Realm Reborn = downgrade?

[Nemy]

So, because some of us don't care about the removal of this "inertia" animation, we don't value animation in general?

I never implied that. Why do you even answer a question with a question?

Do you even remember the question, or why i posed it?

You accused me that i made this thread for something other than pure interest in the game, and after i pointed out that :

1. You should't personally attack me, you should stick to the subject of this thread

2. I'm not alone in this.

...I then posed the question in plural : Do you think we would post and discuss in this thread daily, if we didn't care about the future of the game?

You have yet to answer this question.

As I said earlier in the thread, other games have worlds that actually have some life to them, with NPC's running around, moving, etc. You said you would rather not have that stuff, in place of having an animation present for your character when they start/stop running. In that statement, you prove that animation isn't actually all that important, just how your character moves. I'm sorry, but I cannot agree with you on any level here. I want this game to have a world that feels alive as opposed to a clunky animation I hardly ever notice anyway. (Yes, it feels clunky to me, because I don't stop moving when I actually want it to, I do that stupid stumble forward)

Cool story. Far from what i asked, but i'm going to reply since its actually relevant to the thread. FFXIV, among other things, is a third person game. My opinion is, that when it comes to animation in third person games, the animation of your character is of top importance since this is what you unavoidably observe in the center of your screen, most of the time. Also, since FFXIV is an MMO, and not a single player game, your character is you in the sense that the logic behind MMO's is being in a sandbox with other people, interacting and co-operating, You don't play a character like Link, but your character. So as a few people have pointed out in this thread, having an amazing animation when it comes to your character, helps empathising. Some might value this aspect, some might don't.

Jesus christ, stop. You make it sound like I'm calling you a stupid idiot (which I am not, fyi) and taking your lunch money. I'm responding to you, so I'm directing stuff at you.

No, actually. I don't. I make it sound exactly as it is. You, personally attacking me and my intentions in this forum. Nothing more, nothing less.