Thread: In regards to Jumping in 2.0/realm reborn

Originally Posted by Lirion

Tell that to this guy, I don't think he got the memo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMppD-bUNWo

Oh My Gosh....THAT....was glorious.

Originally Posted by KiriA500

How exactly is it sharing when you want one side to clearly dominate?

"I don't mind if jumping is in, it just needs to be completely restricted because I disagree with it."

What about the other persons feelings on the subject? I want to have crazy, over the top stuff...such as giant explosions, awesome dancing, hilarious outfits, cool vehicles, etc. I can't have these things, which is totally unfair! Other games did it...why can't this one?

TOTALLY
UNFAIR

I just want it to look better dude.

I still hate the Ifrit weapons and think they clash with the games overall art direction, even in 2.0 based on what I've seen.

Also, this whole "if you don't like it, don't do it" think is a little shallow minded. We're still dealing with it, there are players everywhere in love with their space bars and that's part of the problem. If I could see a little momentum in the jumps, like knees bending down after you hit the ground from such a tall height, or if the jumps had a little variety in the animations when you did them each time I'd be fine.

Heck, someone had an idea to let people who didn't want it to block the animation, bet that idea was shot down by the community for being an unnecessary addition to the development, or too bothersome to watch people walk through things, as if that mattered to the people who didn't want to see jumping, as if I haven't seen people walk through crap over the past 2 years.

But I'll find a way.

Originally Posted by Andrien

And the rest of that is mostly empty space and burning gas I will never get to see.

We're on a board about FFXIV, It shouldn't be out of the question to critically talk about it at length.

Honestly, this is pretty funny. I thought about jumping and thought I'd ask and see what the general consensus is. Came back to this a few days later and suddenly 13 pages? Welp, guess I owe it to the posters to read all of them.

For those who think I am trolling: I am not. The OP was in the form of a question, and I don't see how that meant that I was trying to encroach on your rights as a human being. As for the dead horse thing... well, I did a search for "jump" and "jumping" and saw nothing of relevance initially, so I thought I'd make a quick post. Not everyone surfs these forums. Interestingly, there is apparently still enough to speak of on the subject to justify 13 pages. Evidently some of us enjoy deceased equine violence as a pastime. Or at least... some of us enjoy trash talking in threads as a pastime.

I do think that animation realism is a nice thing to have. I really like the momentum animations in the current version of the game. From what I saw of the gameplay videos for ARR, they seem to either have been removed or are currently absent. That is unfortunate. Small touches like that help with immersion, whether you actively realize it or not. We all enjoy various aspects of the game, and I think it would be a shame if we can't all voice our opinions on those aspects. It is funny that people seem to think that there is some sort of priority on people's thoughts. Someone had to spend time to program these animations in the game that we all play. Heck, even the grass had to have been made by someone, decisions were made at every step of implementation. A game with polish looks better precisely because someone out there cared about the small stuff. No one wanted to replace all the "important" threads with posts about jumps and grass. But if these super serious threads do exist... why are all of you guys posting in this one?

What is perhaps most telling... is the difference in tone between the two sides on this issue. Whereas one, while completely NOT opposed to jumping whatsoever, is asking for possible options to improve its aesthetics, the other side is full of nothing but knee jerk reactions, snide remarks and taunts. Jumping is here to stay, and that is a great thing. But why stop there? Why not ask for some polish? ARR is here precisely because people spoke their minds. Why stop now?