{Backsteps} {No Thanks}

[ispano]

But the reality of the point your trying to make is moot.

Flipping your camera via mouse is just as fast as a button seriously...it's not some task that requires years of practice and ultimate dexterity that you seem to be making it out as.

Your "Rear targeting" skills will be thwarted just as often if we had free reign over our character movements, and thankfully be able to not become nacious from the hillarious ammounts of camera flipping.

There's an actual difference, which you seem to ignore. Very few, in comparison to all people who would play a given game, can actually spin their character around that quickly, and face in the direction they want most or all of the time. Flipping the stick in reverse is far simpler and quicker.

[fusional]

meanwhile, in an alternate dimension...

Flipping your camera via mouse is just as fast as a button seriously...it's not some task that requires years of practice and ultimate dexterity that you seem to be making it out as.

Your "Rear targeting" skills will be thwarted just as often if we had free reign over our character movements, and thankfully be able to not become nacious from the hillarious ammounts of camera flipping.

i find it hard to believe most of you are functional adults in real life

[yukikaze_yanagi]

sorry, but this topic as been beated to dead many times, this is a flame bait, and the topic is insignificant. Also, pvp.
In short:

[3Jane]

Hi everyone ...

Just want to share my idea about this issue ..

I played many MMO ...

i find the while moving/fighting ... Back steps isn't a good choice... Running back is better way of moving ... back steps will be available when locking on a target ..


Many ppl that didnt play wow style games will find it difficult and might hate this game in launch

Personally I too preferred the previous way.

[Pseudopsia]

Geez louise!!!. Put this thread on hold till we see controller UI behaviour.

[Solace]

U cannot just turn around and run way. If you do, you loose sight of the mob you loose targeting.
Also back stepping is great imo.
It is far more realistic than seeing a bunch of people fighting, running all over the place to reset themselves, when they could of just taken 2 slow steps back.
I liked it in FFXIV and I will like it in ARR.

Not if you play with controller. It will be terrible with controller. Backpedal is more a mouse thing.
If I want to run away with controller, the char should automatic turn around and run away without that I need to turn around the camera first. Have you stoped the time how much it need to turn the camera to 180° with controller?

I play with a controller and backpedaling is NOT more of a mouse thing.. Where do people come up with this nonsense?
You simply pres back and it feels 100% natural, if your hands aren't dyslexic..
Backing up does not make the camera turn.. It shouldn't and never did in ffxiv.
It only works when you are locked onto a target..

Do you guys have like dreams where these things are just so uberly cool, you have to make pointless topics about them?

[Felis]

I play with a controller and backpedaling is NOT more of a mouse thing.. Where do people come up with this nonsense?
You simply pres back and it feels 100% natural, if your hands aren't dyslexic..
Backing up does not make the camera turn.. It shouldn't and never did in ffxiv.
It only works when you are locked onto a target..

I don't know what you mean.
If I pressed the stick back and my char was locked on a target, the char walked slowly back with the face to the target. But if my char wasn't locked to a target, he turned around and ran away the moment I pressed the stick back.
This you don't have anymore in ARR. You would always walk slowly back, no turn around and ran away anymore. To run away you need now to turn the camera around first. Fast running would only works forward to the camera direction.

[Solace]

I don't know what you mean.
If I pressed the stick back and my char was locked on a target, the char walked slowly back with the face to the target. But if my char wasn't locked to a target, he turned around and ran away the moment I pressed the stick back.
This you don't have anymore in ARR. You would always walk slowly back, no turn around and ran away anymore. To run away you need now to turn the camera around first. Fast running would only works forward to the camera direction.

Ahh, I misunderstood then..
Hmm idk.. I guess we'll have to see how it plays out..
I don't see it being a huge deal but idk..
I liked it backpedaling when I was locked, it made sense..
It may make just as much sense when not locked..
Just have to feel it out.

[carlosx]

we <3 MoonWalking dude!!!!!

[valetarkus]

You will be able to change the setting to back peddle or turn and run.