Ninja Run Power suggestion

The ninja run power isn't as fluid as it could be and i'm not sure this was intentional or a rushed distribution. I've noticed the following:

On the ground:
* There are animations for forward, forward/diagonal, left & right, and backwards only.
* There are no backwards/diagonal animations - the character just stays in the rear animation run and glides to the left or right.

In the air:
* When changing direction during mid jump (Ie: jumping right and then changing to a forward direction) a character doesn't adjust/change leaping animation until you land and continue in the new direction.

So, there is no diagonal animation when traveling backwards and no transitional animation during mid jump/leap travel. I'm not sure how difficult it would be to make this adjustment in animation but i'm hoping this gets a look as time permits since it's something we've paid for and not included in the game as it was in another game. The additional animations would improve the fluidity of the power overall and certainly justify the $10 bucks I paid.

*crosses fingers

If you are jumping backward, then move forward before the apex of the jump, it does indeed switch to a forward-flip, but it does not work the opposite way. It seems whenever you change direction while in the air, it just defaults to the forward flip, even if you are moving backward at the time.

As for the reverse diagonal animations... Any time you are traveling backward, it animate you moving straight backward, even if you are also moving to the side. This is while walking normally, using sprint, flying, or any other movement powers. The only exceptions I can think of is sometimes if you are strafing to the side, and then press downward, it locks the animation in the side movement instead of the backward movement until you switch to directly backward. The last exception is the new Walk power.. that faces in all 8 directions.

You can jump in all 8 directions but there are only animations for 1. Forward, 2. Rear, 3. Strafe left, and 4. Strafe right. (not counting the flip forward, backward, backward, strafe left - right and pose). The cheapness really shows when running backwards and trying to strafe left or right and you only glide over to either side whereas running forward and strafing you switch into a strafing animation and glide diagonally - so it gives the illusion of a forward cross angle animated run.

Animations should be set up to change direction mid jump too. I Jump left (strafe side) and switch to forward and the character is still locked into the strafe animation until it hits the ground. Totally blows the suspense of disbelief and dulls my excitement of the ninja run power for the price I paid.

It wouldn't take much (i don't believe) to improve ninja run for fluidity so the power is actually worth the purchase. It just feels completely half done in play.

It should also be noted that if you fall off a ledge while running, no different animation plays. Whereas if you're "normal" running and fall off a ledge, you'll go into a falling animation(looks like the end of the "normal" jump animation or sometimes an arms-flailing animation), but while Ninja Running you'll just.. keep running. In the air.

Might want to take a look at that, too.

EDIT: Oh, nevermind, it seems like there's a patch on test that deals with this particular issue.

I, for one, would very much like to see the torso shape fixed from its contortion while mid-jump. Looking at a character from the side while jumping (female characters, at least) shows an S-shaped torso that looks like a horrid case of a bent spine.

Making the power a bit more fluid is a good idea as well