Can female characters please get a feminine run back?

JJDancer · 2022-09-18T02:50:49.587Z

That is funny, because I just built a little outpost by the Den, since my old base there decayed, and I brought you along, and was wondering if the thrall looked anything like you, lol.

Barnes · 2022-09-18T02:57:15.958Z

Similar to the toon I used for my 5 tips YT video, facially. The NPC is shorter, stockier and bulkier. I’m satisfied, and he cracks me up. I’d have chosen the tallest of the builds, slimmer and with slate-grey hair.

syx · 2022-09-18T03:03:22.152Z

Today I noticed similarities with ghoul animation.
PoolGhoul

Cattibria · 2022-09-18T13:29:06.137Z

I have noticed this with my female character. Is it possible that it has something to do with what the character is wearing and is equipped with? I run equipped with heavy Aqualonian armor. I did not see this happening in my game. The weapon does not appear to affect the stance or how the character runs/walks.

Has anyone actually tried different gear to see if this changes anything?

Rodis · 2022-09-18T13:59:23.184Z

If you run without weapon or tool in your hands it’s seems to like normal (old) movement animation. But after you pick a stance (take something in your hands) you move like an ape. Armor do nothing, looks like this is only armed stance movement animation issue.

Cattibria · 2022-09-18T14:54:00.825Z

I have not seen that when I run with a weapon in hand, single or two-handed.

JJDancer · 2022-09-18T20:55:14.248Z

The old animation, the female avatar kept her arms at her sides, and an even movement of the legs. The new animation, once you equip a weapon/tool, her arms immediately go out from her sides and she swings her hips in a manish fashion when trotting.

Sairdontis · 2022-09-18T21:12:05.534Z

That sounds very strange from an artist standpoint to me. Is center of gravity taken into account when programming the movement of the female form ?

JJDancer · 2022-09-19T03:22:47.485Z

2022-09-18 15_09_14-Window1036×647 91.2 KB

Here is an example, elbows out, arms bent at weird angles, running like a man. I guess it will take getting used to, like the running up the stairs weirdness. Watch yourself doing that from the side, its very awkward.

V_ForeverRebel_V · 2022-09-19T06:48:50.041Z

Than why devs can’t fix basic graphical bugs? Yamatai warlord armor is bugged since 2021 of October, the Aquilonian Black Dragon armor and the Argossean Marine armors also bugged.
Either they can’t or not willing to fix them.

V_ForeverRebel_V · 2022-09-19T06:52:50.821Z

Light armor medium or heavy, all of them having ghoul/imp animations when running/sprinting etc.
Armed or unarmed, two handed swords spears, shields or dual wield, the posture and the movement is a disaster.

stelagel · 2022-09-19T08:33:56.599Z

V_ForeverRebel_V:

Than why devs can’t fix basic graphical bugs?

I cannot answer!
I am not arguing with you my fellow exile, we always see in each update years now some old bugs rolling through time . I do understand your despair, I am on the players side, so sometimes I go desperate too . Especially the climb bug is killing me! But let’s keep it on topic, we don’t want the flagging system to close this feedback conversation.

I am with you , please let’s keep it on topic and civil .

V_ForeverRebel_V · 2022-09-19T09:16:51.284Z

Same here, hate to argue (especially when internet people get more and more angry).

When first saw the game I was in agony cause I missed the pre order DLC, where I live it’s a 3rd world country had no ads and worked on garbage truck, then had the bugs on DLC’s that I liked (paid full price) and now this… Those utterly terrible made animations.

They could at least make them optional/dependable by agility/strength stats idk, I really want to play this game but Funcom does everything that I wouldn’t play it.

CodeMage · 2022-09-19T22:17:49.193Z

V_ForeverRebel_V:

How is that modders always do better job than a full paid devs?

They don’t. To put it bluntly, just because you don’t know what you’re talking about, doesn’t make it true.

Modders work on a subset of the game, they don’t have to support a multitude of platforms, and they don’t really answer to anyone. And I’m saying that with utmost respect for modders, by the way, and the modders I know agree with that assessment.

V_ForeverRebel_V:

Than why devs can’t fix basic graphical bugs? Yamatai warlord armor is bugged since 2021 of October, the Aquilonian Black Dragon armor and the Argossean Marine armors also bugged.

You’re comparing the scope of one mod, with the scope of the whole game. Devs have a lot more to work on than modders. Not only that, there’s always more work than the dev team can accomplish – and you can’t get rid of that by adding more people to the team because you run into diminishing returns when people work on the same bits of code.

Since there’s always more work than they can do, they always have to prioritize. All of the bugs and features get sorted by priority and people work on higher-priority stuff, leaving lower-priority stuff for later when they can get to it.

All software development works like this, not just games.

Sairdontis · 2022-09-19T22:36:08.435Z

CodeMage:

All software development works like this, not just games.

Thank you ! Someone print this on a large plaque made of Star Metal and place it on the login screen.

Xevyr · 2022-09-19T23:05:56.349Z

V_ForeverRebel_V:

They could at least make them optional/dependable by agility/strength stats idk, I really want to play this game but Funcom does everything that I wouldn’t play it.

Yet you are complaining about completely negligible visual glitches or animations.
And I’m not trying to be ignorant here and dismiss YOUR personal preference and priority list. However like @CodeMage pointed out above ALL software development includes internal task-lists and actual priority assigned to each and every item on them…

The discoloration of the Yamatai warlord chest piece is simply not important enough to put ahead of other issues that actually prevent people from playing the game such as stability problems that cause crashes, game mechanics not functioning properly, exploits… etc. and as such it more than likely keeps getting pushed back on that list - since 2021 like you said - in favor of more important things.

Does the armor function? Yes… Does it somehow prevent the player from playing the game, does it crash their game? No… Are there a ton of other available armors in the game should the player dislike the visual issues? Yes…
The answers to all these questions most likely makes this particular bug the lowest priority of them all and I completely agree with that.

It’s the same with the animation… Is your character able to move? Yes? Good! (like I pointed above).
Once they fix every other bug that causes game crashes or half the playstation players missing gigantic sections of their bases etc. they will most likely come back and address these issues - unless something higher priority comes along in the meantime, which will push them back further.
That’s just how it works

(And it’s not the only industry that works like this… try going to a hospital ER with some sprained ankle that already has ice on it and see how well your complaints go over with the nurses that you’ve been in the waiting room for 2 hours longer than that gunshot victim they just pushed in ahead of you!)

Cattibria · 2022-09-20T15:00:25.394Z

The powers that be have answered us.

https://forums.funcom.com/t/about-female-movement-animations/207018

darthphysicist · 2022-09-20T17:10:13.470Z

Knew it had to be a bug.

V_ForeverRebel_V · 2022-09-23T09:54:03.323Z

What about the animations that are not with weapons? Like going upwards and downwards? How about the the leg movement being reduced, lowered back and wide shoulders?

system · 2022-09-30T11:55:05.112Z

This topic was automatically closed 7 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.