[dev1008] About Jumping

[Kimahri]

I don't really follow, but by your example with the behest, honestly if you are going to throw a tantrum over something as simple as that you should really reevaluate so of your life choices and probably seek help. PvP really isn't the place to be jumping anyways, FFXIV isn't a FPS, FFXIV however is a fantasy MMO, and being fantasy should allow its players some freedoms! FFXIV: Fun, Freedom, XIV!!!

I guess in a way you're right. To hell with it. Add the damn feature. However if I see twenty people jumping, I will kick your ***, Dromax. Hahaha!

I still wouldn't mind adding more features like this to add more sense of exploration though. Climbing mountains, swimming in the sea, and hell maybe even flying.

Edit: And even though jumping isn't the place when in PvP. I guarantee you people will jump around you while you're fighting. Oh well though....Never cared for PvP anyway!

[Hunidew]

I think jumping would be really cool. I agree with Rowyne on post #118 and have complete confidence that the ffxiv team would make it enjoyable for everyone.

[Steelcyclone]

Jumping would give the game a more free feeling imo. I have never played a game (wow included) where people just jumped like rabbits 24 7 all day like most of you people think is going to happen. Getting over small objects would be a nice feature then having to walk around every single little thing. On top of that if you dont want to "jump" then just dont simple as that. Problem solved now lets get this in the game.

[Galamantyl]

I am in favor of jumping up and down on beds. Mom says she does it with all her friends from work all the time.

[Point_Zero]

No jumping please... unless its used for some skank mithra thats asking for it.. :P

[Jennestia]

Let me try and help clear this up. I think what Alexzander and Jennestia (Hey! I think I got a fan group now! lol) are basically saying that jump should be used as a simple automatic funtion when the need arises to jump. It's basically like the Auto-Attack from XI when Jennestia is talking about the A.I. By this I mean that even though your character is attacking, you're not giving direct commands other than to attack and/or disengage.

Now to just go a little more into her post and using that example I just said, what she means is that the A.I. will automatically jump when the need arises to jump. Hope this clears it up for you.

Yep pretty much this. My first language is Japanese, so I'm doing my best to explain in English.

[DeadRiser]

No jumping please... unless its used for some skank mithra thats asking for it.. :P

Please don't try to call out Miqo'te because we are more developed than you midget lalafell. Please and thanks.

[Naryl]

I don't see why could anyone be against an additional feature. However I DO agree jump is irrelevant and innecessary if it's only used as an /emote, if it's going to just be that I think it would be better that the dev team uses their time to fix other issues or add content (instanced pve! yay!).

But if "jump" itself is used as another action that can change the way our characters interact with the enemies and the world I think it's worth it. For example you could jump to avoid certain bosses attacks that travel through the ground, or to climb to a safe place while the boss does a huge aoe, etc.

I think it would be also interesting that certain classes could use jump better than others, ofc the Dragoon(if implemented) seems like the best class to do huge jumps to gain better position in the fight, or even landind using a skill that triggers once the character lands. But not only that, a gladiator or a marauder could be worse at jumping since they are equiped with heavy armor, or mages since they physical power tends to be low, while thief/ninja classes could use jump as another tool to move between enemies.

About ppl complaining it would ruin the atmosphere of the game, or the inmersion.. err you know if you go out to the street and try hard enough you can jump, even in RL! It seems pretty easy to understand that our characters SHOULD be able to do the same. You don't want to see ppl spaming it? it's easy, make it so jump uses stamina, like another skill, but only do that if rly jump will bring something to the PVE enviorenment, if not, it's just better to don't waste time on implementing another emote.

[Kurai]

I won't mind a button-trigger action near certain points of the terrain... just not free jumping anywhere.

i like the sound of that (’-’*) フフ

spam jumping in WoW annoyed me to no end

[Aldora]

When it comes to jumping, i don't really need a dedicated button with which i can make my character jump. But, i do find it annoying that i can't jump off a small ledge and thus need to walk a long way around in order to get to the place i need to be.

If you add an A.I. which will trigger a jump-event when you get close to an edge, it might generate a lot of frustration for people who want to stand close to an edge and not automatically jump off. But, if you implement it in a way that you need to "push" yourself off the edge in order to jump (like walking through a npc or a pc), you would still be able to stand on the edge without automatically jumping off.

But... I'll wait and see what SE's view is on that subject.