Idle Anims - Which You Like And Which You Hate

[SlimShazbot]

I own Nyx, Vauban, Volt, Mag, Nova, Rhino and Loki

 

Love:

 

Mag - Her new idle is very nice, natural and not over-the-top, but different. Also the animation that plays with throwing knived equipped was a great touch!

 

Loki - I really like this pose, really send the message of his trickster nature. My only gripe is with a clipping issue when holding certain primaries where his elbow bends backwards, and maaaybe that he's a little too hunched.

 

Like:

 

Volt - No real problems here, but I do wonder if it would fit a tankier frame, like Rhino, more.

 

Nova - Again, no problems, but its basic.

 

HATE:

 

Nyx - I think its close to being good, but the more I look at it the more glitches and clipping errors I find. The personality of the pose is okay but I feel it needs to be reworked from the ground up.

 

Rhino - He just looks silly, especially when holding throwing weapons, please fix him

 

Vauban -  His new pose looks very, VERY unnatural and uncomfortable. His upper torso is twisted at an awkward angle, he's holding his gun right up to his chest with his arms bent as much as possible, his legs are very awkwardly spaced, it just looks bad.

Edited August 10, 2013 by SlimShazbot

[eStecko]

An answer from Geoff, DE's Lead Animator...

 

Hey everyone, (this Geoff for anyone unaware)

Firstly thanks for all the feedback, I've been following it very closely. I totally appreciate the mixed feelings with these changes and admittedly think I may have gone about it wrong waiting too long to force changes on people's characters.

So! Moving forward its probably best to make idles a customization choice in the arsenal. What we are thinking is each warframe will share a default idle (the old animation and the one Excalibur currently uses) then provide 2 custom stances for each warframe; a tall one and one that's more compressed maybe theming them as "noble" and "agile"....still trying to work that out.

The idle anims help with the role playing aspect to these characters and providing more choice rather than pushing a personality onto them will serve much better. I'm *hoping* we can have this ready to roll out in the next week, should be able to.....and yes we will for sure take in the feedback and adjust the current idles in game also :)

Thanks for the support

 

 

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Edited August 10, 2013 by eStecko

[Ezard]

Mag's idle with throwing knives is awesome, like you said, and Ash's is pretty cool with throwing knives as well - make him look even more like a ninja

I personally think that he stands with his feet too close together, like a soldier - he should have a more stealthy pose

[SlimShazbot]

An answer from Geoff, DE's Lead Animator...

 

 

 

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Yeah I just saw that, but I still think its not completely relevant. I am simply hoping to see what people think of the current animations. Besides, if they plan on adding other options, it would help for them to see what we think of the ones they made now. Feedback is always helpful.

 

Geoff said it himself in that post

and yes we will for sure take in the feedback and adjust the current idles in game also :)

Edited August 10, 2013 by SlimShazbot

[ArcturusMar]

What SlimShazbot said. Loki's elbow inverting for a split second while holding primary weapon is really annoying! And a little too hunched.

 

 

Loki - I really like this pose, really send the message of his trickster nature. My only gripe is with a clipping issue when holding certain primaries where his elbow bends backwards, and maaaybe that he's a little too hunched.

[Lord.Finster]

I own all warframes.

 

Like: Saryn (relaxed, natural pose looks amazing, she looks very ladylike)

OK: Ember, Nyx

Dislike: all others (overstretched joints and convoluted limbs)

Abysmal: Volt (broken neck, overstretched tuxedo), Ash (crotch is twice a s braod as before)

 

In general:

All frames with spread legs suffer from Space Marine (games workshop) syndrome now. The whole lower hip area is messed up.

Legs are set too far apart, crotch gets too broad. It's anatomically incorrect and looks impossible!

Limbs attach at impossible angles.

 

Apart from Saryn everything looks sloppy and forced. Plz take your time! If you can make every pose as good as Saryn's you'll be my heroes!