Quote Originally Posted by Tupster View Post
I didn't say remove jumping.
"Everybody is doing it" is not a reason to do something.
I'm saying that if you jump forward then it should actually look like a forward jump. It doesn't have to be realistic, but it should be plausible. It just looks weird as it is now. It is bad art and I'm sure you'd appreciate a better jump animation too.
I'm not sure at all what you mean about making a video of jumping. What does that mean?
"We play it to have fun" does not mean anything. Water is wet. So?

I do not mean to be hostile to other players, but I am still going to make my case to developers were I might be heard.

If you want to counter what I'm saying address the issue of jumping, not me.
You would be surprised how many people (outside of the FF fanbase) were turned off by the lack of a standard jump feature on XIV. Leaving something that standard out of a new MMO just gets people wondering why it's left out. Having to walk around a little tiny fence is redundant. Having said that, While the animation isn't perfect, I would only accept an improvement (visually) if it didn't delay the jump at all. I don't want my character to squat completely, then jump, then land and have to balance himself, just so that the animation looks realistic. I'm all for making the game look better, but not at the expense of game-play mechanics.