Alpha First Look: Video 3 - The Black Shroud

[Andrien]

The vast majority of the jumping you'll see will not be functional jumping. There are about 35 instances in this video where the character jumps, yet only one appears to have been needed (Miqo'te jumping the fence at 2:17). Also, you already had a lot of fences and solid objects that you could just walk through in 1.0. Given this, I fail to see how it's not an idea worth considering.

Personally, I would trade not seeing 9 out of 10 extraneous jumps for a person walking through a fence that has to be jumped. I imagine the former as easily more "jarring."

Can you see the future? I'm assuming you can from that first sentence, so I want to make sure.


The vast majority of complainers is basically bashing the poor guy that is providing us a demonstration of the alpha version. Of all things to complain about it is either the grass or jump.. c'mon...

[Onizuka]

Enjoy the video and be sure to let us know what you think!

This new video is a a real joy for us True Explorers! Well, at least it is for me. The new Twelveswood looks Great, the light effects make the forest look incredibly alive and the relaxing music fits very nicely.

In this timeless rift (and Miqo'teless rift!) where I am, lately there've been several storms, so it was a real pleasure to have this relaxing and peaceful video surprise in this “stormy morning”.

Keep on releasing them!

/happy Explorer

[Coyohma]

Can you see the future? I'm assuming you can from that first sentence, so I want to make sure.

It's a reasonable assumption based on what we have seen and know. Remember that the developers have told us that there will be little to no function to jumping.

[Tupster]

I know one thing is for sure. I'm not telling anybody that jumping annoys me while I'm in game. That would just be asking for it. While they might be showing it off in these videos did the miqo'te really have to jump 3 times in a row right after it cross-fades to her? jeez.

The vast majority of complainers is basically bashing the poor guy that is providing us a demonstration of the alpha version. Of all things to complain about it is either the grass or jump.. c'mon...

To be honest they did ask us what we thought and it is not super useful to just say everything is perfect at this stage. Constant distracting jumping has been common in all true game play footage of ARR so far.

[Andrien]

It's a reasonable assumption based on what we have seen and know. Remember that the developers have told us that there will be little to no function to jumping.

They did let us know we can jump over fences, rocks, and obstacles.

[Tupster]

They did let us know we can jump over fences, rocks, and obstacles.

That isn't function, that is playing at parkour with 100lb of armor on.

Next they should let us grind fences on skateboards.

(j/k please don't take that too seriously)

[Coyohma]

They did let us know we can jump over fences, rocks, and obstacles.

That would be the little in "little to no." They haven't made illusions about it being much more than an aesthetic decision - one made because it is standard in western MMOs. Is your view that functional jumping opportunities will be prevalent enough to where extraneous jumping will not dominate functional?

There seems to be a strange amount of pushback (given a usual preference for toggle options) to this idea. It's not enough that you can jump as much as you please, but you need 100% of other players seeing it as well?

[HiirNoivl]

Aetheryte camps are huge, nicely done. The world is so much more varied than it was in one-point-oh. This looks like a world you can truly explore. Path behind a waterfall... nice touch.

[shane239]

Just let me play the alpha already :P

[Zoloe]

I don't know about you guys, but I'm extremely happy with finally being able to jump over those tiny rocks that for some reason impeded my forward movement.....