[dev1008] About Jumping

[Teknoman]

I vote that Jumping is the least of FFXIV problems right now, and I'm kinda upset @ all the pages of this thread.

It is, but the issue of jumping has always been a big deal as far back as WoW vanilla and FFXI.

[Nivana]

I just don't want to stop moving forward when i run into a cliff that was slightly too high for me to just walk down. I don't need jump, I just want some of the effects it has on a character's <x.y.z> positions.

[Irishfae]

I vote for NO jumping, at least not like you can do in Wow or CoV. I look at it as a cartoony, and I think it fits in with the style of those MMOs, but I think it would be absolutely ridiculous in a FF game and ruin the game play. There is no reason for a dedicated jump feature. I do agree with those who have suggested allowing an ‘auto jump’ feature like in FFXIII or the Zelda games. But I think if you do that, can all races jump/scale the same height distance.

[Gandora]

If SE does that i'll make a Lalafell male Character with a little mustach called Super Mario, just to mock off ppl

[Rau]

It should drain 1/3 of the stamina bar to prevent spamming.

[Vasch]

It should drain 1/3 of the stamina bar to prevent spamming.

I vote for no jumping, but if people won't shut up until they get it, AT LEAST implement this guy's BRILLIANT idea.

[Eclipse]

Lots of reading to do here but I have to say, now that Lalafells are the smallest thing in the game they should be able to jump. We need to keep them from having a complex.

But in all seriousness. If we are going to get jump, then how about swimming. Wading in water at least? But I digress...

I think jump would be fun, we don't NEED it no, it has no use but to entertain unless we get a feature that will let us jump over 3 inch ledges. I don't even know if jumping would allow us to do it. There would have to be a lot of physics to take into consideration to do it correctly.

1. Okay lets say they add jump, do you think it is possible for SE to add a way to be able to turn off the visual action of it if you didn't want to see it happening?

2. If the majority of the community is more conservative when it comes to jumping do you really think that it will be used to the point of abuse?

Edit:
3. I like the stamina idea, but then would that put you in active mode and then you would have to get in and out of active mode? Meh... maybe allow it to be in passive mode with stamina?

[Rayle]

I can't believe this stuff. When you guys see track and field with long jumping and high jumping do you guys shudder and turn the tv off real fast then pretend you never saw it? Its just jumping.... its not like its going to cause you emotional distress. Grow up, guys.

[Ablongman]

Jumping (in some form) is standard in most 3D games these days. That there is such resistance to the idea out of nothing else other than tradition and a desire to limit what others can do shows what's holding this game back.

If the concern is realism, just have jumping consume Stamina, or maybe give a 30-second "Winded" debuff that disables jumping after using it more than a few times in a row without a few seconds of rest. There are sensible solutions that don't involve sounding like you're old hat.

[Inaaca]

I can't believe this stuff. When you guys see track and field with long jumping and high jumping do you guys shudder and turn the tv off real fast then pretend you never saw it? Its just jumping.... its not like its going to cause you emotional distress. Grow up, guys.

You're exaggerating. The issue people are having isn't jumping in sports, it's jumping for no reason in everyday situations. People simply don't jump around while shopping for groceries, or talking to their peers. Emotional distress is a stretch, but it'd sure feel awkward.