Thread: What 1.0 Did Better...

To begin, I love ARR. It is by far my favorite game in existence. I began as a 1.0 player and unfortunately had missed gaining legacy status by only a few short weeks. When I first set foot in Eorzea during 1.0, I fell in love. Yes 1.0 was lacking many things but they did one thing right that most major MMOs still seem to leave out. What I am speaking of is realistic running animation.
I don't mean just the look of sprinting though. In 1.0 (for those that didn't play or have never seen it played) you leaned into turns and your character could not stop on a dime like they do now. It gave your movement weight and that is a feeling no other MMO ever really has had. It is something so little, but I can't even explain with words how awesome that feature was, and I know I am not alone in this thought. . Not only did you lean though. if you were sprinting and tried to stop, you would slide a little. Something so simple as this added so much to the atmosphere of the game!

it failed better.

Originally Posted by Musashidon

it failed better.

I can't say the game failed because of the running animations. Most people who were 1.0 players will agree the animations were much better.

Originally Posted by MYFATHERBEATSME

I can't say the game failed because of the running animations. Most people who were 1.0 players will agree the animations were much better.

actually my comment had nothing to do with why it failed or even running animations, it was just a joke at the title of the thread. xD

Originally Posted by Musashidon

actually my comment had nothing to do with why it failed or even running animations, it was just a joke at the title of the thread. xD

I see -_-...but still, that running animation...

1.0 ate a power supply, cost $80 for a paperweight, made me fall in love with miqo only to leave her scared and alone when I couldn't play anymore. Was massively laggy again my computers fault, made me realize how ffxi really wasn't that bad and made me play WoW because of comparable graphical quality. Brought me back to ffxiv when they rebooted and brought me joyfully home to my beloved Miqo. Gave me nightmares about the original shroud seen in slow motion...

Originally Posted by TThibi

made me play WoW because of comparable graphical quality

I dont quite understand what you wrote there.

Originally Posted by MYFATHERBEATSME

I can't say the game failed because of the running animations. Most people who were 1.0 players will agree the animations were much better.

we had racial animations too for combat which was really cool, now its all copy pasta. We got some cool stuff but the character of the races is gone in combat now.

Mine you I like 2.0 and beyond much better as a game, but as far as animations go, there is a lot I miss.

Oh here we go again.

100% with you there, this was one of the most disappointing changes coming from 1.0 into 2.0. They sacrificed the believability of the virtual world in favor of on-the-dime movement geared specifically for Simon-says style AoE dodging.

Terribly weak decision on their part. I wish we could undo that particular decision.