The rogue’s animation changes are a complete disaster. This character already had problematic animations, especially when it came to archery, and now she runs around like an old woman with polyarthritis.
I rarely visit gaming forums, but the situation here is SO TERRIBLE that these animations are the only reason I came here. It feels like whoever made the animations for this character hates her.
It would be easier to write a full list of animation problems point by point than to describe everything, because right now ALL of this character’s animations look so eye-bleeding.
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Why does she wield melee weapons like a right-handed person, but bows like a left-handed person? Doesn’t the development team know that right-handed people hold bows in their left hand? Or that bows are also available for both right- and left-handed players?
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The game features a piece of equipment called quivers. The question is, why doesn’t the character draw an arrow from the quiver before firing an arrow when attacking with an archery weapon? Even Diablo 2 did this better. Not to mention Path of Exile, where this animation was truly masterful.
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The character’s run after the patch. It’s honestly a nightmare. Whoever created this run animation deserved a whiplash to the spine instead of a paycheck. The previous one was much better. Now Rogue runs like a hundred-year-old grandmother with polyarthritis. The stride is too small, as if she can’t do more or straighten her leg. The stride width doesn’t match the running speed. She clearly doesn’t lean her torso forward enough, as if a grandmother can’t bend over. Why did they replace a good run animation with this pathetic mess?
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When using Rogue’s Flurry skill, she strikes an extremely unstable, awkward pose. First, her right leg is extended very far out to the side. This should create a larger support surface, but her knee is buckled and dangles downwards during the animation, as if she’s about to fall. This pose alone is incredibly awkward and unstable, and when used for archery, it’s simply monstrous. Even worse than in Hindi films.
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When using the Puncture skill, Rogue moves his right hip forward. Firstly, it’s completely unnecessary. Secondly, when a person pulls the bowstring, they try to push their body weight back, not forward. This movement resembles an extremely perverse form of the typical archery beginner’s mistake called aiming at the sky.