An open petition / discussion about Animation Lock and FFXIV

[Dreadnought]

ok im not going to compare SWTOR with FFXIV but SWTOR is as close to a WoW clone as you can come aside from the skin and story. And yes I have played it.

lol its so not the closest. aion is closer as a wow clone. Rift is WoW. just because there are certain things that are quite standard for MMOs doesnt make it a WoW clone.
sure there are lots of things that fit in the WoW clone veriety but nothing compared to sooooo many other games out there.

[Krausus]

lol its so not the closest. aion is closer as a wow clone. Rift is WoW. just because there are certain things that are quite standard for MMOs doesnt make it a WoW clone.
sure there are lots of things that fit in the WoW clone veriety but nothing compared to sooooo many other games out there.

lol its ok to like WoW, no one will judge you.

[Vmage]

I'm glad animation lock is leaving... it really doesn't have a place outside of action RPGs, just a silly leftover idea of square's when they prioritized graphics over gameplay.

And honestly.. if you didn't realize animation lock was on the way out for spells/abilities/weaponskills when they completely removed it for sheathing/unsheathing your weapon.. you were just kidding yourself.

The majority of players want an active playstyle anymore, and waiting to push a button doesn't really cut it..

sure, it does add a certain element of difficulty to the fight... but it's so insignificant compared to what mainstream MMOs require their raiders to do now it's just silly...