In retrospect, Daredevil staff animations just don’t work.

[Shinji.8320]

I’ve kept silent about this for ages because it really wasn’t that big of a deal but it just kind of **bugs** me that daredevils hold and swing their staff with the Hammer/Greatsword rigging. Would it not have been far more stylish (and more in keeping with the idea of a melee staff) to have it passively held in the same manner as a casting staff? (And with that sexy twirl animation, to boot.)

One would think that a slick martial-artist class would wield their staff more like a staff than a sledgehammer. It might even distract from the hideous splayed-out heads the artists seem to love slapping on their staves.

I dunno what I’m really expecting from this thread, but am I the only one who think this? Or do other people agree?

[Doctor Hide.6345]

Something has always bugged me about the staff when it was besides the thump sounds. Maybe that was it, I am not sure anymore. Also, there is only like 3 combos of armor that match the staffs aesthetics. Everything else looks meh with with the staff.

[Asur.9178]


 

[Alatar.7364]

I love Daredevil more than any other Class.

But the Daredevils Staff Idel animation is worse than any animation of any other Class.

[kash.9213]

Same with Rifle running animation. Instead of looking like a sharpshooter shifting around we look like we're charging with bayonets. It's frustrating because both staff and rifle have a few really good animations and the whole set should be fleshed out, especially it's default look that we see a lot.

[Leo Schrodingers Cat.2497]

> @kash.9213 said:

> Same with Rifle running animation. Instead of looking like a sharpshooter shifting around we look like we're charging with bayonets. It's frustrating because both staff and rifle have a few really good animations and the whole set should be fleshed out, especially it's default look that we see a lot.

 

Try char. When you run with the rifle, you just lumber around with it in one hand like a sword.

[Wargameur.6950]

We had a lot of talk about animations during the beta week-end, they made some change...but a lot are reused animations.

 

The only time I feel animations are great with a staff is when I'm doing fractals as a charr :p

[Sir Vincent III.1286]

Both Elite Spec weapon animation have problems, thus I don't use Staff nor Rifle. Staff Skill #2 always bugs me and now Rifle Skill #5 -- i sometimes can't tell if I'm kneeling or not -- much worse with my Asura Thief.

[Jack Skywalker.5674]

I never liked staff auto attack on human daredevils. I wish they swaped the first 2 animations of the staff from the daredevil staff with those from the revenant.

[Slowmelt.8547]

Weaver gets like 40 new skills with tons of flash and polish.

Thief can't even get a basic animation work-up.

 

#JustANetThings

[Dahkeus.8243]

Yea, Daredevil was a big disappointment for me mostly because of staff and the bad animations.

 

I enjoy playing Daredevil in PvP, but only as a D/P thief because the dodge mechanic boost and how strong Impact Strike can be.

 

 

[Luranni.9470]

Staff and also the Bound dodge both wind me up so much I can't use them. Bound because there's always that little stutter on land, and the sound effect is out of sync with the animation. Staff because all the animations look flat-out daft, including the idle-in-combat hold animation, just awful.

 

I too wonder about the vast difference of effort put into different classes/weapons/specs - some seem to get a "copy, paste, shove it in and call it done" others get lovingly crafted from scratch with pizazz and artistry. This kind of lack of consistency in a product suggests an unprofessional setup and the lack of a suitably qualified quality control and testing team. Very sad to see tbh.

[Alatar.7364]

I still pray I'll see the Day Daredevil Staff animation while Idle in Combat stance will get a fix (literally fix), some goes for the first of the AA skill chain

[Turk.5460]

> @"Leo Schrodingers Cat.2497" said:

> > @kash.9213 said:

> > Same with Rifle running animation. Instead of looking like a sharpshooter shifting around we look like we're charging with bayonets. It's frustrating because both staff and rifle have a few really good animations and the whole set should be fleshed out, especially it's default look that we see a lot.

>

> Try char. When you run with the rifle, you just lumber around with it in one hand like a sword.

 

Yeah and it's terrible. I *really* wish that the default running w/idle rifle animation was the same as when you are getting up from a Kneel. Like when you end kneel, and immediately run, the rifle is still in both hands, pointed down and to the left. Similar to how Soldier 76 holds his future-pulse-laser-blaster-majigger when he sprints.

 

And for the Staff - since the running animation is the same as a Hammer, it looks like our agile acrobatic weapon weighs 200lbs.