Petition: Keep the Animation!~

[Molly_Millions]

gameplay > graphics

it's pretty easy to understand really.

[bobbygunz]

gameplay > graphics

it's pretty easy to understand really.

Effort > Lazy

[neorei]

Effort > Lazy

so you're saying that SE isn't putting effort? lol

[lololink]

Effort > Lazy

Yeah because remaking the game from the root is Lazy .
Or maybe not ...

[Rokien]

The stop motion may have been unique, but don't forget that what people complained about at launch was like how non-Final Fantasy-like FFXIV was. Sure it was the prettiest most animated MMO at the time, but there were no airships no chocobos, no real moogles (except in the FF quests) that would make you even aware you were playing a FFXIV game.

In FFXIV: ARR there will be no question that this is a Final Fantasy MMO. Not only is the aesthetics gorgeous and detailed, using a top of the line game graphics engine, there are all the components and parts that are being borrowed from the decades long Final Fantasy lore.

Saying that taking out the stop motion and other minor animations will make it just like every other MMO, that FFXIV will no longer be unique is also not taking into account the big picture.

And that's what's going on here. The removal of this single tree has made people blind to the bigger trees that are coming and staying.

Edit: Nemy, you need to click on the links provided by Gramul, the review of the animations are glowing. Really, it llooks like a Korean MMO if you agree that Korean MMOs look awesome.

FIRST OF ALL

What does chocobos, and everything else you just said has to do with animation, PEOPLE LIKED THE ANIMATION. NOBODY, I DON'T KNOW ANYONE, who wanted the animations taken out. The only reason why animation lock is bad is because the server lag, yet, people are beating every content with animation lock. So, that is not a big deal, just take out the lag, which 2.0 will fix!

I'm sorry I don't want my game to FEEL(notice I didn't say look, the graphics are amazing) cheap, I'm paying for it.

[Rokien]

gameplay > graphics

it's pretty easy to understand really.

Good thing animation is tottaly graphics.... -.- give me a break. Animation is aesthetics, and AESTHETICS IS IMPORTANT TO MAKING A GREAT GAME. It's the little things that the devs do that can make a crappy game to an amazing game.

[HiirNoivl]

FIRST OF ALL

What does chocobos, and everything else you just said has to do with animation, PEOPLE LIKED THE ANIMATION. NOBODY, I DON'T KNOW ANYONE, who wanted the animations taken out. The only reason why animation lock is bad is because the server lag, yet, people are beating every content with animation lock. So, that is not a big deal, just take out the lag, which 2.0 will fix!

I'm sorry I don't want my game to FEEL(notice I didn't say look, the graphics are amazing) cheap, I'm paying for it.

Maybe if you READ all the POSTS you would KNOW what I was REFERRING to.

People were SAYING that the ANIMATIONS were what made the game UNIQUE. When in TRUTH unless you had the BOX sitting there in FRONT of you, you would have NEVER known what GAME you were PLAYING.

[Klefth]

gameplay > graphics

it's pretty easy to understand really.

Because the movement animations affect gameplay O so much...

I don't want my character to move around like something out of an Elders Scrolls game. :/

[Molly_Millions]

FIRST OF ALL

What does chocobos, and everything else you just said has to do with animation, PEOPLE LIKED THE ANIMATION. NOBODY, I DON'T KNOW ANYONE, who wanted the animations taken out. The only reason why animation lock is bad is because the server lag, yet, people are beating every content with animation lock. So, that is not a big deal, just take out the lag, which 2.0 will fix!

I'm sorry I don't want my game to FEEL(notice I didn't say look, the graphics are amazing) cheap, I'm paying for it.

I know plenty of people who don't want animation lock. If the animations are the cause of animation lock, I'd rather see them gone. Like I said, it's not hard to understand. If removing the animations improves gameplay, then I'm all for it.

[Molly_Millions]

Because the movement animations affect gameplay O so much...

I don't want my character to move around like something out of an Elders Scrolls game. :/

two words: Animation Lock