Back Paddling is horrible.

[Kiote]

That is your opinion and I respect that, and I agree HYPER fast is not always the key, but that does not mean that certain parts of fights can't be a little more reactive. Final fantasy has always had twitch gaming now that we have coined that term lol. Its the difference between active fast and wait combat all the way back since Final Fantasy 7. For me its more of a reaction in combat such as get out of fire in less then 2 seconds or you die type thing. Not everybody is going to like old school stand still RPG combat.. I do btw... but that is not the future of the genre anymore. From an MMO standpoint.

I'm with you. Combat can be as fast as they want to make it. They just have to make sure they don't make it so simple people can come up with standard "Rotations" and pretend they are elite.

If players cycle through the same skills more than twice in a row, your fight is to easy.

[Kiote]

Back peddalling is used during battles, moreso than anything. It's a way to position yourself properly without needing to toggle walk/run. It's in there for a reason other than "well WoW did it!"

That's funny, cause in 1.0 the current Dev team released Boss fights where backpedaling guaranteed death.

[Kiote]

Why are some people obsessed with the idea that ARR should be exactly how they think it should be, maybe they are just a bit backwards?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNPFk4QoTbg

This forums was created so we could tell the Dev Team how we wanted the game to be.

[Thebard]

This forums was created so we could tell the Dev Team how we wanted the game to be.

Perhaps you don't fully understand the meaning of the word obssession

ob·ses·sion (b-sshn, b-)
n.
1. Compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or an unwanted feeling or emotion, often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety.
2. A compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion.

[Forgo]

Perhaps you don't fully understand the meaning of the word obssession

ob·ses·sion (b-sshn, b-)
n.
1. Compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or an unwanted feeling or emotion, often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety.
2. A compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion.

alot of people here have that but we tend to not let it bother us...>.>

[ispano]

I said all should designed IN SUCH WAY they are equal.

That means NOT equal in design, but equal in VERSATILITY.

Take a look at the action bar. For keyboard its horizontal, for gamepad its a six axis menu.

Except you can't. You can make some functions similar, but one will always be superior to the other.

[Ruisu]

Well, this isn't really a matter of back pedaling is useless and it should be removed, its more about:
wait, back pedaling comes in as the default movement?
wasn't back pedaling featured in 1.0 already without meddling with basic movement?
did we have a problem with the original method which was employed in both XIV and XI with not a single complaint?

ask yourself, what do you do more often:
turn around, or back pedal?

it should be pretty clear which action should be default and which triggered by an extra button.

They're taking feedback from many alpha testers as we speak, they can add the old movement of 1.0 back in for those who don't want the PC-like controls.

That's funny, cause in 1.0 the current Dev team released Boss fights where backpedaling guaranteed death.

Like what? Ifrit? backpeddaling would have been nice as a WHM for that fight, same for BLM. Adjusting for plumes and Vulcan blasts.

Chimera? all of the ranged being able to adjust for Voice of the Dragon or the sandworms.

There's not really a fight where backpeddaling would inhibit the player. You'd have to adjust, sure, but it would take all of five seconds to do. I'm not really for backpeddaling either, it's one of my gripes in 2.0. But it does have it's uses, and it's more efficient than pressing X to walk and then adjust yourself that way.

[Neptune]

Yeah, I am right with you there. I posted about this ages ago, but everyone said it's pre-alpha, don't worry about it!

Bring back the old animations at least as an option.

[Davorok]

Black Pudding is horrible.



...wait...what?...I read that wrong?

[pool842]

Then MMORPGs in general, especially this one, are really not for you. In a world where everything is getting faster and faster and faster in gaming, it's honestly refershing to have a team that goes "whoa, whoa, is this really necessary?"

Oh it will be for me and many other mmo players out there I think you are the one that will be disappointed honestly. Yes you may have to stop laying down on your couch to play you may have to sit up and pay attention but it will be worth it in the end wink wink lol.