Emotes that change character facial expression no longer persist?

malhawke

Not sure if this is a bug or an intended change that I've missed reading patch notes, but I've noticed since the last big update that (for example) characters wont continue to smile after using the /laugh emote, or smirk after using /rude, etc. Now the expression falls away very soon after using the command. I preferred how it was before for rp and screencap purposes, curious to know if this change is permanent or accidental?

Panzyfaust

Probably the result of whatever they did to fix other persistent facial animation glitches, like certain races getting stuck with a scowl after interacting with various crafting stations (which was fixed with the latest patch).

My guess is that this is currently 'working as intended' and will not be changed. Though you could try to petition for facial animation slash-commands in a future update.