Will Mounts be able to jump?

[Jynx]

Just what we need, time spent rendering jump animations for the 8 bazillion mobs mounts that will be released. I can't wait to ride my goobue pouncing through the fields.

gwuh...

[Razor]

Just what we need, time spent rendering jump animations for the 8 bazillion mobs mounts that will be released. I can't wait to ride my goobue pouncing through the fields.

gwuh...

The notion of that fills me with excitement actually... imagine it. Have a pounce button that makes the goobbue leap into the air/lunge forward with a big shockwave where it lands. Anything in a 20 malm radius would be staggered (stunned) and even hurt based on how close it was to the goobbue. Give it a 20~60s cooldown to curb obnoxiousness and whala! Would definately make things more exciting; especially for new players. Imagine venturing out of the starting city for your first time and "OMG WHAT THE #$%& IS THAT LUNGING AT ME! ........oh, thats a player?! THAT WAS AWESOME!"

EDIT: The pounce needs dust clouds and some screenshake too

[Laraul]

Jumping is a great way to get your character stuck in some place it shouldn't...

[Jennestia]

Jumping is a great way to get your character stuck in some place it shouldn't...

Only if the game is designed for it -- Most MMOs don't even allow you to bypass obstacles just because you can jump.

to be able to move in the third dimension?

The ability to change your direction from front/back to left and right is already 3-dimensional movement, you don't need to jump in order to have 3D movement, utilizing a joystick or mouse for movement alone is 3-dimensional movement.

[Estellios]

There isn't until they redesign the world map to take advantage of it like they are already doing.

[Rokien]

First off, they can make an interesting world without needing of jumping >.> look at FFXI
-People will jump around, it will bug the frick out of me and most people I know.
-This isn't a platformer, its an mmorpg, ya know, a simulator, kinda like for real lifeish
-Again, the world we live on RIGHT NOW, ya know earth, is suuuuper beautiful, you never have to jump.
-Again, not a big deal, takes 1 second to go around.

Swimming though, ya, I want that.

[DeadRiser]

First off, they can make an interesting world without needing of jumping >.> look at FFXI
-People will jump around, it will bug the frick out of me and most people I know.
-This isn't a platformer, its an mmorpg, ya know, a simulator, kinda like for real lifeish
-Again, the world we live on RIGHT NOW, ya know earth, is suuuuper beautiful, you never have to jump.
-Again, not a big deal, takes 1 second to go around.

Swimming though, ya, I want that.

If people jumping around aggravates you that much, then you should really take some time off of a video game. Why can't an MMO become a little bit of platforming too? Archers jumping to a higher spot to stay out of AoE range, delving through dungeons that require more than just tank and spank..

I mean you can do many things with jump, NOT just focus on people jumping in town.

[Rokien]

If people jumping around aggravates you that much, then you should really take some time off of a video game. Why can't an MMO become a little bit of platforming too? Archers jumping to a higher spot to stay out of AoE range, delving through dungeons that require more than just tank and spank..

I mean you can do many things with jump, NOT just focus on people jumping in town.

-Don't say something that you have no idea, you don't know me ^.^
-A higher spot? Now we are going to get 50feet jumps? If its just a few feet above you, you should have to walk up it.
- MMOs I feel, should be a simulator, not maple story. Just play that if you want platforming you get TONS of it.
- You will still be tank and spank no matter what..........
-No, no you can't, not in an "turn" base mmo, in an action mmo, yes maybe, but this is not an action mmo.

Only way I will support jump, if its "Press x" when you get to a stupid ledge.

[Ruisu]

-Don't say something that you have no idea, you don't know me ^.^
-A higher spot? Now we are going to get 50feet jumps? If its just a few feet above you, you should have to walk up it.
- MMOs I feel, should be a simulator, not maple story. Just play that if you want platforming you get TONS of it.
- You will still be tank and spank no matter what..........
-No, no you can't, not in an "turn" base mmo, in an action mmo, yes maybe, but this is not an action mmo.

Only way I will support jump, if its "Press x" when you get to a stupid ledge.

No.

I want jumping. Also mounts should only have scripted jumping. And only mounts that look as though they're capable of jumping. Give some perks over others. Like the Gobbue can move faster on marsh-like areas. Drakes can bypass most of Mor Dhona mobs, etc. Stuff like that would be interesting.

Chocobos will be standard fare, but they have more accessibility over the world over a Gobbue/Drake/etc.

I've yet to see anyone say "It's not FF", considering I recall doing all 3 in pretty much every FF game I've played (including XI have some climbing style mechanics even if it was a CG scene.)

Let's not forget that FFXIII-2 actually implements a free jump. So that excuse is pretty much thrown out of the window.

[Razor]

First off, they can make an interesting world without needing of jumping >.> look at FFXI
-People will jump around, it will bug the frick out of me and most people I know.
-This isn't a platformer, its an mmorpg, ya know, a simulator, kinda like for real lifeish
-Again, the world we live on RIGHT NOW, ya know earth, is suuuuper beautiful, you never have to jump.
-Again, not a big deal, takes 1 second to go around.

Skyrim.


'nuff said.