new hobbit run animation

[artistV]

Can anyone clarify if females have not been changed, only males?

http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?t=317656

http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?t=316722

In the second thread there are 3 vids, including from the back, which is what you will see on your character as you play it.

For what it's worth I like it somewhat, always thought hobbits lean too far forward. Love my hobbit! (female)

[Aly]

I was really hoping to find out if the female animation was changed, too.

I love my Hobbits, but I've always had issues with the humpback that they get, when they run. (mine all wear quivers, backpacks etc, to try to cover it)

[LeStaht]

what about when a male hobbit punches himself in the head when he jumps?

it is kinda...ummm..."cutesy" that when you are on ya pony and you jump...the feet come up lol

[Jeffor]

what about when a male hobbit punches himself in the head when he jumps?

it is kinda...ummm..."cutesy" that when you are on ya pony and you jump...the feet come up lol

Ha they used to flap their arms out to the side like the females do. I liked the old jump better. I also like the pony animations. I love riding around on my hobbits.

[LeStaht]

Ha they used to flap their arms out to the side like the females do. I liked the old jump better. I also like the pony animations. I love riding around on my hobbits.

your NOT s'pose to ride on a hobbit! thats hobbit abuse!!

dont you know the saying...save a hobbit, ride a pony instead? or something like that

[trivium325]

Gah, I can't stand the new run animations. I'm sure I'll get used to it, but it just seems a bit off.

[gskgsadz]

TURBINEKLRDSJKL:dfjkljkdkfd

why do you hate my hobbit.

he used to have a great jump.

I would just jump up and down with him in glee.

Then you changed it so he boxes his ears in everytime he jumps.

At least I could still run around everyone and have fun.

Until now, my hobbit is now like a sprinting duck with short arms attached.

SIGH.

Class nerfs are whatever, they happen and I deal with it.

If my character animations are no longer fun, I have no desire to log that character anymore..

[Jasos]

I HATE the new run animation.

I also miss the original jump animation.

Two completely unwanted and unnecessary changes for no reason.

Please stop changing things that are fine and that people like into things that are hideous and that people hate, especially after 3 years of playing with the animations.

[AceItcher]

My male hobbit minstrel is my main char and has a bazzilion hours played and now his run animation is the only thing I can see on the screen when I am running.

A duck reference is all I could manage also. But I used several other colorful adjectives that I can't add here.

I don't get worked up about mechanic changes but this one has just struck me so odd as to mess with something like this. Even if the other way was bad/wrong, everyone has gotten used to it over 3 years. What possible good does changing it do now??

Sigh.

[Devoroes]

I hate the new hobbit run animation. I don't think I will make another hobbit character again.

[lowerj96]

I think its fine at first i didnt like it but i got used to it. + the old one made look huchbacked. I dont care that much unless they made a different run speed with the new run. I am just glad to be a hobbit!

[trivium325]

Seems to be Turbine's continuing effort to break the cliched "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" rule.

[nordmeyerx]

I absolutely hate the new Hobbit run animation. Please change it back!!!

I liked the old one because they leaned forward a little bit and looked really cute when scurrying around. Now they look all dorky and waddle from side to side.

[NYJetPhan]

My hobbit now runs like hes been sodomized by a balrog, I dont recall seeing anything in the release notes about changes of that sort. Is that really the new hobbit run animation? Its horrible.


Fix this garbage please...if it AINT broke turbine will fix it...fail

[NYJetPhan]

Now return it to normal please

[yakaveli]

Now return it to normal please

/agreed

Why change what does not need changing?

[Tobiasfrost]

I just logged in my burglar whom I don't play that much anymore. This was the first thing I noticed.

Why was it changed? Did people actually complain about the animations before?

It is not an improvement in my eyes in any way. Before I thought my hobbit had such a motivated way of running about, like he needed to be where he was going NOW. Now he looks like he's chasing something he doesn't really want to be chasing and isn't really excited about it.

I guess I'll redo my legendary points and park him again.

Glad I was playing a dwarf champ already anyways.

[marsajos]

The new run animation is goofy as hell. I love it.

[goblue27]

I have been playing for 2+ years and reading the forums most every day, and this is the only issue I have felt strongly enough about to post - please Turbine, please, please - change the run back - this new animation is awful and makes it hard to play my little hobbit.

[Dalthalion]

I think it's idiotic that my male Hobbit has to resemble Stepin Fetchit when he runs ("Feets don't fail me now!").

Also, I've been paying attention to the female Hobbit movement for some time, so it was easy for me to see the change there as well. My female Hobbit's arms are terribly stiff now when she runs. It's like she's a Barbie doll with non-bendable arms.

Turbine needs to fix it. The Hobbits were fine before. The 1% (max) of players who thought otherwise are in the minority. Case closed.

[Jeffor]

Yeah I tried to get the word out when I noticed this on Bullroarer. Most people don't read the forums though so these kinda things never really hit home until they go live. There is a thread in the general discussion forum. You should voice your opinion there as well.

[Hobbit-at-heart]

My first thought when I logged on to my main--a hobbit burg--was "what did he eat while I was gone...from whence cometh this gas pain?"

I haven't dared to get on my warden yet, I can only imagine what he'll look like with forced march...

**PLEASE FIX**

[Iezer]

/agreed

please change it back. I really do love the hobbit and it took me forever to find a hobbit class that I really loved everything about. Instantly after logging on I see the run animation and I feel like my character has something stuck where it should not be. This is a really ugly cosmetic change.

[Virogar]

The running joke is that it looks like he's having a hard time, trying to pinch a log while running about.

<3 conflicting poop jokes

[Num-Nums]

Now they look all dorky and waddle from side to side.

This made me spit out my drink since I was laughing so hard. I noticed the same darn thing. LoL