Guild Wars 2

Ok, since last patch there has been something that felt a little off about my male Norn warrior and today i figured out what, The animation is different.

it appears that male Norn wielding 1 handed weapons now use the same running animation as with weapons sheathed which when combined with swiftness gives a sped up jogging animation, which in my opinion looks terrible.

I noticed this because i used to deliberately run around with weapons drawn to avoid my sun catcher back piece from clipping into the cloth on the back of my tier 3 chest armor. However it now clips in exactly the same way as with weapons sheathed, and as said, when running with swiftness the sped up animation looks awful.

So as a final question if anyone from Anet checks this, What’s the deal? Why was this changed? I understand some people can feel like they’re moving slower as a large character because of the slow lumbering animation, but teeny tiny steps at such a fast pace does not make me feel like i’m moving any faster.

As a side note, i decided to post this in the Norn forum but i’m wondering whether i should also post it in the game bugs section as well. Any feedback would be welcome.

Thanks.

Your friendly (but slightly disappointed) neighborhood Norn warrior, Helgraf.

It’s not just me then!!
I have the same issue with my beard clipping my shoulders pads…
I specifically picked my armor to avoid clipping…