Quote Originally Posted by Psykotsu View Post
I don't recall anyone supplying you with a defense such as "WoW did it". No one gives a fuck about WoW, it's just natural. All the games that have back-pedaling has a button that allows you to turn 180 degrees. I can't see how you still have an issue.
I already answered this.
Claiming its not "because WoW did it" to "because other non ff mmorpgs have done it" is basically the same.
This is movement setup that was standarized because of WoW and games trying to copy it. Its awkward and convoluted.
There is an already better, more natural, alternative that works on gamepads aswell: 1.0's method.

Quote Originally Posted by Psykotsu View Post
And here, I, and another person have given a reason why back-pedaling is useful outside everyone's apparent "Wow did it" defense.
This was already answered to in
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post915016

If that's the only reason to keep back pedaling as default movement it brings to the table more problems than 1.0's system had (if any at all). Not to mention that the original system already featured back pedaling in battle.