[dev1008] About Jumping

[Xatsh]

Jumping fatigue, doing it too much wears you out and slows movement speed >.>

[Mishari]

No to free jumping.
Yes to situation specific jumping.

[Menchi]

Freeform jumping is needed to bring the game into the 21st century.

There's also an easy fix to solve the "jumping because I'm bored" crowd: give jumping a stamina bar.

Why does it "need" it? I'm sorry, but I just don't see how not being able to jump is somehow limiting the game to some bygone era. It is as much a stylistic choice, as a technical one.

[Seirra_Lanzce]

Is clear to me having jump feature will make me want to do a bunny hop while i'm travelling anywhere so i'll much welcome the feature of auto-jump on certain area ^_^

[Maat]

I think SE is planning to do a jump feature similar to the one in FFXIII where there is a designated area near a ledge that your trying to get across that will allow you to jump.. I am almost sure that this would be a much more welcome addition rather than a jump action that can be done with your character at anytime. This solves the problem without making the game kiddy and unreal

[Maat]

Not if it is in designated areas similar to FFXIII

[Red_Devil]

Is there any FF game that can jump?

[Nipa]

It is as much a stylistic choice, as a technical one.

It is also a game design choice, as it opens a lot of gameplay possibilities (of course devs will have to make use of it). And I think that gameplay is way more important than style in the long run for a MMO.

[Yuuen]

I think an autojump for things like getting over terrain would be great. It irks me when modern 3D games don't have an autojump, just because my suspension of belief for that kind of thing has worn paper-thin. (Can't get past this area because of a one-foot rock? Okay...)

[Menchi]

It is also a game design choice, as it opens a lot of gameplay possibilities (of course devs will have to make use of it). And I think that gameplay is way more important than style in the long run for a MMO.

What sort of options does this *really* open up though? FFXIV isn't about to become a Platforming MMORPG hybrid, so you really can't do much with it, without making the game something it isn't, and in my opinion, shouldn't be.