Guild Wars 2

Sadly, also after the latest patch, the out-of-combat animations of female human characters are still bugged. Although I have heard that the greatsword whirl-around-the-neck bug was fixed, staff still swings like a weird pendulum and clips through any type of armor.

How to reproduce:

1. Start the game
2. Select a human female character
3. Equip a staff
4. Run forward with staff sheathed

Note: this bug did not exist before the animation was changed in “the nightmare within” patch.

See this video for details:

Yes, the GS twirl seems to be fixed. But my female ranger still runs like a man.

Actually, I like how someone else put it in another thread, “she runs like a thug” now. I know that’s what I want to see… my FEMALE ranger running like some hoodlum.

It’s frustrating. I even went so far as making this suggestion, wondering why they just didn’t turn running into a trait that you pick as part of character creation so we have ‘choices and options’, rather than be forced with a set of ‘values’ (assuming it’s not a bug).

I submitted tickets and responses, originally being told by one support member that they spoke with development and it is in fact a bug, to then being told that they were “sorry they can’t help me, and I should just go hang out in the suggestion forum”.

At the end, all I was asking for in the ticket was to either confirm it’s a bug, and that it’s on the radar of things to fix (though I don’t understand how they couldn’t just roll the animation back in source control).

If it’s not a bug, ‘officially’ tell us (not sure why there isn’t a patch note), explaining ‘why’ the change was made (i.e., a bug for 13+ months has existed that breaks the entire game and they ‘finally’ tracked it to the human female running animation, or “as a company, we feel we need values, and these are our new values, and we hope people that share our values stay with us, and if you don’t, we’re sorry…yada, yada”).

Support was unable to or unwilling to take the appropriate additional steps to secure a reasonable answer to either question.

I’m all about ‘choices and options’. If there was a big outcry about how the human females ran (for the past 13+ months, mind you), it was off in a quiet, underground forum. I never heard anything about it. Seems if it was intentional, it was a decision made by one or a small group of people. With no apparent game mechanic related to it, I can only assume it was some sort of ‘values’ change (barring, of course, an admission that it’s a bug and will be fixed).

But changing it in favor of one set of people at the expense of another ‘after 13+ months’, seems rather draconian. I’d rather they kept it as it was, then implement ‘running as a character trait’, and then implement the new running style as a secondary run animation for the human female. Those of us happy with the old one would keep it. Those who want the new animation could use a makeover kit to change themselves. Perhaps hand out a free kit to anyone that wants to change one time, I don’t know.

Newly created human females could select a running animation like you’d pick a body type, hair, etc.

It would open a ‘whole’ range of possibilities for other races, including fun things like an Asuran that skips as they run, or whatever, for the other races. Also seems like it would be a source of income as a gem store item. While I don’t think I should have to pay to change back, I would honestly pay upwards of $20 for each of my 5 characters to have my run back. Yes, it means that much to me, and more on principle, at this point.

But at this point, I’d just be happy with an official statement one way or the other. And if it’s ‘not’ a bug and won’t be reverted back, to know ‘precisely’ what decisions and input led to the change in the first place.

When someone approaches me to create them something, they always start by telling me what they want, and I have to get them to slow down and first start talking about what they are trying to ‘solve’, and then we’ll start talking about what we can make that will solve that problem.

So the human female running animation: What were they trying to solve?

I am still not quite sure what they were trying to solve either. The fact that they fixed the greatsword bug somehow (without changing the animation back) tells me that they want to keep it that way. Again leaving unfinished business and other bugs that will likely remain for months – if they are fixed at all. If they are so short on manpower that they are not able to change things properly, why do they change something nobody was asking for (at least not to my knowledge).

my female human runs like a rambo and my female asura constantly making an irritating sound. I’m having a real hard time getting used to these “changes”.
at first, I was pretty convinced that these weren’t intended but I’m not so sure now…
whoever responsible for these has too much time on thier hand.
if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
you should’ve spent that time fixing other bugs in game that’s being overlooked.

Exvillain.5097:

my female human runs like a rambo and my female asura constantly making an irritating sound. I’m having a real hard time getting used to these “changes”.
at first, I was pretty convinced that these weren’t intended but I’m not so sure now…
whoever responsible for these has too much time on thier hand.
if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
you should’ve spent that time fixing other bugs in game that’s being overlooked.

I get passive aggressively abused when I ask a simple question to support like: Why was it changed? Receiving an automated response within minutes after submitting a ticket to tell me to look it up on the wiki. The wiki.

No patch notes explaining it. Not official comment after practically begging for a ‘reasonable’ reason as to why the change was made. Nothing.

I can only assume it was a ‘values’ change, and that’s fine. I’d just like to know where they stand, like Barilla, so I can make my own choices based on whether I agree with their statement and values.

What baffles my mind is it was working fine for 13+ months, since release. Was there a silent protest we missed somewhere? I would have thought, much like the T3 fiasco, that there would have been ‘something’ in the community that preceded it, but nothing.

And why not make something that benefits ‘everyone’, if it was really such a problem with one silent set of people? Why not making the running animation a character trait, like hair or body type, and let us choose?

I’d love for it to be reverted back. I can see no reason as to why the change was made. And then spending resources to fix clipping issues related to it? Just revert it back.

I can’t decide whether it’s the change itself, the fact that they won’t say anything about it, or the principle of the whole thing makes me more irritated.

http://youtu.be/gePCm2KZSP4
here’s new and old animation comparison in case anyone’s wondering what we’re talking about. difference is almost unnoticeable in the video but when you control your character, it’s night and day.