I'm genuinely surprised people would be happy with an animation being removed from the game. It's not even about the specific animation, which I personally couldn't care less about, it's about the principle of cutting out elements of the game, specifically the minor elements that smooth the edges of it being just pixels and programming. As someone pointed out why not remove mount animations, door animations, why bother walking. We could just float in space towards our destination.

I'm disappointed for the other players who like the animation, and wouldn't cheer the removal of something that means little to me, but more to others. I bite my thumb at the people in this thread who chortle and chide in response.

It's not a good a sign that they would feel the need to remove some interstitial animation to improve performance of the game, while at the same time adding crown store versions of base game animations. How about removing the sheathe weapon animation while they're at it, which they needlessly made long and unavoidable when interacting with objects with Blackwood.

I really do hope this is a bug. The alternative is lame.

I'm hoping it's a bug that will get fixed.

Removing (or changing) animations that were fine for years is a bad move in my book. If it's intended, at least give those among us the option to toggle it back on.
One an unrelated note: A toggle that let's switch between the old and new animations for Flurry and Jabs would be nice too

Jaraal wrote: »

They've been slowly chipping away at the neat little animations... removing werewolf emotes, hiding other players' skill effects from us and such....

Not to mention how the bloodstain visual effect was removed from werewolves after devouring a corpse, and from the corpse that was being devoured. I remember reading about how proud of that feature the developers were. I hope that feature returns in TES VI.

If any other visual effects start being trimmed out, I wouldn't be surprised to see the bloodstains from feeding as a vampire or killing with the Blade of Woe being removed eventually.

I'm not a big fan of the animation personally. But I'm even less of a fan of things like this being removed without at explanation.

If it's a bug or a performance improvement then that's fair enough. If it's a case of being annoying, I agree with @Kendaric that there should at least be a toggle.

Stanx wrote: »

I'm not a big fan of the animation personally. But I'm even less of a fan of things like this being removed without at explanation.

If it's a bug or a performance improvement then that's fair enough. If it's a case of being annoying, I agree with @Kendaric that there should at least be a toggle.

It seems a little weak if they removed animations like that for 'performance issues', yet keep introducing things like new mounts with flashier effects all the time, and even worse if they HAVE to prune animations so that the CAN sell new mounts with flashier effects.



Edit: for a speeling error.

KapiteinBoterham wrote: »

@francesinhalover same thing goes for you,

If the animation gets restored and then if you dont like it you can make your own separate thread requesting a removal. I'm so sick of simple bugs not being adressed here on the forums just because some people suddenly want a toggle or another intricate solution (which causes the devs to not want to burn their fingers on the topic).

Please stay on topic or do not post at all (in this thread). I wan't to keep things concise for the person that ends up reading this.

If you think it's a bug you should in my opinion post it on the bug report section of the forums also

This animation seemed rather insignificant. I do not understand how anyone would be upset about it.

Amottica wrote: »

This animation seemed rather insignificant. I do not understand how anyone would be upset about it.

The animation then equipping an costume is very nice, the annoying part was that it was repeated every time you loaded into an zone.

Amottica wrote: »

This animation seemed rather insignificant. I do not understand how anyone would be upset about it.

Because if this is not a glitch, it means ZOS is willing to scrape the games immersion factor down, whittling away at it little by little, for the sake of "performance" or whatever other excuse arises when players object to their choices.

We have seen them crunch things down just to cram more in before. It is a shame that long established aspects of the game which appeal to people who actually take the time to appreciate them are being removed for the sake of those who are impatient and want instant gratification.

The polish of the game, and it's charm, are within the little details. Take them away and you might as well be playing one of the countless souless cookie cutter mmo's out there.

It may seem insignificant, but what you really need to be asking is: If they are willing to take this small detail away, what bigger aspects of the game might they also be willing to chop out?

A very important aspect to consider given the track record of recent years.

KapiteinBoterham wrote: »

Let's remove the door opening animation too since we encounter so many doors and so we can open them faster. And remove the mounting animation too while were at it, let's just intantly get teleported on top of our mounts! /s

In my opinion it's a cool animation that adds flavor to the game, why remove it?

To be fair I really want the door opening animation removed.

shadyjane62 wrote: »

I think they have trying to eliminate useless content.

this is the same game that puts useless, yet interactable books on crafting stations - so when you go to craft, you click 'E" - and the stupid book opens up.

There's a whole lot of useless interaction animations they could remove if they wanted to.

spartaxoxo wrote: »

I see door animations on PS5. This animation change sounds pretty lame.

Which door animations did you have in mind? When I go thru most doors, say at the bank, I see my hand push the door and then I'm inside. Is that what you meant?

@Jaraal Yeah, to treat your customers with respect and dignity by offering an explanation is just just too much to ask.. I though i'd wait a month or two before reviving this thread. If this keeps up you'll see me in two months again!

@MidniteOwl1913 Yes, that's the animation were talking about. Some people were saying they didn't mind the animation being removed and i made the sarcastic remark to remove more animations from the game. It's just a sidetrack the main focus of this thread is figuring out if this is bug or removed on purpose. Only @ZOS_Kevin can tell us.

As someone who likes to switch in an out of their costume, while entering a city for example, i miss the animation more and more..