Jump No Longer Necessary after Patch 1.17

[HayaHime]

I did my own tests too and i confirmed it. No need for jump anymore.

[Gracious]

I really don't see a reason for jump now with this patch.

[Dreadnought]

jump is still necissary, or at least some equivalent.
i still get stopped by small rocks and invisible creases all over the place, i asked my friend what they changed he said he only noticed cliff heights can now be used.
i checked myself and sure enough you can go up and down larger areas and most roots, however the lack of animation looks horrible and un-natural. what they did with 1.17 was a start but it by no means solves the terrain problem and they know that, thank god they are working on it even further and are still thinking of how to add jump.

[Dreadnought]

oh and one more thing, our characters can take fire spells and swords to the face and live, but jumping down a cliff twice your height is un-natural/un-realistic? i just came across another cliff half my height that i cant run up and i took a screen shot if anyones interested.

[Reika]

This seems more like a Temp fix to me. something that is easier added than jump. We still cant 'Fall' off a cliff, so maybe later we can 'Jump' off of them instead.

[Benji]

Yeah they're still all over where I was running around in La Noscea earlier today. The ability to jump over stuff when you get caught by ledges like that is going to be great. Saves a lot of time when you don't have to run all the way back around a ledge because you can't fall off or walk up a small rock.

[Nabiri]

I was very pleased with this. I never thought jump was necessary in the first place, and now it's even less necessary.
It's annoying to see people bouncing around in towns and things anyways. Looks so childish. I don't wanna play a cartoon game, I wanna play Final Fantasy. ^-^ lol

[Yellow]

Let's have a universe where jumping doesn't exist !


But in all seriousness..

Not being able to jump can limit the feel of control you have over your character.

>_<

Nabirl :| I don't know what to say.

People 'bouncing' around towns?

What are you talking about? ( / = n = )/ じ〜

Jumping isn't limited to 'cartoon games'.

[Nabiri]

I never seen any hopper in any MMO. why ppl afraid of them while they're not exist?

every game I played they're free jump and no one jumping around the town for no reason

Unfortunately every time I look at WoW (my ex plays..) all I see is people going "BOING!!! BOING!!! BOING!!! BOING!!!BOING!!!BOING!!!BOING!!!BOING!!!BOING!!!BOING!!!BOING!!!BOING!!!" as if jumping is the only way to travel.
If given the option to, people WILL do this. May as well re-name the game to "Froggy-Fantasy 14," if they add this.

>.> If that happened to FFXIV that would kill the feel of the world and role-play, and my will to play. o.o;

[Reika]

I was very pleased with this. I never thought jump was necessary in the first place, and now it's even less necessary.
It's annoying to see people bouncing around in towns and things anyways. Looks so childish. I don't wanna play a cartoon game, I wanna play Final Fantasy. ^-^ lol

No one said the jumping had to be cartoony. WoW jumping is one that servers no purpose in reaching higher areas or getting over obstacles. In FFXIV, We are hoping for a jump function that allows us to get over obstacles, not just to jump around and look stupid and annoying.