[dev1008] Petition to have Jumping implement

[OJtheLIONKing]

I'd like to see jump implemented, but as the letter indicated it's not a high priority compared to things like battle system revisions after all. You bake a delicious cake before you apply the icing. That said, it should be put in eventually, and a full unrestricted jump system, not a Zelda/FFXIII style one that's basically adding action commands rather than actually jumping. Having a jump won't call attention to itself after the novelty wears off, but its absence in a modern game, especially an open world MMO, draws lots of attention to the game's restrictions--just look at this thread. However, an action command based system also draws attention to how restricted jumping is, and doesn't make sense for the large open maps of FFXIV as opposed to the narrow linear corridors of FFXIII and FFX-2.

Either way, the message I got from the letter is that it will be put in eventually, as it should be, but it comes after much more important additions.

[Ceons]

I agree OJtheLIONKing.

[Yellow]

I WANT JUMPING D: FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I WANT TO JUMP.

*boing boing* jks.

But seriously jumping gives you the illusion of more freedom and control over your character. Nothing is worse than not being able to jump off a cliff. You just slide :|

[Evangela]

I demand one of these choices

1. Move it back to high priority task

or

2. Just tell me in the next letter... Will you ever implement jumping or not?


It might be silly but their answer is important

if they can't make a decision about this, I'll see the future of this game

while another big name MMOs coming out this year with a lot of features and contents if SE still bother themselves, thinking about they should add jumping or not and need half a year to decide... this game not gonna go anywhere else

[Leeloo]

I demand one of these choices

1. Move it back to high priority task

or

2. Just tell me in the next letter... Will you ever implement jumping or not?


It might be silly but their answer is important

if they can't make a decision about this, I'll see the future of this game

while another big name MMOs coming out this year with a lot of features and contents if SE still bother themselves, thinking about they should add jumping or not and need half a year to decide... this game not gonna go anywhere else

So if your demands aren't met you're leaving for another game & forum? SWEET. You know what to do SE! = D

[Elexia]

So if your demands aren't met you're leaving for another game & forum? SWEET. You know what to do SE! = D

No he'll stick around here still instead of playing a game with everything he wants already implemented.

[Seraphite]

while another big name MMOs coming out this year with a lot of features and contents if SE still bother themselves, thinking about they should add jumping or not and need half a year to decide... this game not gonna go anywhere else

It's people like you that make it impossible for SE to take the threat of competing games' content seriously.

[MeowyWowie]

I demand one of these choices

1. Move it back to high priority task

or

2. Just tell me in the next letter... Will you ever implement jumping or not?


It might be silly but their answer is important

if they can't make a decision about this, I'll see the future of this game

while another big name MMOs coming out this year with a lot of features and contents if SE still bother themselves, thinking about they should add jumping or not and need half a year to decide... this game not gonna go anywhere else

Lol, I was trying to resist replying to this thread because we all know it's not going anywhere. But my lord, this has to be the most childish thing I've ever seen someone post on these forums. "Give me what I want or I quit." That's the mentality of a spoiled 5 year old. Do you REALLY believe that not adding jump will doom this game??

Seriously, if you believe that jump is more important than, say, a complete battle system overhaul, then perhaps it's your priorities that are completely out of whack, not SE's. There's SO many MMOs out there with jump already, and content designed around it. I'm sure you'd have much more fun with them. Not having jump is one of the better "being different" approaches they took with this game IMO.

And you do realize how long it would take for them to implement jumping and swimming content? They would have to rework the whole foundation all over again. Surely even you could see that the current battle system, and likely the incoming one, would not work with jumping. I was fine waiting this long for the changes they're doing now. But to do it all over again for jump? No thanks.

If it's that important to you, there's plenty of other games that you might find more suitable for your tastes. But for FFXIV, I'm glad they've decided to focus on much more important issues.

[BadJoeRed]

This thread again. Evangela again. Stupid again.

[Evangela]

I don't want that kind of jump

I want to hit the space bar to jump anytime I want