Ragdoll Physics on Bosses

[Artiss2k]

I definitely want the mob to move sometimes when i strike them, it makes me feel more powerful rather than just me getting knocked back all the time. It should be really toned down though from whats in the trailer, especially for large enemies. a damage threshold for such a wild animation should be in place like folks have been saying. maybe on a critical hit? regular hits they can just flinch a little.

[Doho]

they actually toned it down considerably from the first limit break clip showed at gamescom

[Diminou]

Kinda necro posting here but.. Having played alpha, I believe this excessive boss flinching needs to be fixed. The final dungeon boss bounces around like crazy each time he gets hit he flinches a ton. Seems kinda fake to me and I would prefer that he only flinch once in a while or maybe say after each time a combo is executed or something or after certain damage thresholds

[AmyNeudaiz]

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[IloveYouPumpkin]

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ehh. he's just saying they haven't changed it from what we saw in the limit break trailer.

And yes the dragon definitely bounces too much. Doesn't sound hard to fix so we'll see how things are in beta. After all, that's a more updated ARR so maybe its been taken into account. Nothing wrong with mentioning it now though. Whoever seemingly doesn't think anything is wrong must have not seen the trailer. Go watch it.

Off-topic - Watching that trailer again got me a little excited. I'm still looking forward to ARR despite some of my critisizm. I noticed something interesting too.. A while ago I read that the limit break for blackmage requires the group to stand in front of the blackmage (like a wall) to initiate, and indeed the group goes into a formation in front of the BM for the limit break. That's cool! XD

[Bittereye]

Wow; I cant believe ppl are still posting to this thread So yeah, it isn't "Ragdoll" physics like originally mentioned but the impact animation the larger enemies take look out of context. I still stand by this comment but it doesn't seem that SE will be doing anything about it at this stage.

Amy, you're my hero!! You backed me up right after my post!

[Joji]

Wow; I cant believe ppl are still posting to this thread So yeah, it isn't "Ragdoll" physics like originally mentioned but the impact animation the larger enemies take look out of context. I still stand by this comment but it doesn't seem that SE will be doing anything about it at this stage.

Amy, you're my hero!! You backed me up right after my post!

Exactly right, ragdoll physics are something usually used in fps games when opposition or you dies. Hit animation is what we're talking about here. Also, it would be nice to see change to the stance of both monster and player as hp decrese below a certain % point too, like they are exhausted. It has been used in singleplayer FF games, and it would live up to the standard.

[MizoreShirayuki]

Yoshi-P: Initiate "Plan B." I.E.: Take another page from FF11 and scale back impact animation so it looks less Dragonball Z-esque 24/7, so the mobs don't look like they are all taking over 9000 damage per hit.