running through objects, running up 90 degree walls a few feet high, and floating over gaps in the ground? Thats more immersive?

Also, why are people under the impression that FF games are in any shape realistic? Have you ever seen a cutscene in a FF game before? Hell, Cloud jumps about 30 miles into the air with the help of his party in Advent Children. Seriously, he does it like its nothing. Sure, in the real world it might not be realistic to jump 6 feet into the air with full armor on...but that never stopped damn near every other character in the FF universe from doing it 10 times worse.

Back to my main point. I highly doubt jump is just going to be an animation, it would be a total waste of time, and only piss people off. It wont be used in combat, much like its not in almost every MMO. That being said, I will bet money that it will be used for traversing the world. I dont know about you, but Im sick of not being able to jump over small logs, or take shortcuts on ramps, so on, and so forth.

Cmon people...How is jumping in armor "unrealistic"? Are you just choosing the ignore that people are casting magic spells in this game? I dont know about you, but I see people jump much more often than I see people cast magic.