WASD Movment and why we do not need to reinvent the wheel

[DJSamhein]

@Kelbar

You kinda ignore the fact, that the same “jankyness” is already present and was never an issue, but if we are talking about WASD suddenly it becomes an issue? All ranged characters I played in ARPG that can not just stand and eat hits from enemies already do this? Why is it suddenly a problem in animation.

There is a difference between your character turning to look in one direction and then another to shoot due to the speed at which you move your mouse. It means that you do this once or twice a second, at most.
With a WASD implemented this way, it will now do this at least 10 times a second, constantly cancelling the previous animation. This is what looks really bad and janky.