Guild Wars 2

Hello, I’m just making a thread wondering whether other people have run into the similar problem that I have.

See, when humans draw their weapons, they get a unique animation in both running and walking. For example, with humans wielding rifles, they hold it as if… well, as if they were getting ready to use a rifle.

Norn males, from what I can see, just do their regular running animation with their gun gripped in their hand. Nothing special, nothing changed, in fact. I remember from some beta weekends (or was it pre-beta stuff? I can never remember.) that they didn’t always move that way, so I can only presume they either ‘broke’ the animation, or it’s not yet completed.

Has anyone else noticed this problem? It’s not a big problem, by any means, but it’s one of those really bad ‘just bugs me’ kind of problems. I’d very much like it to be fixed, hopefully!

TBH I am not quite sure what you mean. I always thought the running with my rifle (or pistols) in hand WAS the animation! It looks natural on my engineer. Now when I am SHOOTING and running I get a totally different animation.

Ah, basically, it’s something you can really notice with male and female Norn. When females wield a greatsword and walk, they get a unique animation; Norn men don’t. It also applies to things like rifles and such.

Trust me, once you notice it, it just really starts to bug you. Makes Norn seem unfinished.

Wow… I didn’t even know this was a thing.

I’ve always been a huge proponent of unique weapon holding animations when running/walking. It’s always been a huge pet peeve of mine when animators just stick a weapon in the character’s hand and leave it at that.

If other races have these animations, we should too.