Casting and spell animations...lackluster?

[Peregrine]

Animations are this engine's chance to shine compared to even rift. The emote animations are where the starting quality should be. The battle moves diverse and exciting. The spells impressive with their own personality.

Final fantasy and production values are inseparable at this point. No other mmo company can compete with these graphics. They should not be able to compete with the animations.

[Volcano_Taco]

yhe i've complaining about the spell animations ... for example : Fire I and Fire II animations are exacly the same , so are the other elemental nukes ... Were devolopers lazy whem they made those stupid animations ... I mean the game has such amazing graphics , how come the spells are so poor animated ? that must be fixed :/

[AlexiaKidd]

This is supposed to be a next gen MMO, I realise this is an MMO so can't compare to a single player game but I still expected something more along the lines of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-pzptgE4a4

but instead we got this:

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

for comparison here is FFXI and they are still better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU5erJB3-To

Come on SE you can do better than that, in fact you already have.

[Scobill]

This is supposed to be a next gen MMO, I realise this is an MMO so can't compare to a single player game but I still expected something more along the lines of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-pzptgE4a4

but instead we got this:

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

for comparison here is FFXI and they are still better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU5erJB3-To

Come on SE you can do better than that, in fact you already have.

Wow... this is my first time seeing Ancient Magic in XIV and that... I'm having trouble finding the words. I can't imagine how disappointing that must be for high-level conjurers. I couldn't help but burst out laughing when the poor guy casts flare and the marmot continues to attack him while someone casually runs by in the background only to have the weakest looking spell I've ever seen in a Final Fantasy game finally kill the marmot 20sec later. I'm still laughing so hard it's difficult to type.

Okay... whew. I've composed myself a little. I have to agree that the animations in XIV are certainly disappointing and to that end I do hope they're addressed eventually.

[Arcell]

All the animations are pretty bad. Take Gladiator for instance, nearly everyone one of those skills is the over-the-shoulder circular slash with a different effect thrown on it or the stab with an effect thrown on it. Or lets look at Pugilist, most of the skills are a standard right-hand punch with a swirly effect on it. It's pretty sad and one of the few things I really expected more of. Thankfully they've at least acknowledged it and are likely working on it, just not as high priority as other things.

[AlexiaKidd]

Wow... this is my first time seeing Ancient Magic in XIV and that... I'm having trouble finding the words. I can't imagine how disappointing that must be for high-level conjurers. I couldn't help but burst out laughing when the poor guy casts flare and the marmot continues to attack him while someone casually runs by in the background only to have the weakest looking spell I've ever seen in a Final Fantasy game finally kill the marmot 20sec later. I'm still laughing so hard it's difficult to type.

Okay... whew. I've composed myself a little. I have to agree that the animations in XIV are certainly disappointing and to that end I do hope they're addressed eventually.

I know it is almost laughable it is so bad. My friend was a 75 BLM on FFXI so she has picked CON and is currently at Rank 41 and is eagerly awaiting Rank 44 to gain access to Ancient Magic and I did warn her not to get excited but she think's I am trying to trick her or something, I just hope she find's it funny when she see's it first hand ; ;

[BadJoeRed]

This is supposed to be a next gen MMO, I realise this is an MMO so can't compare to a single player game but I still expected something more along the lines of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-pzptgE4a4

but instead we got this:

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

for comparison here is FFXI and they are still better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU5erJB3-To

Come on SE you can do better than that, in fact you already have.

That's pretty funny... It made me a little sad on the inside, but you're right.

[Keith_Dragoon]

Ok I retract my former statement that was totally lamesauce. D:

[Evangela]

not only animations

the spell themselves are suck too

playing a fantasy RPG without magic? what?

[Winry_Rockbell]

Fully agree on all points here. Some of the skill animations are great, but they shouldnt repeat the same animation for every Lancer or Gladiator skill (except Howling Vortex for Gladiators). Now magic in general could use some visual improvements, especially the attack spells.

Personally I think Yoshi-P and his team should look towards Playstation 1 to 2 era Final Fantasy games for spell animation inspiration. Final Fantasy XIII also had a similar problem...but that was supposed to be a really fast battle system, so I understand the concession there.

Agreed on how they should look toward previous Final Fantasy games for inspiration. The way it is now isn't bad, but if they made them more eyecandyish, then it would make things a lot nicer.