Change the Way Assassins Run, PLEASE

Okay, Firday I started up a female assassin named Dude Where's My Sword. She looked like somthing from Mortal Combat, but then she started running: freakin drunken gorrilla in heat. Anet please change the way female Assassins run, please


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ya it looks retarded but i dont care if it stays or not

People keep forgetting that this is just a PREVIEW on the actual thing, if it was then you can whine. But it isn't so stop making threads about it.

The normal running is NASTY (i agree that they look like crazy gorillas)... but their "boosted" running animation is AWESOME IMO. Anet should make Assassins run like that normaly and make them run like Tengu when "boosted" (i.e. using dash, or shadow step, etc..).


/signed (but please keep the "boosted" running speed animation)

Wait, is there a difference between the Tengu run and the Assassin sprint?

I second Shinobi's suggestion

The sprint animation would look really wierd if you were moving more slowly, if anything, I think our normal run should be made similar the the Tengu run, since Tengu are running normal already when they do theirs.

I have no problems with their normal running(when running with weapons of course). I absolutely love their sprint, though. That's just charging head-long into battle.

I like the running animations. Dont know why it bothers people so much. But meh...whatever.

Assasin sprint is cool. It looks like something off Dragonball Z.

Some thoughts I had on different running animations...

1)The run could be made more into a commando side stepping instead of a hunched over attack position..

2)They could make them run with their arms extended at their sides...

3) They could charge like Samurai do with their weapon sheethed, but that wouldn't work too well consider they have daggers and not katanas.

A combination of the three...

My key point is, IT MUST BE GRACEFUL, swaying from side to side, not bunglo bobbing head up and down. Assassins should make it look easy too, not like its an effort. Gracefulness + Hair swaying + One shoulder foward + Steady pace + not strained = Elements for a good running animation.

Also the way they hold daggers should be changed I'm all for right handed dagger with the blade pointing up and the left handed dagger with the blade pointing down, get some sick animations going with the blocking and counter.

The tengu run looks good as a sprint, but I would like the non-sprint to look at least kind of normal. I mean how incospicuous is it to go running around like that???

Tengu are more like birds when they run.. Or atleast thats the way I've seen them portrayed. With hands to the side, leaning in in a dash jumping over obsticales dodging branches etc etc.

People keep forgetting this is a forum. What do you expect people to talk about? If the topic didn't interest you, why did you click it in the first place? Plus, since it is a preview, and if people didn't have anything to comment about this, it might go on to the final release.

Anyway, I agree, the way assassins run looks rather odd.

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completely agree with the dagger thing. holding both daggers pointing up just doesnt look right.

back to the subject, i love the sprinting animation, but i agree the regular one has to be changed a bit. yea, making it like the tengu run would be cool

Because of the fact this HAS been mentioned before and is becoming vexing. Again, it is JUST a preview and the running animation might/might not be changed in the final release.

I dont care if its a preview or the real thing, I love this run and if it doesnt stay there's going to be some violence.

it looks retarded.

and yes we have to b*tch all we can now about it to make sure it doesn't get into the final release. Anet seems to have a history of changing things the community (or a small majority who speaks out) don't like after excessive complains.

I must agree. Turn this thread into a petiton to change the normal Assassin movement animation. If this is more like a petition thread, Anet may pay more attention to it.

I personally liked the idea that was posted previously about having the assassins run like samurai with their weapons sheathed, 1 hand over the hilt of the weapon they're using, but not actually touching the weapon until they get into combat. (If they have daggers, they can have 1 hand over the hilt of 1 dagger, the other hand at their side, or slightly behind them.) I think that would look very cool.

So, yes. /Signed

I agree with this, the assassin running animation looks like they are trying to run in a gale. Not very good at all, shame, because the other animations look great.

/signed