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).