Sprint Ability

[Akk]

A 0.25-0.50 second delay after pressing jump could allow time for double-jumping to be means of activating Sprint.

Adding a transition animation between standing and jumping/Sprinting would be nice, too. Like if immediately after pressing jump your character would sort of squat halfway, then you would either jump or by pressing jump again you would begin to Sprint.

[Mudd]

I'd just put it on the last bar, and make a macro for it to save space on my main bar. I dont see the problem.

[valetarkus]

To me it looks like all you have to do is hit the = button and your golden to sprint. (which i like how they added the - and = keys to the command list. So as far as it being a pain i don't think its a big deal. as long as they have a button set up for it on the the controller it's golden.

But I hate the way it looks. I'm not talking about the unfinished alpha animations but that just to sprint its made such a big deal that your body is surrounded by a huge energy burst of light like your turning Super Saiyan or something. its not a huge thing but it does bug me. i would rather just not have that because it feels a bit to over the top for just a sprint.

Otherwise i love the fact that you can sprint! That was my biggest peeve of 1.0 it often took quite some time just to travel to places on occasion. but i hope this doesn't take away the ARC abillity swift song.

[NoctisUmbra]

OK. Basically, just because it doesn't seem simple to YOU, or because YOU don't see a problem, doesn't mean there isn't a problem, and it doesn't mean you play like everybody else or think like everybody else. The fact is, you are too stupid to look at this with a broad enough perspective to see the issues, because you're only looking at it from one perspective. I very rarely want to call someone stupid, but you are belligerent enough to get it out of me. I set out in my original post the reasons it was inconvenient to ME, and a few others agreed. Just because you play different (i.e. don't plan on using this ability) does not mean that it is inconvenient to use repetitively. You are very small minded because you can't see the benefit in going into excruciating detail on the small things to make sure the bigger picture is the best it can be. Why do you think this company is not successful?

I like how you said the battle system and gear sets are much more worthy of feedback. That's just an example of you trying to prioritize a discussion, in a thread about the discussion of something else. The fact is, the small things are easier to get right. There's room for discussion about all aspects of the game here. There's no need for you to waste our time telling us what's worth talking about and what's not.

Lovely post as always Neptune. Really showing some character. Stay classy.

I'm not sure why you said that, because presumably you can already use Sprint in battle since it just uses your TP. It's basically like using a weaponskill. Most likely you'd use it to flee a battle.

Having it toggle with a steady drain would make it possible to activate feasibly during combat as a means to increase mobility. That'd throw battle balance into a frenzy, not to mention making the Sprint ability something to be used in a way that is not its intention.

You can't understand something so simple, yet you call me stupid.

P.S: Having access to Alpha doesn't mean one necessarily stops posting here. Worth mentioning. Just a thought.

[Leonesaurus]

I think the ideas here being presented are note-worthy for the developers to take interest!

I for one use sprinting a lot in any game that I play and take advantage of it to the fullest.

With that being said, I'd like to have a feel for it myself if it was mapped to the R3/L3, since I generally prefer the LB method like in Skyrim or a few other titles, but I would not mind it in the slightest if it were tweaked to be a passive L3 triggered ability.

I'm glad you brought this topic to our attention, because I'm sure many others playing might end up feeling the same way as well, and I think it's good to discuss these things about the alpha so it makes the players and devs job, at the same time, much easier.

So I say, keep discussing what the best method is and hopefully we get some interesting responses and feedback!

[Starlord]

To me, I honestly feel it's not really an issue, Sure it takes up (1 block). but it's really not in my way it's just there for when I need to "Sprint" because I don't feel like walk/normal running.

But I do agree it could be a passive ability so it won't be in the way, but it's not game-breaking or annoying

[NoctisUmbra]

Can't... tell if serious.

I was gonna reply to your little comment on Rein's thread saying:

I thought you only posted when you had bad ideas or jumped to misconceived conclusions.

Then I saw this thread. One can imagine my expression upon seeing this thread.

[Raven_Reborn]

The cool down for Sprint is long enough that it would actually be a WASTE to have it mapped to a button...

[Neptune]

Huh ?

[auritribe]

Dont care. Have chocobo. End of discussion.