Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
You should befriend an 3D animator... It doesn't take that long to make an emote. Even if you include clipping checks, having to restart multiple times, and adding it into the game.
i am a 3D animator and i can say that it doesnt take that long to implement an emote which is probably why there going with emotes instead of battle animations. Because what some people dont understand is that making battle animations does take along time and its not as easy as people think.
people keep saying "well ffxi did it" or other mmos have better animations.

When you create a Battle animation thats not just affecting the animation teams work and putting it in the game. your first having it be designed and planned out before hand, then motion capture team does it, animation team cleans up and refines the animation, then it affect the effects team to make either a new effect (which again takes along time) and the battle team which sets up when damage is done and stuff like that.

all just to get one animation in game. Do that for as many animations as your all talking about and it should be clear why emotes is the way to go for right now. Its not a hard process to do but it takes along time.

which is why some people dont know what there talking about when they say, other mmos have done it, or its not that hard to do.

other mmos had alot more time, you guys want this by ARR? lol
just because its not planned for right now doesnt mean they will never do it, give it time.
this guy knows whats up: Kiote
been making the most sense out of everyone i've been reading on here