Quote Originally Posted by Albela_Killingifritcom View Post
oh please. many people's first mmorpg was wow and you could jump, so when these gus move on to next game they will expect some basic features, jump being one of them. not having it will be a step backwards for them. before ffxiv was released i noticed a lot of people complained about no jump. it is just ugly. why do we need a walking and run animation when your character could just slide around? the animation isnt crucial amirite.
So in other words you're stating every game that released without a jump mechanic of any genre failed?

I'm pretty sure I've been gaming since the late 70s early 80s and I can't recall any game failing due to the lack of a jump command but rather the game itself being poorly done lol. Also, what does lack of animation for walking/running have to do with anything? That is actually important to a video game, plenty of games exists where you can't jump, which clearly means it's not this make or break game mechanic. Lots of people's first MMOs were MUDs, actually, but I guess you illustrated the problem with MMORPG gamers these days and why some people feel WoW invented the genre.