Thread: 2.0 Movement inertia: Removed

The backwards movement is what disturbed me the most that I didn't even notice the inertia. I really hope this is just an early build and that they will add the 360° movement we currently have on the live version in a future build.

If the gameplay is better than it is now, I could really care less. But I assume it's just because of it being an early build and all. ;P Otherwise I think it'll be like a previous poster said, being able to turn it on and off possibly. Anything that takes away from server lag is cool for me. If they can keep it in without jeapordizing that, that's cool too.

Originally Posted by Gramul

One of these:

• The system isn't finished and they have yet to add transition animations.
• That's a setting that they have turned off.
• The feature has been removed completely due to better performance (animation lag?).
• The feature was low priority and time simply didn't allow for it to be added in again.

I think it's more like

• Character movement aligned with WoW experience for user familiarity

And I'm not saying I like that at all.

The backpedling is rather disturbing. It seems to be worse when something is targeted. Everything else looks awesome! Hope people are right when they say it's a matter of early build and will be fixed for release.

It's all opinion of course, but I personally am not a huge fan of inertial movement. It looks great in motion, absolutely, but from a gameplay control perspective it's really frustrating sometimes, such as during boss fights.

Say you need to run away from a crack in something like Ifrit. I push the movement key, and my character starts moving slow, then faster gradually. When I get to the spot where I want to stop, I have to compensate for the inertia by letting go of the key a little bit before I reach the point where I want to stop. If I release the key on top of the spot where I want to stop, I overshoot it. On top of that, I can't cast any spells until my movement (including inertia) has completely ceased.

Perhaps the current behavior is also due to server lag reasons, but in any case, "crisp and clean" feeling movement is always something that I will prefer, even if it doesn't look quite as pretty. Gameplay trumps graphics any day for me. Just my opinion though.

Originally Posted by Webster

The backpedling is rather disturbing. It seems to be worse when something is targeted. Everything else looks awesome! Hope people are right when they say it's a matter of early build and will be fixed for release.

I'm guessing you've never locked onto a monster and walked backwards while still locked on?

I wish they keep all the inertia animations. That's how final fantasy feels more natural and real compare to every other game pretty much.

Finally:

"Final motion blending animations are not implemented in the alpha. [this should calm down a lot of people, including myself]"

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