2.0 Movement inertia: Removed

[Cedri]

[*] Final motion blending animations are not implemented in the alpha.

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[Teakwood]

I -think- this is something they've stated as aesthetically pleasing but got removed from ARR to make the system work better overall. I'm a -little- sad about it, but I'm happier that they're putting playability first, as much as I like aesthetic touches.

Edit: Although apparently I might be wrong? Awesome.

[Junpei]

People keep throwing around this blending animations quote. When it turns out to have nothing to do with Inertia, and only to do with the current attack/damage taking animation. I will rofl.

SE said in the past and even Rukki did, they were removed.

[Soukyuu]

No one has mentioned pvp in this thread.

I'm not sure how that animation would work for pvp where you will be constantly running and stopping. If there is an animation lock on using abilities while your "stopping" from running that would be really annoying in pvp.

Inertia != animation lock.
Besides, YoshiP said PvP is just there for the people who want it, but it's not his main focus. So bringing PvP into the thread is kinda a moot point.

[Ryuuji]

i want backpeddling to stay just so i can insult and call scrubs 'n casuals backpeddlers.

[Kallera]

i want backpeddling to stay just so i can insult and call scrubs 'n casuals backpeddlers.

What in the Hells is this? This isn't a fighting game! This isn't "Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm KO'd"!

The proper term is "noob"!! Not "scrub!"

[PotatoSalad]

Inertia != animation lock.
Besides, YoshiP said PvP is just there for the people who want it, but it's not his main focus. So bringing PvP into the thread is kinda a moot point.

Will you marry me, you 3 foot ball of baby fat?

[Soukyuu]

Will you marry me, you 3 foot ball of baby fat?

I hope you're not thinking this was from the recent interviews. He's been saying that before, when he first mentioned adding it. Don't remember where he said it

[Efrye]

[...] Whether "motion blending" animations include inertia or not is yet to be seen though. [...]

Exactly. "Animation blending" as a technical term simply means that there is a soft transition between two individual animations. For the movement in 1.0 they don't use simple blending, but separate transition animations. (standing > start running > running > stop running > standing)

Of course we don't know what Yoshi meant exactly, especially since we're only basing assumptions on a translation. But implementing animation blending alone definitely won't give us the smooth movement from 1.0.


Side note: There was actually no blending for battle animations in 1.0, which has been bothering me since release. I hope they'll fix that for ARR.

[Montijin]

Inertia != animation lock.
Besides, YoshiP said PvP is just there for the people who want it, but it's not his main focus. So bringing PvP into the thread is kinda a moot point.

I'm sure they would just turn of the stop animation for the zones if it was a big deal, actually.

But, I don't think its a moot point. The quality of pvp would obviously take precedent over a movement animation if it came down to one or the other.

PvP sells games/keeps the subs rolling.