Quote Originally Posted by Tirem778 View Post
I'de like to point out that in a next-gen MMO there is no reason not to jump. It can't be that hard to program and just throw in. There are seriously people out there who won't play a game just because of no jumping and not that many people out there that will honestly not place a game because you CAN jump, even if they complain about it ruining their immersion. If jumping isn't a pain in the d!ck to implement (which it might be because of the weird engine they use) why not just throw it in and get a few more plays. More money in their pocket when they start charging.
You fail to realize you have to completely redo the whole world map for jumping pretty much. Or you will end up with people in places they should not be able to be... Sorta like in Aion how you could jump off the world map. With no orriginal intent to have a 3rd Axis to worry about the whole world was not designed with it that in mind... To add it they need to completely redo half the world maps.

Jump, implemented properly would probably take months and months to add. And it was pushed to the back burner to get out things that are more important. Such as battle system and content.

Jump might be neat, but with no real purpose and without content to keep player and attract new ones it is worthless addition to the game... So them not doing it anytime soon and putting all their focus on more important things was the best move they have done.