New Alpha Video

[Mudd]

The lack of a turn (pivot) animation looks terrible here -_- http://youtu.be/AQb_t5zkfoY?t=1m10s

I'm just glad there's backpedaling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ88o...tailpage#t=63s
The turning isn't a surprise.

[whoopeeragon]

Oh good. You're alive too.

We need to remedy that. -adjusts Dalamud's targetting system-

[Ingolf]

Why do we always get so many duplicate threads? I mean you have to have seen the main page to post here.

[Denmo]

Why do we always get so many duplicate threads? I mean you have to have seen the main page to post here.

UGH BUT POSTING IN OTHER FORUMS AND USING THE SEARCH FUNCTION TAKES SOOOOO MUUUUUCH TIIIIMMMME >

[Norack]

Yeah Yoshi said "I really want to do air and water expansion - but I think I will do air first because it is more iconic. "

I remember him saying that he wanted to do air and a water expansion, and that he was going to do water first because for some reason western gamers really love water stuff, but he prefers air. And than in a later interview he basically said, "you know what, i busted my ass off to remake this game, and i like air better so the first expansion is going to be in the sky, and if you don't like it than suck it!" ............. or something like that >.>. Thats how i took it anyways.

[Shougun]

I remember him saying that he wanted to do air and a water expansion, and that he was going to do water first because for some reason western gamers really love water stuff, but he prefers air. And than in a later interview he basically said, "you know what, i busted my ass off to remake this game, and i like air better so the first expansion is going to be in the sky, and if you don't like it than suck it!" ............. or something like that >.>. Thats how i took it anyways.

I still think he should do water (ironically I'm also western.. lol). But it makes sense in a way of progression though. He talked about player airships but it would feel like downgrading if you went from airships to player boats... lol

Also I want to upgrade my boat into an airship with the iconic propellers. Love me propeller ships lol

[Punainen]

ARR Gridania looks amazing. It looks the same enough to 1.0 Grid to be believably the same place, but different enough to coincide with the radical changes that happened in the world and the time that has passed. Love it, love it, love it. I still don't regret having chosen Grid as my starting area.

[casker]

Just stopping by to say the animations still suck. And I'm not going to keep it contained to one thread or whatever. I'm going to make a big stink about it, every time they show a video, and I see it, and the animations are still bad, I'm going to raise a stink about it so long as I still have access to the forums. That way maybe hopefully the mods around here will know that some of the non-apologists around here won't take this downgrade lightly, and they can relay it back to the devs.

Not even kidding. The animation is some of the worst I've seen in an mmo in a while. The pivot, the way they rebound-slide after a jump, the awkward halt, etc.

I hated on GW2 animations a lot (many of their animations still suck) but now, FFXIV looks even worse. FFXIV went from being unparalleled, blowing other games out of the water, to some of the worst in the industry. NOT ACCEPTABLE.

I expect the utmost quality from Final Fantasy. I expect attention to detail and artistry, intricately crafted minute details that the usual pleb wouldn't even notice or appreciate. That is one of the things that can set this game apart from the crowd, and they are compromising it, and people around here trying to defend SE are compromising it too.

You can say well the lighting looks better, so overall it looks better, so it's okay that the animations suck. SCREW THAT NOISE. I want better lighting and I want my impeccable animation quality back.

In other news I like the zone transitions. It's much more classy than having a gigantic warp portal for no effing reason (gw2).

[Denmo]

Just stopping by to say the animations still suck. And I'm not going to keep it contained to one thread or whatever. I'm going to make a big stink about it, every time they show a video, and I see it, and the animations are still bad, I'm going to raise a stink about it so long as I still have access to the forums. That way maybe hopefully the mods around here will know that some of the non-apologists around here won't take this downgrade lightly, and they can relay it back to the devs.

Not even kidding. The animation is some of the worst I've seen in an mmo in a while. The pivot, the way they rebound-slide after a jump, the awkward halt, etc.

I hated on GW2 animations a lot (many of their animations still suck) but now, FFXIV looks even worse. FFXIV went from being unparalleled, blowing other games out of the water, to some of the worst in the industry. NOT ACCEPTABLE.

I expect the utmost quality from Final Fantasy. I expect attention to detail and artistry, intricately crafted minute details that the usual pleb wouldn't even notice or appreciate. That is one of the things that can set this game apart from the crowd, and they are compromising it, and people around here trying to defend SE are compromising it too.

You can say well the lighting looks better, so overall it looks better, so it's okay that the animations suck. SCREW THAT NOISE. I want better lighting and I want my impeccable animation quality back.

In other news I like the zone transitions. It's much more classy than having a gigantic warp portal for no effing reason (gw2).

Am I an apologist if I disagree with you?

If that's the case, I apologize!

[casker]

let's just say, if you disagree with me then yes you are an apologist, while I am a troll.