Jumping Risk Assessment

[Vesperia]

Oh no, JUMP, so risky!

We must caution against the coming tide of jumpers.

[Xandre]

I think the largest issue is that players for some reason expect this feature to be implemented in some overdone way. They need to remember which company this game is being developed by.
To simply put it, as others before me have mentioned, it is a basic feature. Does there really need to be a purpose for it? That's not to say they can't add features later that will benefit from it.
Take walking for instance. As far as I know, that is a command that is rarely used. Most characters are constantly set to running mode. Regardless, it's still expected to be included as an option for players.

[Gracious]

I vote no on jumping. There really is no need for it at the moment.

[Jinko]

+1 to jumping.

It could actually allow for some interesting platform based boss fights.

[Tiraelina]

Everyone that doesn't want jumping is apparently fine with a bland and featureless world. Why is anyone even trying to compare CURRENT mechanics 1:1 with jumping implemented? The game is changing, if they want it to be part of gameplay then it will be part of gameplay. It is so incredibly pointless to say theres nothing to use jumping for in a game that doesn't have it yet.

The entirety of the OP was beating around the bush and then turning into another "WoW has it, I don't want it" and then proceeds to degrade the playerbase. FF Mystic Quest had free jumping.

[Elexia]

Everyone that doesn't want jumping is apparently fine with a bland and featureless world.

Jumping will not make the game better.

Here are some features that will make the game better:

-Campaign type battles
-Besieged type battles
-Ship/Airship Battles
-Puzzle Solving
-Abyssea type system where you get rewards no matter how "casual" or "hardcore" you are.

That's what you call features to make the game better. Jumping? Seriously? That adds nothing to a game. You do NOT join an MMO because you jump, I have never in my 2x years of online gaming heard someone say:


"I WANT TO PLAY THIS MMO BECAUSE I CAN JUMP! ^__^"

[Tiraelina]

Jumping will not make the game better.

Here are some features that will make the game better:

-Campaign type battles
-Besieged type battles
-Ship/Airship Battles
-Puzzle Solving
-Abyssea type system where you get rewards no matter how "casual" or "hardcore" you are.

That's what you call features to make the game better. Jumping? Seriously? That adds nothing to a game. You do NOT join an MMO because you jump, I have never in my 2x years of online gaming heard someone say:


"I WANT TO PLAY THIS MMO BECAUSE I CAN JUMP! ^__^"

Yes by wanting jumping I don't want anything else implemented afterwards right? No. Jumping is part of the package and if they want to implement it with any worth they can't keep putting it off unless they are going to design around it beforehand going forward.

I'm fine with it either way but if they don't want to implement jumping they better get rid of this "hotfix" because being able to run up/down everything without any interaction whatsoever looks dumb. The world is incredibly boring with or without juimping right now and the current terrain system is leading on like it isn't going to change towards XI/Lineage 2 with any sort of depth to it any time soon. My friend and I would regularly be complaining about how WoW copy+pastes everything but this is even worse.

[Steelcyclone]

Jumping will not make the game better.

Here are some features that will make the game better:

-Campaign type battles
-Besieged type battles
-Ship/Airship Battles
-Puzzle Solving
-Abyssea type system where you get rewards no matter how "casual" or "hardcore" you are.

That's what you call features to make the game better. Jumping? Seriously? That adds nothing to a game. You do NOT join an MMO because you jump, I have never in my 2x years of online gaming heard someone say:


"I WANT TO PLAY THIS MMO BECAUSE I CAN JUMP! ^__^"

(Removed due to Terms of Service Violation)However jump now in days is a basic feature just like walk and run which should be added in ever mmo. Name one MMO PtP (made in the last couple years) that is doing good right now with no jump.

[Malakhim]

(Removed due to Terms of Service Violation) However jump now in days is a basic feature just like walk and run which should be added in ever mmo. Name one MMO PtP (made in the last couple years) that is doing good right now with no jump.

You're presenting a contradicting statement. How can you say that nobody plays a game because they can jump, and then make another statement that implies that the only way for a pay to play MMO to see the big numbers they should include a jump?

[Elexia]

You're presenting a contradicting statement. How can you say that nobody plays a game so they can jump, and then make another statement that implies that in order for a pay to play MMO to see the big numbers, it should include a jump?

lol, pretty much.