"Tomescroll" and "Study" only useable standing

[EGXIV]

"Tomescroll" and "Study" only being useable while standing seems like a massive oversight and actually ruined a huge part of my enjoyment for this patch.

The animations are already there, why not loop them?

Here are the tooltips in the emote window for all of them:





They should at least have function parity, right? Them only being useable while standing removes any usage when sitting around and RP idling. I still have to use the half-baked macro I created years ago (that also runs out after 15 repeats).

I really hope this is just an oversight than can be rectified with a patch soon. I don't even know what to think if this was done on purpose.

(I even joined this forum after playing for years just to post this...)

[CVXIV]

They honestly should've just made the original two emotes loop rather than making two more, but I guess the options are nice to have for those that will use them
That aside, they should be usable sitting

[CCheshire]

Wow, this is super disappointing, and I was ready to read books on a bench in LL.

[Remarus]

"Tomescroll" and "Study" only being useable while standing seems like a massive oversight and actually ruined a huge part of my enjoyment for this patch.

The animations are already there, why not loop them?

Here are the tooltips in the emote window for all of them:





They should at least have function parity, right? Them only being useable while standing removes any usage when sitting around and RP idling. I still have to use the half-baked macro I created years ago (that also runs out after 15 repeats).

I really hope this is just an oversight than can be rectified with a patch soon. I don't even know what to think if this was done on purpose.

(I even joined this forum after playing for years just to post this...)

I would post this over in the Bug Reports forum if its not already there. Definitely seems like an oversight since the original emotes work fine when sitting.

[Renaclock]

"Tomescroll" and "Study" only being useable while standing seems like a massive oversight and actually ruined a huge part of my enjoyment for this patch.

The animations are already there, why not loop them?

Here are the tooltips in the emote window for all of them:





They should at least have function parity, right? Them only being useable while standing removes any usage when sitting around and RP idling. I still have to use the half-baked macro I created years ago (that also runs out after 15 repeats).

I really hope this is just an oversight than can be rectified with a patch soon. I don't even know what to think if this was done on purpose.

(I even joined this forum after playing for years just to post this...)

They've been making emotes useable while sitting etc slowly so I'm sure they will do the same in the future.

[EGXIV]

They've been making emotes useable while sitting etc slowly so I'm sure they will do the same in the future.

While I appreciate the sentiment, they had everything they needed for it RIGHT THERE. The original, non-looped ones already work perfectly while sitting, while mounted, while swimming, and even underwater.

[Basteala]

Not being able to do it while sitting is pretty bad. That's honestly a make or break for me.

[haykrii]

They've been making emotes useable while sitting etc slowly so I'm sure they will do the same in the future.

Why did they not just release it once it's done, then? It's a little silly

[TheDustyOne]

This is normal for persistent emotes and I wouldn't be surprised if the main reason they avoided making these ones persistent for so long is because they wanted people to use them while sitting.

Would be nice for them to make persistent emotes that could be used seated. I wonder how much of this is spaghetti code vs intentional design decisions?

[MinahJomalah]

It's worth noting:
Looping emotes are only found in the 'special' tab.
Other than 'changepose' and 'visor' which affect your idle pose or a piece of gear respectively, none of the emotes in the Special tab are able to be used while sitting.

It's possible that this is more complicated than it seems as this could imply it has to do with the way the emote system is hard-coded.


(I do not have a specific reference for the following so take this with a grain of salt and if anyone could find one for me, I would be most grateful)
If I am remembering correctly: CBU3 have also stated in the past that they are looking into overhauling the emote system. Something they have expressed interest in doing is implementing "paired" emotes where two players interact directly. This could range from shaking hands to a smaller race being given a shoulder ride by a larger race (Nanamo sitting on Raubahn's arm emote, anyone?)
So it's not impossible that we may have to wait till such an overhaul is implemented before we can use infinitely looping emotes while sitting down.