Client Side Mudras

[CoolMithra]

As a fellow Ninja player, i totally understand the OP's frustration with Mudra's. I also wish something could be done about the Mudra lag, however, if they were to make Mudra activation client side, besides hacking(which i honestly do not see the point of), another issue would need to be addressed.

Other players would not be able to see the casting animations/icons for each Mudra being cast by the Ninja because this data would not be sent to the server anymore. Only the client side Mudra sequence would be sent to the server once the player casts Ninjutsu. One of the reasons why I like ninja is because of the Mudra cast animations. I'm not sure SE would want this because it would make the ninja look less "Ninja" to everyone except the Ninja themselves. If they removed client side mudra animations, this would also make the ninja look less "Ninja".

Sure, SE could have the Ninjutsu activation also show the Mudra cast animations for each mudra before casting the Ninjutsu, but that will cause a character animation delay between what the Ninja player will see on their screen and what every other player will see on their screen.

One thing to keep in mind, is that SE does not want the Ninja class to be like the Ninja class of FFXI. The FFXI version of Ninja did not have mudra's, instead, it just had Ninjutsu spells with casting time and animations. That is why the FFXIV version of Ninja has mudra's.