[dev1008] About Jumping

[Nephera]

If the FF online community is strong like XI then anybody jumping around in game(for no reason) will just be labeled an idiot. Like with XI you actually have a reputation in this game unlike others where you just make multiple alts where only your friends know who you are. Gaining good rep is also another reason not to start a new character besides crafting or item holding.

though thats also what caused white mages to become pariahs after dropping the ball once and causing a group wipe.

[Malakhim]

Final Fantasy is not a Saturday morning cartoon. If there is to be any jumping, it should be contextual, much like it has been in other iterations of the series. We're not all 5-year-olds anymore.

The use of "extreme jumping" in stuff like Seismic Shock is contextual to the use of that ability, which is used to make the ability seem more grandiose and epic. Anything other than a furry rodent bunny hopping through the La Noscean fields would be beyond illusion-breaking.

It all comes down to why you want jumping in the first place. To overcome small little ledges? Understandable. Make every ledge up to a certain height(a bit less than knee high) be mapped to have a character step up or scale it. Want to jump around like a Tigger? Go play WoW.

Plus you can't bounce around like a Tigger, 'cause there's only one.

[Rowyne]

It all comes down to why you want jumping in the first place. To overcome small little ledges? Understandable. Make every ledge up to a certain height(a bit less than knee high) be mapped to have a character step up or scale it.

This is why I want it. I actually despise bunny hopping. It's a giant pet peeve for me (I've actually gone off on people in WoW for looking like idiots).

But I'm afraid contextual jumping won't account for all the little things I get hung up on. I'm afraid the only real solution is a free-form jump.

So, I'm willing to deal with a possible visual annoyance (though I'm hopeful that SE will implement a tasteful jump animation) to get what I feel is a needed functionality.