Movement and animation blending.

[Kirth]

One of the things that keeps making combat frustrating for me, is the lack of mobility during combat. When there are certain mob TP moves that are conal, or area of effect, and have a build time that gives you ample warning to start moving, it's absurd that I'm in the middle of casting a cure, and I have to stand there while the rest of the animation wraps up, after the spell has already cast and taken effect. Or, when I start to move out of range, and my shield drops, so my character has to stop dead in his tracks to lower his arm, and then get hit with the TP move. Can the devs please look into this and make mobility better during combat? The animations are gorgeous in this game, but playability should be first priority.

[Zhinse]

The animations are a holdover from the Alpha Phase battle system. All the attack animations in this game have movement stun properties. A lot of amazing games with great actions have the same property of not being able to move while the animation was busy looking pretty, such as Street Fighter, which is an example of some of the best video game combat around. The difference is the speed and and values of start up, hit and recovery frames.

None of the animations were designed for a system of this pace, and they were definitely not designed from the ground up for this system. They were just shoehorned in. The best thing for them to do is to change the values of the animation frames, since creating totally new animations is a long and expensive process (i know. i'm studying animation).

But the current battle system is going to be thrown away anyways. We can only hope that they build the new system to better use the animation assets they already have, or build new animations from the ground up that wont inhibit the new system.

[Betelgeuzah]

Yes, this needs to be addressed. This is even more important than the particle effects IMO.

Make skills execute faster + unlock basic attack and some buff animations as well as the engage/disengage animation + create transition animations for a smoother visual game experience.

To show an example to the representatives, look at this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DTvf...ailpage#t=179s

The animations do not blend properly, as limbs disappear and reappear somewhere else later. The motion capture technique is the culprit, I think.

Now let's show an example of something more acceptable:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_F8Bt5cfYg

The animations are precise and go off quick. The character still stops to execute every skill but they are so fast that it really is no issue. The movement is also faster and 'sharper'. I'm sorry for the lack of proper terms.

But this problem needs more attention, we need to discuss it!

[Xquiel]

the problem is the low mobility in battle!! the animations are less important.... but that needs to be improved too, specially the animation's bugs... like run while stunned and sleeping but staying in the same place...