New Alpha Video

[yukikaze_yanagi]

Things they need to fix before it releases. THE ANIMATIONS HOLEY COW AM I GOING TO BE PLAYING A GAME FROM 2005? Seriously, terrible.
The character graphics are still terrible. Come on...

There was a time where you made countless topic on bullshit, but with common sense to be polite. Now you're just a common moron

[Lirion]

It's hardly just animation issues. Camera control is the basis of gameplay. If I'm kiting an enemy I spin the camera around the opposite way so I can watch the enemies movement. If I see it get caught up on something I know I have some extra time to stop and cast to save myself or build extra hate. If the camera is locked to my back, do you say I need to put up with running backwards when I kite because it's 'small stuff'?

Yeah I know it's alpha and incomplete, but unless people bring up aspects they don't like, then everything we see is in fact complete. They only change the parts we give them feedback on.

Thank you to the person who pointed out that the camera is shown moving freely in the live letter. I could see it pan around the character to view the front when crafting. I could also see the camera pan around the character in battle when it had a lock on a target. I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for though. I would like the camera to pan around the character when running in a straight line, without a lock on target. A simple toggle with the home key to unlock the camera from the characters back is all I ask.

I think the controls work like this, holding right click turns the camera and your character while holding left click will turn only the camera no matter where you are running. This is how it works in Guild Wars 2.

Things they need to fix before it releases. THE ANIMATIONS HOLEY COW AM I GOING TO BE PLAYING A GAME FROM 2005? Seriously, terrible.
The character graphics are still terrible. Come on...

[Pretz]

I think the controls work like this, holding right click turns the camera and your character while holding left click will turn only the camera no matter where you are running. This is how it works in Guild Wars 2.

Any idea how that will work for a keyboard player? I use IJKL for camera control.

[Lirion]

Any idea how that will work for a keyboard player? I use IJKL for camera control.

Say you hold down W to run forward and hold right mouse button to turn the camera, this will turn your character as well. Now say you hold W and run forward but now hold left mouse and turn the camera, this time the camera rotates around your character who is still running in the same direction as you started, it will not turn your character.

Now I'm not 100% on that this is exactly how it works in ARR but from watching the alpha videos from the past events and playing GW2 this is the impression I got.

Edit: Just understood what you meant.
If you can replace the different camera movements with keybindings we'll have to wait and see or maybe camera control on keyboard will work like the right analog stick in the controller.

[Ceravic]

Things they need to fix before it releases. THE ANIMATIONS HOLEY COW AM I GOING TO BE PLAYING A GAME FROM 2005? Seriously, terrible.
The character graphics are still terrible. Come on...

You're such a tool. I hope they continue down this path simply to alienate you so you go away. This game already looks leaps and bounds ahead of 1.0.

[Gramul]

Things they need to fix before it releases. THE ANIMATIONS HOLEY COW AM I GOING TO BE PLAYING A GAME FROM 2005? Seriously, terrible.
The character graphics are still terrible. Come on...

Oh good. You're alive too.

[whoopeeragon]

Oh good. You're alive too.

We need to remedy that. -adjusts Dalamud's targetting system-

[Munba]

Have you noticed the 'lake' part has a transportation npc? And there is a boat on the pier. Probably you can travel to various places in the forest from there.

[Enyce]

My Troll senses are tingling!

[Rustyhagun]

People should not worry about the animations to much.. there's no way Yoshi would make the mistake and downgrade the animations we have in 1.0, that would be a silly decision. Even the jump animation 9it being new) should have a stumble to it when landing back on your feet (Far/long drop distance jumps should show this new animation, characters should not look like falling statues when they land on their feet again, put realistic jumping falling physics in.) There a few mmo's that look less graphically than 2.0 that manage to do this well.

If Yoshi and his team keep the animations as they are now it will show a sign of laziness, because they have all the motion capture for the current races already...just put them in, its that simple. Any new race they have planned (which I hope is at least 1-5 races, from launch through 2.0 life) is the only work they would have to do to add new motion capture.
Yoshi needs to do this, or they will loss points/face come review time. Because reviewers will make note how the animations in 1.0 were 5x's smoother and better looking, than the animations in 2.0.

Don't cut corners on avatar AI, behavior, or animations, Yoshi-san. This game is being looked at too closely by all gamers, just ready/itching to be laughed at again. I have to much pride and love for this game to let this happen. It being the first MMO trying to make a comeback from releasing a game that had no heft to it, this game needs to keep the great look and control our characters had in 1.0.