Animation Changes.

I noticed that the spellcasting animation for the Assassin has been changed.

It did before look rather like the Assassin was punching at the ground.... striking down a smoke-bomb or something. It was kinda cool.

Now he crouches and it looks like he is tying his shoe-laces... Definitely NOT cool.

What gives?

Are there any other animation changes that anyone is aware of?

Maybe they accidentally swapped the Ranger's prep/trap animation and put it on the assassin? *cant check right now*

Some 1/4 casts on my monk have changed. When I cast Healer's Boon he performed the animation as if it was a 2 second cast, but because it's a 1/4 second cast it looks like he's hopped up on caffeine.

Searing Flames, Sandstorm, and Savannah Heat have changed too. Now tha animation is like i'm casting an ench on myself. I think this is a bug though.

Ye, same for the monk. When i am casting word of healing, it seems I am casting a party heal, like lod/heal party, or an enchantment, but the animation of orison of healing and other healing spells are just normal.

Probably a bug, yes.

I noticed this on my Ele as well

Every elementalist elite have their animation bugged, maybe some of the other classes too

Errr.. yeah.. Mind blast does the insta/enchantcast thing to, which is really disturbing actually, I'm just hoping this is a bug I'm sure that it is.

seems a prob with elite skills animation. think about it...

Searing Flames
Sandstorm
Savannah Heat
Mind Blast
Light of Deliverance
Word of Healing

The Necro spell FOC also shows the self-targetted animation. It's very annoying. I never realized how much I depend on the animations to tell me what I cast (e.g. if my fingers slipped or something) until this bug.

Spiteful Spirit also has this "self-cast" animation ... I'm finding it to be very annoying and makes me think I've hit the wrong skill. >_<

I thought the skill changes were just mix-ups of the different skill emotes.....After Order of the Vampire you /clap .... ergh!

No problems with ranger animations that i could find.

I think the prob is only with spells... mainly ELITE spells.

ZB looks like I'm casting it on myself as well

I haven't checked yet, will do tonight and see what animation got changed!

no offense to anyone but does the animation really matter so long as the skill does what it should?

Ya the OoV animation is stupid. (Yay, im gona clap after i cast i skill because i did it so well) Change it back and leave it be. There was no need for changes. Hopefuly this update is a late april fools joke. (cept for the storage thats nice)

Well, it can. How silly would it look to cast a spell and you do the /cheer animation for it?

Same with BiP I saw..