Please Use the Correct Form of Jump Square Enix!!!

[Naqaj]

I've never played an mmo with jumping, what exactly is the allure in a jump feature in a game with no platforming involved?

Noone's talking about plattforming in the context of jumping in MMOs.

The most important part is more freedom of movement. Think back how XIV was a few patches ago, where your characters couldn't climb even knee-high ledges, and would constantly get stuck at things in the environment. They patched it now so that they can just run over those. Other games would have used jumping for that.
People talking about Mario-style jumps where one is jumping 3 times the height of the character are just making strawman arguments. That's not what this is about. Enabling players to get over obstacles with a small hop means the developers can be a little more lenient when designing the world. They can use more props and solid elements with collision detection without the danger of obstructing the players path.

[User201109011315]

Speak for yourself, I want platforming elements in FFXIV.

Quit living in the past.

[neizero]

I actually really liked that Wow video the OP named "the wrong way"

I don't get some people, if you don't want to Jump all the time, that's fine, you can choose not to do it, or not to play with people that do, blacklist them even if it's such a sin. But why do you make it your crusade to make sure noone can enjoy these features. There's [a lot of] people that think different than you, you know?

Generally speaking I prefer new features to be as comprehensive as possible allowing players to play the way they want and not the way a little wagon on rails takes you. Same as with instant or raiding airship, I like that you get the choice. Jumping all the time or only on obstacles, I'd like that choice.

[User201109011315]

No. The game should have platforming elements and people who don't want to jump should have to be forced to get over their fear of jumping.

[Naqaj]

No. The game should have platforming elements and people who don't want to jump should have to be forced to get over their fear of jumping.

While we're at it, we might as well nag the devs for ?-boxes and powerup mushrooms ...

[KiriA500]

While we're at it, we might as well nag the devs for ?-boxes and powerup mushrooms ...

Excellent point! Super Mario Bros. is the only game you can jump in!

[Haledos]

While we're at it, we might as well nag the devs for ?-boxes and powerup mushrooms ...

Wow, how is it up there in the sky with the rest of your confused friends?
There are ample amount of game with jump in that aren't Mario games you know? To be honest, you rarely get an MMO nowadays without a jump button.

[Zenaku]

If they add FF13 jumping "WoW" players would just quit they want wow jumping. SE is trying to get wow players even if they saying they want to get the fanbase that never played a online version of ff or w/e reason. This game is casual and casual/wow players or any type of players that enjoy jumping. Not saying jumping is not bad but it's not needed like the wow version FF13 version would be better but players would not enjoy that.

I myself see this a pointless to add but w/e i don't even know where they going to add the jump button to a controller without taking out something that you need.

[Rhomagus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T28mqidDVwg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkQotm5A10U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ENhDro--8&NR=1

Immersion?

[Naqaj]

Excellent point! Super Mario Bros. is the only game you can jump in!

It was the obvious example of a game with platforming elements. You may notice the person I answered to didn't exactly put forward a well thought-out argument, so I chose to formulate my response accordingly.