2.0 Movement inertia: Removed

[Roukiz]

[[Edit: This topic was posted on 08-16-2012 when the pre-alpha demo was being showcased. Just fyi]]

As many people have noted in the most recent gameplay footage, there seems to be a certain lack of animated inertia in character motion.
For example, in the current 1.0 build, stopping suddenly after having ran a short distance would result in a more aesthetically pleasing (subjective) animation to be played out, though this didn't appear to be the case in the demo.

Of course this being a pre-alpha build, there is a chance of it having not been implemented yet, due to its low priority. However, if it has been removed, I'd like to understand the reasoning behind the decision.

Perhaps there's a chance it hindered movement responsiveness too much?

[Rau]

If it means I won't have to mash C to get my character to stop faster to cast spells, I am okay with it.

[Kaizuko_Hakupac]

If it means I won't have to mash C to get my character to stop faster to cast spells, I am okay with it.

100%, fully, with out a doubt, agreed.

[TomCarroll]

100%, fully, with out a doubt, agreed.

Yeah, this is the point. Unless the game could compensate for physics when performing any action, they just won't work. Lots of people tend to forget that the engine that XIV was originally developed on is not conducive to the MMO genre. It looked pretty, that's about it.

The point: Functionality over Aesthetics

[Ricky]

They will probably add this to the "Physics" option we have in our config right now, turn it on for how it is now, turn it off for how it is in the latest

[Gramul]

Wow... pull more stuff out your ass why dont you

My people call it "speculation".

[Skull_Angel]

My people call it "speculation".

Speculation is normally backed by some evidence. Just saying~

[Gramul]

Speculation is normally backed by some evidence. Just saying~

It dosn't seem like a far stretch. We already have a physics animation toggle, so a transition animation toggle dosn't seem so foreign.

Totally not woth calling anyone out for.

[Chardrizard]

Might possibly caused by the grass.

[Zezlar]

Stupid grass is just ruining this game.