Animations and Abilities

The animations we have seen so far seem really clunky and long. I know fighting is meant to take a long time and to be methodical but I think combat fails to account for how good the reflexes of an average player is. I think decreasing the length of animations and reducing the input delay inbetween abilities would significantly improve the feel combat. Allowing more movement during abilities would also help.

However I haven't played the alpha. What do you guys think? I know alot of people want to see combat to shift more towards wow and I can see the appeal but I think in general the dynamics and flow of combat looks really awkward and clunky. It's the same issue New World had.

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Cold 0ne FTB

Varkun wrote: »

Even with the changes they are bringing in they will only be a stepping stone along the way to the eventual combat system. I just hope that they are a positive step that we can all provide our feedback on and help combat evolve.

Agreed and I hope I am not sounding too negative. I absolutely loved that boss fight they showed us the other day. I know it's been overstated but combat will make and break this game and I think everybody's opinion on this subject is important. I just hope we aren't giving them too many conflicting opinions.

Ultimately this game is Stephen's and I think he has done an incredible job so far of walking the tight rope of listening to feedback and staying true to his vision. I think I can speak for many of us when I say that I trust his vision. I just hope we can see a version of combat that has a pace somewhere in-between Apocalypse and what we see now.

LieutenantToast

Hiya! As a few folks above have noted, some of your early feedback on skills you're seeing (such as those in the Mage video) have led to direct changes from our team. For example, here's a quote from Steven on Discord from shortly before the holiday break:

Steven: I've asked the anim team to replace the jump and twirl anim on fireball to a grounded anim

With our upcoming combat iterations, I would definitely expect to see more changes leading up to our future test phases

combat in general will certainly be something we ask for your thoughts on repeatedly as we continue to iterate!

Cold 0ne FTB

LieutenantToast wrote: »

Hiya! As a few folks above have noted, some of your early feedback on skills you're seeing (such as those in the Mage video) have led to direct changes from our team. For example, here's a quote from Steven on Discord from shortly before the holiday break:

Steven: I've asked the anim team to replace the jump and twirl anim on fireball to a grounded anim

With our upcoming combat iterations, I would definitely expect to see more changes leading up to our future test phases combat in general will certainly be something we ask for your thoughts on repeatedly as we continue to iterate!

Sounds good! I am excited to see what you guys had in store. NGL that boss fight blew my mind. I have never seen CC in an MMO work on such a large scale.

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