backwards walking in 2.0

[Ikkenoe]

The reason I, personally, would like to see the animations we have in 1.0 is because it gives our characters a sense of weight, realism, and personality.

Why would SE go through all the effort to do motion-capture if it's all going to be dumbed down because people prefer a more "WoW-like" experience? Why? WHY?

this is dumb.

realism and weight, you say? show me video of human beings running full speed forward then immediately cutting back to face 180 degrees in the opposite direction and run full speed again. do you even understand how movement works in real life? athletes try their best to make sudden cuts far less extreme than that and it still often ends up in a blown ACL.

furthermore, the constant comparisons to wow. why would you do that? why? why? you clearly haven't ever played the game.

[Nuru]

this is dumb.

realism and weight, you say? show me video of human beings running full speed forward then immediately cutting back to face 180 degrees in the opposite direction and run full speed again. do you even understand how movement works in real life? athletes try their best to make sudden cuts far less extreme than that and it still often ends up in a blown ACL.

Running full speed on FFXIV =/= Running full speed in real life.

The characters we have actually look like they are jogging, making it quite possible to make a 180 turn and still be jogging.

Oh, and its a video game btw. So I am on neither side of this argument. Just sayin.:P

[Viritess]

this is dumb.

realism and weight, you say? show me video of human beings running full speed forward then immediately cutting back to face 180 degrees in the opposite direction and run full speed again. do you even understand how movement works in real life? athletes try their best to make sudden cuts far less extreme than that and it still often ends up in a blown ACL.

furthermore, the constant comparisons to wow. why would you do that? why? why? you clearly haven't ever played the game.

And this is in defence of running sideways while still Thrusting a spear into an enemy with both hands or...what?

Do we install ACL injuries as an RNG mechanic? ^^ I kid.
The point i'm making with this response is you can harp on whatever details you like but neither is going to be "realistic", dare i say, to either extream.

Your pointing out running at full speed an stopping and changing directionas a negative, but i belive both versions of movement will have this. The difference being in one you will need to spin the camera, and one is indipendant of that.

I belive his point about giving the characters weight and such is that in many games, they do not even animate the transition to the point FF14 does. Which i think is a positive in FF14 now.

I can not think of a game that makes you walk at a lower speed before running, atleast FF14 attempts to animate the process to resemble it.

[Abesai]

this is dumb.

realism and weight, you say? show me video of human beings running full speed forward then immediately cutting back to face 180 degrees in the opposite direction and run full speed again. do you even understand how movement works in real life? athletes try their best to make sudden cuts far less extreme than that and it still often ends up in a blown ACL.

furthermore, the constant comparisons to wow. why would you do that? why? why? you clearly haven't ever played the game.

I can jog in one direction and change directions pretty quickly. Not much different than in FFXIV. I like how they drop the shoulder when they do a quick turn, too. Very realistic.