Back Paddling is horrible.

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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.



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.

Your wow argument is old and the only reason you don't like it is because you want to use a controller just admit it. Every time you bring up WOW did it to it just makes you look dumb sorry... but it is not even close to the only mmo that does I know of about 7 off the top of my head and its because its a natural pc movement. Not to mention Tanks and ranged need backpedaling. I can tell you really won't understand how good it is till you either pvp which I know you wont just by your posting and tough fights were moving while tanking and or dps-ing is a big deal. Ya you can back peddle in battle but only when you are locked onto a target which again restricts freedom. In both wow and RIFT you can be locked on to a target and still have complete freedom of movement with backpedaling. Its just you can't use a fancy controller. Secondly this control scheme is good to help any mmo player out there conform to FFXIV 2.0 not just wow lol... were did you even get that argument?