New stealth animations on the way
by Eliah Hecht 
Feb 22nd 2007 at 11:49PM
Vaneras over at the EU forums has answered many rogues' prayers today:We have just received some feedback from the developers regarding this issue and it is good news indeed :-)
The animators are currently working on completely new stealth movement animations to solve this issue. This basically means that the current "funny looking" stealth animations will be replaced with new better looking ones :-)
Currently this issue is expected to be resolved in patch 2.1, but there is a chance that the new animations will not be ready by that time, which may result in the fix being delayed for a later patch.
And shortly later, on why they weren't just restoring the old ones:
I think the animators felt like they wanted something new instead of reverting back to the old animations. Something awesome that wouldn't make it look like that you are moving too fast or too slow when being in stealth.
I remember the old "ice skating" animations quite well, and I do personally agree that they looked better than the current ones, but they still looked kind of silly IMO. :-)
I don't know anyone who likes the new animations, so I can't see why this is anything but welcome news.
Filed under: Rogue, Patches, Odds and ends
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
roseroyce04 Feb 23rd 2007 1:13AM
I welcome new stealth animations.
Although, I've never really noticed any of my character animations... I'm so focused on how I'm going to dismantle my target I can't afford any brain power to go checking on how I look while I'm doing it.
typecast Feb 23rd 2007 1:40AM
Yay! Now as long as were looking into funny looking animations for rogues; why does my weapon dissapear half the time i hit w/ a poisoned weapon? Undead rogue and when poison procs w/ a sinister strike my char looks like he's pointing at the target or casting a spell and my weapon that it hits with dissapears during the animation. Seemed like a easily fixable glitch but its been this way forever.
Christopher Cruz Feb 23rd 2007 2:17AM
I just want my Blood Elf to not have wands impaled through its wrist =/
Grunt Feb 23rd 2007 3:43AM
That only goes for rogues, right? My druid is not that bad looking while sneaking in hidden mode.
Chris Deke Feb 23rd 2007 4:06AM
The current belf rogue stealth animation looks great, one wep behind one in front stealthing along, much better than the other races animation IMHO.
cheesebanana Feb 23rd 2007 5:16AM
I was in awe when i transformed into a blood elf in that shadomoon valley quest and i saw their stealth animations. Beautiful. But that being said, their offhand attacks look as girly as their hips (dagger offhand at least).
I think undead rogues look okay tbh but a fresh change will be very nice and hopefully they make them quite sinister and...stealthy looking. Instead of just a slow walk.
I feel bad for orc rogues though...they really make me laugh when they stealth. Definitely got it the worst. Poor guys.
Oh and as a horde i noticed the male NE's casting animation for the first time last night when i saw one hearthing right in front of me in shatt...MAN that is a stupid cast animation. Poor guys
Marlus Feb 23rd 2007 9:11AM
I was talking to a friend rogue and he said that one animation he would like to see is from Cheating Death, because, and I have to aggre, there is nothing more grateful than see your talent procing after a 3k fireball from a mage far away...
Toxicwaste Feb 23rd 2007 9:26AM
The animation for male undead walking backwards is very effeminate
Drakar24 Feb 23rd 2007 10:16AM
THANK YOU BLIZZ! The new animations have been terrible! The NElf one is bad, but man! The orc rogues really got the shaft. BElf one is very good, so hopefully they use the creative juices to come up with something good for everyone, rather than "I just crapped myself and I feel really uncomfortable" animations.
Whoever approved those should be fired.
Stiletto Feb 23rd 2007 11:43AM
I rolled a female BE rogue over a male simply for their stealth animations - female BE's have hands down the best ones.
The "crouching tiger" stance when you're stealthed and not moving is amazing.
nea Feb 23rd 2007 1:30PM
Rogues always get what they want! That cannot be! We, warriors, want different berserker stance icons for every race, I'm not a freaking dwarf, do I look like a dwarf, I mean, I do have beard, but my skin is GREEN ffs.
Kahja Feb 23rd 2007 1:39PM
Female gnome rogues look like they are in a three point stance waiting to rush the QB.
That's only when they are just standing there though.
Uncle Vinny Feb 23rd 2007 1:42PM
I don't play a rogue, I just try to stay away from them... so I can't say I've noticed any stealth animation changes. But one new animation style I've noticed is the "warping" step that some ethereal-type mobs in Netherstorm have. They are easy to kill, but that Michael Jackson-style move is spooky!
Danny May 15th 2007 9:24AM
yea i played in the ptr and the old stealths were back. but never know if they will bring them back or just make better ones, even though the old ones were the best.