In game walking.

[Talila]

I really don't see how this thread has anything to do with the forum's specific purpose which is role playing.

With that said, please post threads in this forum relating to role playing.

This thread has a lot to do with roleplaying, as the walking speed and animations directly impact the roleplay we engage in. For example, the speed we had earlier this year was so fast that walk-and-talk roleplay became difficult due to the fact that your character would walk into for example a tree whilst you were typing.
The new speed is much more relaxed, but it utterly broke the walking-animation which - sure, it won't prevent you from doing any roleplay in paticular - but you can easily argue that if any, roleplayers are some of the players in Rift that spend the most time with the walk-toggle on. To some extend it can ruin the sense of immersion when you watch an animation that is broken like it is currently (for most races anyhow)

As we have a very nice and open contact to Developer Krunkaton from this section and the lore section, it really seems relevant to bring a concern from the roleplay community up here so he could pass it on (which he did, and still gives us updates on the progress of a fix. Yay!) to the animationsteam. ¨

This section is not just about roleplay, but also wishes from the roleplay community to the developers, of course related to how we go about things and how the stage for roleplay can be improved.

I hope this provides you with a bit more insight into why the thread is here.

[Gamelord1]

You guys are trying to tell me it is impacting role playing more than anything else or only role playing but what about when I am chasing invasions, headed to a rift that could close at any time, headed for a tear, doing a quest, running to save a friend/party member/raid member's life or just running for my life?

Every time I log on I have to do any of those and not always do I have a mount or even remember I have a mount and as I have said on this or another thread it is not a isolated issue though you guys are trying to make it sound that way.

Isolated would be more like taking out emotes or costumes.

I don't mean to chastise you or anything just to make sure you understand.

[Talila]

You guys are trying to tell me it is impacting role playing more than anything else or only role playing but what about when I am chasing invasions, headed to a rift that could close at any time, headed for a tear, doing a quest, running to save a friend/party member/raid member's life or just running for my life?

Every time I log on I have to do any of those and not always do I have a mount or even remember I have a mount and as I have said on this or another thread it is not a isolated issue though you guys are trying to make it sound that way.

Isolated would be more like taking out emotes or costumes.

I don't mean to chastise you or anything just to make sure you understand.

Of course the issue is not isolated, neither is that what I believe people want to make it look like. But the thread here is the result of the majority of the roleplay community being unhappy with the broken walking-animations and we're (as that part of the community) expressing a wish to see it fixed. Just because it's in this section doesn't mean it's not going to get attention, actually I think the thread would have been a lot shorter-lived and easily forgotten about if it was to be moved to the general section.

[Gamelord1]

Of course the issue is not isolated, neither is that what I believe people want to make it look like. But the thread here is the result of the majority of the roleplay community being unhappy with the broken walking-animations and we're (as that part of the community) expressing a wish to see it fixed. Just because it's in this section doesn't mean it's not going to get attention, actually I think the thread would have been a lot shorter-lived and easily forgotten about if it was to be moved to the general section.

You have no way to know for sure though and it may also have worked to suggest a update for running speed. (I also suggest swimming speed be updated because that seems just as bad)

[Talila]

You have no way to know for sure though and it may also have worked to suggest a update for running speed. (I also suggest swimming speed be updated because that seems just as bad)

We're only talking about the walking speed and the walking animations here though, as that's what really affected us a whole lot. The running animations didn't break with the patch as far as I know.

[Gamelord1]

Sorry I meant to put walking to running IDK what I was thinking at the time lol.

[Gamelord1]

Since for some reason I can't edit the post above I will post this quick question before returning to the thread topic.

The forum description says to mainly discuss in character what exactly does that mean?

I somewhat understand it but it still a bit confusing for me.

[Talila]

Since for some reason I can't edit the post above I will post this quick question before returning to the thread topic.

The forum description says to mainly discuss in character what exactly does that mean?

I somewhat understand it but it still a bit confusing for me.

Basically it means that the forum's original intention was to inspire for forum-roleplay (another style of roleplay) - In character means that you act like your character. However the section has never really been used for this and it's been requested a couple of times that the description was changed to be a little more appropriate for the sections actual use.

[Gamelord1]

Hmm, yes I have seen forums like this before however not with such odd and confusing wording hence the confusion.

I guess no one on rift cares for forum role playing just in game role playing which is pretty sad because I find it much easier and funner.

Since no one does that if I wanted to like write a story based on rift and post it here would I be able to?

[SWGMOD010]

All the current problems in the game and you're worried about walk speed?

Lol.

[Gamelord1]

Lol the thread above is a good example of trolling that the moderators should learn from.