Guild Wars 2

Maybe it’s just me, but am finding asura running animations to be very weird with the permanent speed buff and no way to slow down – it’s too fast if anything, without any variation in speed. Footstep noises are annoying as well – have turned sound effects volume down to compensate.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the speed, but it would be nice to have an option to slow down and sprint when necessary – even walking is weirdly speeded up.

I dunno, having a bit of buyer’s remorse – wish I’d just stuck with centaur – at least you have some control over when you want to run fast and when you want to move slowly (stealthily – no not invis, just moving slowly and sneakily).

Asura have the problem where we match the same SPEED, but since our legs are smaller the animations go much faster. It’s also why the asura jump animation is so weird.

Yeah, it looks kind of comical at the moment.

Asura players with these runes, please tell me you find it ok!

It’s the basic problem with model size and run speed in this game. When the biggest norn to the tiniest asura all have to run at the same speed, the norn and charr look like they’re running in slow motion, and the asura look hyper-animated.

There’s really not much that can be done about it; if you feel the need to run slower, just take off your helmet or swap it with a non-Traveler piece so the 25% bonus doesn’t apply anymore … :p

And it’s not just a problem with the runes, all classes with a speed signet or trait equipped would have the same issue.

I remember now on my asura thief with SoS.

I just switch to town clothing now in towns so it’s less of an annoyance.

If I could just turn the footstep volume down while keeping other effect volume up, that would make it more bearable.

Curunen.8729:

Yeah, it looks kind of comical at the moment.

Asura players with these runes, please tell me you find it ok!

I have them on an asura necro and Mesmer.

the animation has never bothered me. Just tell yourself your Asura likes to jog a lot /shrug

My engi is an asura and man, those Power Shoes never come off.

The only time I have a problem is with tricky jumping puzzles and even then you get used to it pretty fast.

Well, just switch back to Centaur’s then. It’s really just the Asura that they FEEL so fast on. I also have them on a Norn, and though the speed increase is definitely noticeable, it doesn’t LOOK as fast as they do on an Asura. It’s the same speed for everyone, of course, it’s just the quirky animation of the Asura, as someone above already pointed out. Maybe just try sitting closer to you monitor, if you’re not already very close to it. All of my characters seem to move much slower when I’m right up on my desk monitor than they do when I’m playing on my big screen from several feet away.

Anyway, be careful what you wish for. Rather than just changing the Asura animation, the developers are more likely to nerf the runes. And no offense, but I don’t want to lose the best thing that ever happened to my slow as molasses Mesmer because you can’t drive 55.

Haha, thanks for the replies

Sadly there are two reasons I can’t easily swap runes – 4are on transmuted karma armour, and those same transmutations are order armour from another character, which more than each rune is worth.

I’m starting to love the town cloth toggle to alter the speed, and I’m also starting to get used to the speed anyway, so maybe it’s just a matter of time. I do sit quite far from my monitor, so will move and see what happens.

Hope they don’t get nerfed – not my intention if this thread to cause that, just unfortunate that there is no easy way to toggle from jogging to sprinting.

The one thing that would fix a lot of the problem is simply having a separate volume slider for footsteps.

If they nerf traveler’s runes without giving us another practical means of permanent faster run speed — meaning, always on, not I have to press a button every 12 seconds — it will just be one more step towards my mesmer being benched in favor of another class, especially in WvW.

I had traveler runes for a little while. The running animation didn’t bother me- I find most asura animations hilarious and that is why I have so much fun playing mine. I now use centaur runes, which I find sufficient when paired with blink and the speed buffs around me.

rhapsody.3615:

I had traveler runes for a little while. The running animation didn’t bother me- I find most asura animations hilarious and that is why I have so much fun playing mine. I now use centaur runes, which I find sufficient when paired with blink and the speed buffs around me.

Why did you switch, if I might ask?

I’m just going to keep two sets of armour and swap them around if I want some control over running speed.

Asuras look goofy pretty much all the time, no matter what they are doing. I rolled mine specifically for the goofiness. I feel like the animations are working as intended.

Ok I can say I’ve got used to it now!

Just took a while with positioning/flanking and movement, to take into account shorter time of travel between points.

I love my traveler runes. I have them on a set of Arrah gear with assassin stats. Probably one of my favorite sets of all time. Traveler on crit gear is very versatile for a number of wvw specs.

My dream is a condi dmg version of traveler.

Fraeg.9837:

Curunen.8729:

Yeah, it looks kind of comical at the moment.

Asura players with these runes, please tell me you find it ok!

I have them on an asura necro and Mesmer.

the animation has never bothered me. Just tell yourself your Asura likes to jog a lot /shrug

This is my attitude. Its like Doctor kittenroach on “Monster’s vs. Aliens”, the guy runs around all over the place. Why? Because he’s perky and likes to be very animated about what he does, and has the body to enhance that aspect. I like to think of Asura as being as quick in body as they are in mind, always moving, never slowing down but bringing change wherever they go. Think that way and you will start to appreciate your Asura being on the go.