Jumping Risk Assessment

[Zantetsuken]

They should allow players to opt out of jumping.

/jump on
/jump off

If its on, you can jump and see people jump
If its off you can't jump or see people jump

I'm sorry, but if you can toggle jumping, what exactly what is the point of jumping in the game to begin with?

After all, if you can turn off jumping animations when they are required for navigating terrain or making jump attacks in battle, then you open a whole new can of worms in how clients interpret those actions when they are filtered. Just implementing jumping in terrain is a huge undertaking and in battle it is even bigger. There is much more to be lost than gained in implementing jumping this way.

If the jumping is just for bunnyhopping around and has no practical use in the game, why should the devs put a bunch of time and research into implementing it at all?

For my own part, I'm strongly against implementing jumping in the game unless they do it under these conditions:

1) Dragoon Job - This is where a proper jump attack MUST be implemented.
2) Emote to gain attention (although there are several emotes that do this already)
3) FFX-2/FFXIII-style jump where you can jump at certain locations to navigate terrain - I don't even like this option, but I could live with it.

[Cairdeas]

The only people who should be able to jump in combat is Dragoon. But thats an activated ability. Not a function of travel that players have free control over.

[Radaghast]

If this gets put in I'm going to lead a naked jump marathon in Uldah in celebration.

[Azurus]

If this gets put in I'm going to lead a naked jump marathon in Uldah in celebration.

go for it man, i may not join in but god knows it wont effect me any. Its a wonder what a small camera turn can do for some people, hell i dont even know how bunny hoppers would pay attention with all the menus you constantly have to be cycling through for everything you do. Jump party till your space bar falls off haha

[Nikita]

Jump toggle! Everyone wins! ^_^_^_^

[Keftenk]

http://static.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl...pad.png?_v=6dw

Someone tell me where the jump button is supposed to go?
Oh...thats right.

[Nuru]

http://static.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl...pad.png?_v=6dw

Someone tell me where the jump button is supposed to go?
Oh...thats right.

A lot of people prefer keyboards, so they don't really consider gamepads.. which is kind of ironic because shit tons of people are going to be playing this on PS3s.

[Keftenk]

A lot of people prefer keyboards, so they don't really consider gamepads.. which is kind of ironic because shit tons of people are going to be playing this on PS3s.

Which is exactly my point, will SE compromise the players options to play this game and force them to go to the keyboard to hit spacebar? They don't have to do that for really anything right now except for chatting. I'm thinking jump is going to be nothing more then a emote or something like what FF13 did.

They could remap the controller though...but if not, so many people going to rage over something as useless and trivial as jump lol.

[Nikita]

http://static.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl...pad.png?_v=6dw

Someone tell me where the jump button is supposed to go?
Oh...thats right.

Could move the map to the menu, move the menu button to the start button, and you have a jump button! ^_^

And I am no thief! ;_;

[Leeloo]

I don't think you can open your bag to eat food/potions on controller without using the keyboard or mouse. And mouse only if you use the chat specific keyboard setting. Not a big deal at all now, but another small reminder of them not accounting for all scenarios.