Since Jumping is confirmed, can we fall off a cliff, take damage, etc?

[Mishakai]

You can jump in combat. it just wont do anything other then interrupt your spell. Hes just saying you can't avoid attacks with it.

That's an attack animation, they've already confirmed you can't jump in combat.

There are no plans for using the jump for any elements of gameplay it’s just there for those that want to jump. You won’t be able to jump to avoid Ifrit’s attacks or anything.

Probably should have been more specific... I'm looking forward to jumping in the world etc.. Can't wait to see people bunny-hop in Ul'dah..

But at the same time, with PvP coming down the pike, I'd hate to see it have an in-combat effect aside from cancelling a spell.

[Babydoll]

And what's that? freedom?

Let's face it: The only thing in MMO history jumping off a cliff to your doom has gotten anyone is an achievement in WoW.
People don't need to commit digital suicide, nor do they need the freedom to do so.

Accidentally falling off a cliff, dieing, and thus being pissed off because you have to return to a place most likely far off from where you were originally as well as deal with gear damage from accidentally falling is not freedom of any sort either.

So really, what are you all missing here?

Edit:
I think you should be keenly aware that none of our characters are going to sprout wings in 2.0 so we wont be able to fly into the sky just before meeting our demise at the bottom of a cliff.

Being able to cast magic or be a dragoon in the game and obviously not being able to be those in real life has nothing to do with the fact that you wish to throw yourself off a cliff. Most people don't wish to die in real life... I have a feeling the fake people of Eorzea don't wish to die either.

It's sad that I have to explain this.

Well..if you feel sad I am sorry for that You don't have to respond to me if you don't want to, don't worry about it..hehe if you don't like the same things I do such is life

But anyway..haha yeah in Lineage II and Aion I would jump off cliffs all the time. Sometimes I would reach 0HP sometimes I would just take a little damage. It was funny and if I "died" I never got upset or mad....me and my friend would almost cry laughing LOL just as funny as when we get one shotted by mobs

Also in FFXIV you can't "die" you just get K.O. knocked out. Of course no one wants to die! Well actually you are "defeated" haha I think only NPC's in story line can "die"

As for wings - well...we never know! But I said in the MMO I played...not XIV. In Aion I had wings ^^ Ether Saga too!

My whole point is comparing reality to a fantasy game is funny. Again, I said I understood your point so no need to go into detail. In the end it is Yoshi's game, not ours...he SHOULD and will make it the way he wants, and I think thats great <3

[SirOleas]

Uh huh...
>_> anyone else understand all that?
I didn't.

[Reika]

Fall damage? in a FF game? LOL Thats crazy talk! We all know FF characters can jump all the way to the clouds and land like cats.

[bobbygunz]

It doesn't make sense because you don't understand it. Most MMOs don't have mount/dismount or even varied animation per race and gender -- this leads to more complex issues revolving around the different animations that need to be played and worked together.

It's not impossible to do but it will get glitchy given the graphical detail in this game. Do you think a lot of modern games lack certain aesthetics for the sake of it?

Be that as it may, one needn't have varied mount/dismount for race and gender though. That kinda variation is not compulsory. It's all about priorities. If S.E can't make varied animations for race and gender, then they just don't do it. That simple. Chocobos already scale according to heigh of character, so animation can be uniform for each race.


To prove it's possible. Archeage has multiple different mounts, multiple different mount animations (depending on which side you mount from) and different jump/winnie animations for each mount, along with mounted combat, and it certainly never presented a visual problem to people playing that game. So it's definitely nonsense to say S.E. can't add jump to a chocobo if they wanted.

And if you want to talk about glitchy, look no further than the knockback/draw-in animations in this game, or lackthereof.

Oh nevermind, i forgot you don't actually play so wouldn't know.

[Babydoll]

Fall damage? in a FF game? LOL Thats crazy talk! We all know FF characters can jump all the way to the clouds and land like cats.

haha yeah! Dragoon ftw

[Syris]

If we can jump I hope we can fall.

Something that I always loved about FFXI for its time was that the world felt dangerous. There was a general fear for me, a nervous feeling if you will, that occurred when my character was outnumbered, outmatched, and close to death. It's that feeling you get when your being chased by something for the first time, like when I tried to run to Jueno only to be hunted by those damn saber cats in jugner forest!

I honestly think that ANY video game is loosing out on these "feelings" when the player is surrounded by invisible walls. The threat of falling was missing from many areas of FFXI, and invisible walls were used far too often (to its credit it is an old game.)

Ever fall from some place high in a game and think "oh gawd." A sudden jolt of vertigo hits you, but then you realize its only a game? Those are the kinds of things that make games in general more intriguing to me as a player. Running into hairy situations that become that much more adrenal pumping when you add another layer of danger.

Regardless I am aware that this might be impossible for the dev team to implement. I'll still enjoy the game otherwise.

[Bayohne]

We don't plan on allowing players to jump from very high places where the height of the fall would cause damage. However, jumping from the places where you are able to will not inflict any damage. As for mounts being able to jump, I'm sure you've seen the new screenshots that show the party of adventurers jumping about while on chocobos!

[Rau]

We don't plan on allowing players to jump from very high places where the height of the fall would cause damage. However, jumping from the places where you are able to will not inflict any damage. As for mounts being able to jump, I'm sure you've seen the new screenshots that show the party of adventurers jumping about while on chocobos!

Thank you<3

[Zantetsuken]

We don't plan on allowing players to jump from very high places where the height of the fall would cause damage. However, jumping from the places where you are able to will not inflict any damage. As for mounts being able to jump, I'm sure you've seen the new screenshots that show the party of adventurers jumping about while on chocobos!

In short: We will have invisible walls on high cliffs/walls/etc.

Thanks for the clarification Bayohne~