Zandalari Troll Run Animations

[Kladdkaka]

So with the patch having released today in the US, we now know that these run animations are final. You get to choose between a baby running with her toys splayed outward because she doesn't understand wind resistance yet, or a stiff rugby player bouncing like the Dwarf male run animation.

Why are people OK with the shoddy work that has been done with run animations overall? Many of the new models have run animations that are worse than the original 2004 models, how is that acceptable?

[KOUNTERPARTS]

Why are people OK with the shoddy work that has been done with run animations overall? Many of the new models have run animations that are worse than the original 2004 models, how is that acceptable?

your perception of what is shoddy or not is....... just your perception

it 's not smart to assume

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your perception of what is shoddy or not is....... just your perception

it 's not smart to assume

Right, the problem with discussing these things is that people will vehemently defend Blizzard's actions if they're subjective.

I agree with OP that some of the model updates made run animations in particular way worse, and there are certain very buggy animations in the game still with certain races (play a Troll Male with a polearm, and you'll see). I don't think the Zandalari Male looks too bad though, but the female definitely does look like she's a baby with toys.

[Beatman]

Yeah, the running animation and many others look like crap. It's obvious that they (Zandalari) are rushed and unpolished.

[RangerDaz]

Yeah, the running animation and many others look like crap. It's obvious that they (Zandalari) are rushed and unpolished.

Rushed?

You can call anything but rushed. We have been waiting one and a half years for Zandalari Trolls to become playable. They had all this time to polish them. They might be unfinished due to lazyness, but they weren't rushed.

[Redwyrm]

Back in my day we had Human running animations that looked like they were running with a full diaper.

Things could be worse.

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Back in my day we had Human running animations that looked like they were running with a full diaper.

Things could be worse.

Nowadays we have Humans whose feet basically never leave the ground, which is a common theme for run animations post update. That, or weightless run animations, or just a lot of bounce.

[Eace]

Am I missing something or isn't that just the normal Female Troll animation?

[Louz]

So with the patch having released today in the US, we now know that these run animations are final. You get to choose between a baby running with her toys splayed outward because she doesn't understand wind resistance yet, or a stiff rugby player bouncing like the Dwarf male run animation.

Why are people OK with the shoddy work that has been done with run animations overall? Many of the new models have run animations that are worse than the original 2004 models, how is that acceptable?

Zandalari female = regular ass troll female

Zandalari male = night elf male

And yeah, I would personally choose both of those over human or orc, whose running cycles have them smash their faces in with each arm swing, should their weapons be unsheathed. That applies on both old and new models.

Anyway, don't see what your point is, the only actual unique rigs are the Kultirans.

[Frostyfire14]

The female one isn't too bad. The male one is stiff af though.

[Harbour]

Im not sure how else bigass lean muscular athletic Zandalari male with pumped up shoulders supposed to run. Pretty sure thats pretty accurate depiction of how the creatures like them would run.
How its looking is different matter.

[Beatman]

Rushed?

You can call anything but rushed. We have been waiting one and a half years for Zandalari Trolls to become playable. They had all this time to polish them. They might be unfinished due to lazyness, but they weren't rushed.

Well, they started actively working on them maybe 2-3 months ago. Animations were still incomplete a few weeks ago.

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Zandalari female = regular ass troll female

Zandalari male = night elf male

And yeah, I would personally choose both of those over human or orc, whose running cycles have them smash their faces in with each arm swing, should their weapons be unsheathed. That applies on both old and new models.

Anyway, don't see what your point is, the only actual unique rigs are the Kultirans.

It's not, and it's not. If you knew either of those animations you'd know that's not the case.

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The female one isn't too bad. The male one is stiff af though.

The only issue with the female one is how she holds her weapons like a baby.

Am I missing something or isn't that just the normal Female Troll animation?

See above.

[ghost wrekk]

Looks fine to me.

[Zyrinx]

Yeah there are issues, but this isn't one of them. IMO.

[Segus1992]

Yeah there are issues, but this isn't one of them. IMO.

No, there certainly are worse races than this.

[Kladdkaka]

The problem isn't that the Zandalari run animations are the worst ever (that probably goes to Orc Female or Dwarf Male, since the update), the problem is that we're accepting shoddy animation work in general - where in many cases the difference between before and after the model update, some of them are actually worse and less natural than before, rather than an unequivocally obvious improvement in all cases as it was supposed to be. They also seem to have abandoned the models now, so we're stuck with some of them being just worse than before other than skin and polygons.

[Mekkle]

Looks good to me

[Lorgar Aurelian]

Both look fine to me though arms is a stupid looking spec so two 2handers always look dumb.

[LuminaL]

Zandalari male = night elf male

yea Im with you on this, they look very similar to night elf male running, which is really bouncy after the model update. but atleast they dont pierce their eyes with unsheathed weapons.( if ofcourse that weapon isnt a big axe. )