Sprint Ability

[Drygir]

This might have been said already but this forum is crazy long. I don't want a sprint that automatically happens! That's a horrible idea! Then again a few of these are just as bad >.< Honestly I'm just glad we have sprint.

[IloveYouPumpkin]

I don't think everyone should have sprint to begin with. It's kind of awkward. Maybe certain people like monks it's okay. What's the point if we get mounts? I think something like sprint should be part of the identity of a certain job, like monks.

[Felis]

You can't use mounts everywhere.

[Miliant]

ITT people complain about stuff they haven't even tried.

[NoctisUmbra]

ITT people complain about stuff they haven't even tried.

Pretty much. Then they get sour when you try to tell them that. There's an alpha forum filled with people giving feedback of in game everything after having tried it - a goldmine for SE's team right now, and we've got a group here thinking they're doing something of great value.

I may have been sounding like a dick so far in this thread. Suffice it to say I'm not sugarcoating my words, but seriously... Take a hint guys. There's a massive difference in opinion once you try something versus before you try it - even if you see 4-5 videos on it and have a solid idea of how every aspect of it works.

[Almalexia]

ITT people complain about stuff they haven't even tried.

I am ITT.

I am a person.

I am familiar with the tactile sensation of pressing keys (henceforth, "Try").

I have Tried sprinting (henceforth, "Stuff") in dozens of games.

The practical benefits of Stuff mapped to a single key are well-known in the video game trade.

Trying Stuff in FFXIV is materially different from Trying Stuff in other games where Stuff is mapped to a key, not an action bar.

Without Trying Stuff in FFXIV firsthand, I can reasonably anticipate, based on Trying Stuff in other, similar circumstances, that the experience of Trying Stuff in FFXIV will be disagreeable.

Therefore, "ITT people complain about stuff they haven't even tried" is a crock of shit and is as useless to the discussion as my post.

Now what?

[alexhatesmil]

I am ITT.

I am a person.

I am familiar with the tactile sensation of pressing keys (henceforth, "Try").

I have Tried sprinting (henceforth, "Stuff") in dozens of games.

The practical benefits of Stuff mapped to a single key are well-known in the video game trade.

Trying Stuff in FFXIV is materially different from Trying Stuff in other games where Stuff is mapped to a key, not an action bar.

Without Trying Stuff in FFXIV firsthand, I can reasonably anticipate, based on Trying Stuff in other, similar circumstances, that the experience of Trying Stuff in FFXIV will be disagreeable.

Therefore, "ITT people complain about stuff they haven't even tried" is a crock of shit and is as useless to the discussion as my post.

Now what?

I am familiar with the gustatory sensation of eating pizza (henceforth, "Try").

I have tried pizza (henceforth, "Stuff") at dozens of restaurants.

The practical benefits of Stuff having crust, sauce, and cheese in spatially ascending order are well-known in the culinary trade.

Trying Chicago-style Stuff, whereby the sauce is placed atop the cheese, is materially different from Trying conventionally-constructed Stuff.

Without Trying Chicago-style Stuff firsthand, I can reasonably anticipate, based on Trying Stuff in other, similar circumstances, that the experience of Trying Chicago-style Stuff will be disagreeable.

Makes perfect sense.

[Miliant]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and deduce from your post (90% blabber btw) that you seem to think that because actions/abilities can only be used if they're set in an action bar in MMOs, they cannot be mapped to a specific key.

In WoW, an MMO that's been used as a model for FFXIV's UI, you can map any key you like to ANY slot in ANY action bar you like. So let me tell you how it works in WoW:

Correct me if I'm wrong on this specifically, but I haven't played WoW in a long time, but if I recall correctly you can have 3 or 4 bars by defeault (default + ctrl, alt, shift) and up to 10 or 12 action bars if you use certain add-ons.

So what if I want to map an ability to the "F2" key on my keyboard? It's quite simple really. I just pick an action bar I don't use, for instance, action bar 10. Then I go into the keybindings setup and remove all mappings for that bar. Then I map "F2" to the 1st slot of bar 10. I then put the ability I want mapped to F2 on slot 1 of bar 10. I then make sure bar 10 is never shown by making it invisible. Now I don't have to see bar 10, but whenever I hit F2 I can still use that ability.
That's how it works in WoW, and I don't see why it'd be different in this game given that they used WoW's UI as a basis for this game.

So let me reaffirm my "ITT people complain about stuff they haven't even tried" claim.

[Firon]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and deduce from your post (90% blabber btw) that you seem to think that because actions/abilities can only be used if they're set in an action bar in MMOs, they cannot be mapped to a specific key.

In WoW, an MMO that's been used as a model for FFXIV's UI, you can map any key you like to ANY slot in ANY action bar you like. So let me tell you how it works in WoW:

Correct me if I'm wrong on this specifically, but I haven't played WoW in a long time, but if I recall correctly you can have 3 or 4 bars by defeault (default + ctrl, alt, shift) and up to 10 or 12 action bars if you use certain add-ons.

So what if I want to map an ability to the "F2" key on my keyboard? It's quite simple really. I just pick an action bar I don't use, for instance, action bar 10. Then I go into the keybindings setup and remove all mappings for that bar. Then I map "F2" to the 1st slot of bar 10. I then put the ability I want mapped to F2 on slot 1 of bar 10. I then make sure bar 10 is never shown by making it invisible. Now I don't have to see bar 10, but whenever I hit F2 I can still use that ability.
That's how it works in WoW, and I don't see why it'd be different in this game given that they used WoW's UI as a basis for this game.

So let me reaffirm my "ITT people complain about stuff they haven't even tried" claim.

FF fans dun know about advances in tech for games <.<

[Andrien]

I see more subtle trolling in here than constructive discussions regarding in ways to improve sprint. Those individuals have no one else to blame but themselves.


OT: I don't see anything wrong with sprint myself, but I can think of ways to make it more effective.

You know, it would really suck if you click or hit the sprint macro button by accident while in engage in combat, and poof there goes all your TP.. Wouldn't that piss you off? It would piss me off..