Animation lock used as a factor in gameplay

[Rogue]

Hi just been fighting ifrit and just thought id voice my oppinion on one of the gameplay dynamics

It seems critical to *not* be in "animation lock" when ifrit uses a few of his abilities, most notably eruption and hellfire

i dont agree with the fact that this kind of dynamic can effect this kind of thing, the timing are tight enough that if i press for example sentinal in time it should be good enough... regardless of whether i am in animation lock and my lancer is busy jumping back and forth for 5 seconds after a weapon skill.

i know some of you are going to say "be carefull when you use actions"

what i am saying is that this kind of dynamic is wrong in *principle*

on a related note i have found that i have to keep pressing the same button untill an action comes out since they got rid of action queing

it feels like im fighting with my keybaord is the way i would describe the gameplay in this game.

i feel if they made some actions like self buffs- sentinal, raging strike etc, etc procable at ANY time the gameplay would be alot more enjoyable.

make it so when i press something it should be good enough for the game that i pressed it instead of stupid dynamics like animation lock being a factor..

also sometimes i get hit with eruption even when on my screen i am not in range... i have <run away> and i still got hit. i can appreciate this is a problem with latency or the workings of the server but maybe se should try to design things around this instead of playing into it if they know its a problem.

have fun trolls

thanks

[Jinko]

I think most people would agree that its no good in a fast pasted fight, there is no doubt in my mind that SE will eventually have to sort this problem out, either with 2.0/new servers or before.

People aren't going to put up with a system that punishes you because of bad design, we had enough of that in FF11.

[ellohwell]

• They said we were geting a combat revamp, they never said it was going to be good, lol.
  
• It's a different kind of game.
  
• Not all games need to be like TERA with fast moves. Some people like a slower, more tactical game.
  
• Some games have you fight monsters, in FFXIV the real boss monster is your UI and server lag.

Just thought i'd consolidate into one post all the stupid replies/excuses which will undoubtedly follow at some point in this thread.

[Tezz_Xivectro]

It's being addressed. Read the coming changes. It doesn't say it explicitly for animation lock, but it's practically implied.

[Inaaca]

Yoshi also responded specifically in a recent interview that animation lock is one of the many issues that will be corrected with the 2.0 server changes.

[Rogue]

ok ill come back in year, cheerio

[RemVye]

have fun trolls

thanks

ok ill come back in year, cheerio

Irony?



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