Quote Originally Posted by KiriA500 View Post
I'm indifferent to the animations. I frankly only really notice them when I'm trying to stand in a particular place, such as the White Mage spots in Ifrit, Coincounter, etc. It's apparent because I'm trying to nudge forward just a little bit, but my character makes a huge, unnecessary animation for the process.

I like the inertia animations, as they're animated well, but their presence feels sluggish, so I couldn't care less if they were removed. If Square-Enix somehow decides to keep them, whatever, but they still make me have awful control over my character, then it's a problem.
Quote Originally Posted by Rannie View Post
He's got a point I play as a mage and that stumble portion is very annoying because you're trying to cast as quickly as possible and seeing the whole "you can't cast while moving" gets to be a pain in the ass (especially as a whm trying to run through a dungeon keeping the tank alive)
i understand what you both are saying. i main whm and am asked to do it on almost everything i do, and i prefer it so i know all the things whms have to do. i agree when fighting ifrit it is alittle difficult to find your spot because of the little extra step especially on the left side. however in dungeons, the whole move to cancel system is what makes that difficult, im fine with move to cancel or not but that has definatly made it more difficult to be a whm in dungeons, i dont see it as much as a animation thing. i have not noticed the problem with stoping and casting a spell and it says that your still moving.
but as you can see in the gameplay videos, the character is stoping completely, the addition of a polish animation that stops you doesnt have to make you continue moving. i believe it was a server thing that caused that issue.
but with the new engine it should be nothing but a visual of you stoping, meaning that when you stop moving, the character actually doesnt move any more, but the animation will look like he or she is slowing to a stop when techniqually its not.
these are all things that they can do with the new engine