"Jog" is the worst addition to the game - rant

[Xapapetsu]

So, this will be a rant about the new passive effect called "Jog" introduced in 7.2.

Jog genuinely makes me want to stop playing. I know very well that that sounds strange and stupid, fully aware, but i just HATE the sped up running-animation, and to have that "forced" upon me actively makes the game worse. When playing a physical ranged damage dealer I already hated having to press Peloton after every pack in a dungeon, and now having to to that on every single job in the game..? No thanks.

Now i have to choose between always having my character run like a cartoon character, or be punished for not doing that... I remember when they added special animations for Sprinting with your weapon equipped and I was SO hyped about it. Now, I want to remove Sprint from my bars entirely - though I can already hear people in dungeons yelling at me for not using Jog. Ugh...

Ninja is my favourite job in the game, but I always hated how their slightly increased movement speed made my character run. But I still loved the job so I ignored it. Now ALL jobs have an EVEN WORSE sped up animation..! Why..!?

Now, I understand that most people probably love the introduction of Jog, but personally I've never had an issue with the normal running speed for the past 11 years of playing, and I've no idea why they felt the need to change that. We've got Sprint, Teleport, Aetherytes, increased Sprint duration in cities, Peloton, and this patch even gave us mounting up while running. WHY on earth do we need Jog too?

Please, at least give me an option to toggle it off permanently...

Again, I know it's a stupid thing to be mad about, but I genuinely feel like it makes my gameplay experience worse, as weird as that may sound.

Okay, rant over...

What do you think? Do you love Jog, do you HATE it like I do? Or do you not care at all?

Thanks for reading

I wasn't expecting anyone to hate jog, I love it and think it feels great, but then again. I don't really focus on my character when running I'm more focused on where I'm going.

[Basteala]

Can't you just right click off the buff if it annoys you so much? Or make a macro for it?

[Meifala]

/statusoff "Jog"
/micon "salute" emote


there you go. easy macro. put it on your bar and stop complaining.

[KillaKilala]

Devs just need to slow down the animation and it will be ok.

[Underscore]

What is that supposed to mean? Jog is automatically applied to your character when Sprint drops off. Are you seriously trying to tell people "bro, just don't click sprint bro"?

You can remove jog from yourself if you don't want it.

[RenegadeInferno]

This is how this reads to me:

"I like running. I like walking. But that middle of the ground state? Hell no! That's weird. Not in my Final Fantasy!"

Come on.... if this is a thing that annoys you, you're having a pretty decent day.

[Nadda]

I'm pretty sure you can toggle it off let me log back in to check.

EDIT UPDATE
TWO THINGS

Number 1. Jog is a completely different animation to sprint it's a more subdued run... like a jog.

Number 2. You can cancel out the jog buff by clicking on it.

[Shialan]

This thread is one of the biggest signs that this forum is just not worth anything.

People rant for the sake of ranting. And then you wonder why no one is taking you seriously.

[Daudream]

i'm actually not the biggest fan of it myself but i can deal, OP too will either quit over this or deal, no need to get weird to them about it

tho i want to add there is no "jog animation" it's just peleton linked to sprint, so just like peleton it uses your regular run animation (AKA when you're not walking/sprinting) but sped up, because again, it's just peleton... but linked to sprint

edit

All it needs is for the Sprint button to turn into "cancel jog" while on cooldown.

that would actually be nice since it's better than right clicking the buff or writing a command, however i can imagine some would accidentally turn it off so maybe it could be like the action change setting? just toggle if you want sprint to turn into 'remove jog' or just use 'remove jog' as a separate button

[Iscah]

All it needs is for the Sprint button to turn into "cancel jog" while on cooldown.