Realm Reborn = downgrade?

[Xmbei]

Not that I don't believe it, but it's a pretty vague and indirect answer that still leaves the topic of transitional animation up in the air. Especially considering they vocalized issues with animation lag and what means they may have gone through to fix it.

Just because it's "far from finished" doesn't mean animation has anything to do with it. Course it doesn't mean that it won't have anything to do with it either, but it's not a direct answer. Speculation is still up for debate, and it's one of the reasons I recommend asking Yoshi about it in the live letter.

I like this response, it makes sense. Some of the replies I have gotten, mainly from the OP just refuses to read what I wrote. I am all for improving the game in anyway, I just don't like being called one that isn't just because I am asking for patience from others for either the live letter or Alpha in general. The posts saying that what they saw is the golden standard of ARR, make me facepalm. Since we haven't even heard/seen everything they have planned.

[LlenCoram]

I hate to throw in with this, but watching the videos currently out there also have me a touch worried. Just a little. The animations are... janky. At best.

On one hand, this is pre-alpha, and they did say that they didn't even want to show it 'cause it doesn't look that good, but on the other, it might be that this is the aim and it won't be improved upon.

I'm hoping it's the former and they've just yet to optimize/finalize the character animations, but in any case, I may as well throw in my support for this thread. Didn't think I'd do that in the end :P.

[Zaireeka2025]

..............

Nevermind

[Volfield]

UPDATE : It also looks like the character is forced to backpedal instead of running backwards, without having its camera locked to a target. (someone in the thread mentioned it, and now it seems to be confirmed)

Yay, the thread railed back in to the topic at hand.
So regarding what i pointed out, have the devs shed any light on this being confirmed/toggleable?
I didn't watch the special talk sessions because it's boring as hell so yeah. Just wondering.

[Nemy]

However, you are asking for something that they would be receiving feedback during ALPHA phases. This is not even alpha yet - not one member of the community has been able to test the game regardless of what state it is in. By voicing these concerns now, it's like complaining about your meat being raw before you even know that it's been cooked.

As someone clever in this thread said : Your thought is unfinished.

If you agree on the following : There is a (huge) possibility that the animation will stay this way (based on very solid arguments already presented multiple times in this thread.)

Then you base your whole argument on this :

at the appropriate time

You seem to be under the impression that the developers of this game do not, or will ever be aware of the existence of this very thread.

But this is false. There are people who's job is to give feedback from the community constantly. And a thread like this, on their official forums, is where these people look first.

Again, as someone clever also said in this thread : "Exactly. It's Alpha, and it isn't finished yet. Which is exactly why if there is ever a time to give any suggestions or complaints about the quality of animation we are used to, now would be the time to do it."

Now, since you've been so kind to answer my question (not many did, this is not sarcasm) could you please answer it again?

What exactly is the downside of making our views known and asking for clarification?

[Valentia]

You DO realize that the game was completely rebuilt from the ground up, right? They didn't copy/paste animations from 1.0 to 2.0, if my assumption is correct. I was worried for a few seconds until I realized that they've yet to properly add in the motion capture in the demo version. They've explicitly stated that the game you saw in the demo Yoshida was playing was not the finished product. Content> animations~ :P

Edit: Oh wait, this is one of THOSE threads... why'd I bother posting? ;_; Oh yeah, fun!

[Nemy]

You DO realize that the game was completely rebuilt from the ground up, right? They didn't copy/paste animations from 1.0 to 2.0, if my assumption is correct. I was worried for a few seconds until I realized that they've yet to properly add in the motion capture in the demo version. They've explicitly stated that the game you saw in the demo Yoshida was playing was not the finished product. Content> animations~ :P

You do realize that almost every pre-alpha (especially a couple of months before alpha) game ever presented to the public including FFXIV 1.0, included the animation of the final product?

Character movement is not something you ... add later. Its a core element of the game. We're not concern about the upper left corner of the minimap here.

When Yoshida says "its not the finished product", he could talk about a million things but animation.

[Xmbei]

You do realize that almost every pre-alpha (especially a couple of months before alpha) game ever presented to the public including FFXIV 1.0, included the animation of the final product?

Character movement is not something you ... add later. Its a core element of the game. We're not concern about the upper left corner of the minimap here.

When Yoshida says "its not the finished product", he could talk about a million things but animation.

key word: almost

[Nemy]

I saw a lot of people accusing me of making a useless thread, yet i saw nobody presenting a downside of making our views known and asking for clarification early on.

Can anyone please answer my question?

I somehow find myself being more interested at how this community thinks rather than the subject of this thread.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

this sum my thought

that + deal with it. My game will not ruined just because they scraped (maybe) some animation in the effort to give away animation lock