What's with this weird walk?

Progressman · 07-10-2010 08:22 AM

I'm a returning player this is just starting to bother me. Apparently, there's some wierd new walking animation with some enemy mobs where the character almost completly hunches over and struts wide like a chicken.

It looks really awkward and out of place on most groups. Anyone care to explain?

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BBQ_Pork · 07-10-2010 08:22 AM

Oh, the duckwalk (glitch) is back? It comes and goes since '04.

Techbot Alpha · 07-10-2010 08:23 AM

It seemed to get ported to a lot of mobs who never used to have it a while back. Cant remember when, but it never got changed.

Personally I agree, and really dont like it. But, given it only lasts until I start killing things...I dont see overly much of it to really annoy me

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Decorum · 07-10-2010 07:29 PM

I assumed it was supposed to come off "sneakily creeping along", but, yeah, it definitely doesn't.

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Twisted Toon · 07-10-2010 10:46 PM

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I assumed it was supposed to come off "sneakily creeping along", but, yeah, it definitely doesn't.

Creepy, yes. Sneaky, not so much.

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Oh, you said creeping. Nevermind.

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Scythus · 07-10-2010 10:51 PM

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I assumed it was supposed to come off "sneakily creeping along", but, yeah, it definitely doesn't.

I thought they were simply trying to look intimidating and failing spectacularly.

Zikar · 07-10-2010 11:02 PM

I vote this animation file just gets removed entirely, it serves absolutely no purpose

Golden Girl · 07-10-2010 11:31 PM

I think it pops up when they shuffle the order of animations when they add new ones.

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BBQ_Pork · 07-11-2010 04:42 AM

It's worse when they do it at running speed.

Rush_Bolt · 07-11-2010 06:35 AM

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I vote this animation file just gets removed entirely, it serves absolutely no purpose

Other than the lulz. Which it gets in spades. I say keep it just for that.

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Angryellow · 07-11-2010 08:21 AM

You can't deny how ridiculous it looks when you have enemies who are supposed to be intimidating walking around like monkeys. It just makes beating their a**es that much more meaningful.

Schismatrix · 07-11-2010 08:41 AM

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It's worse when they do it at running speed.

At running speeds that duckwalk animation is even funnier and usually a prelude to hilarity ensuing. Especially when done by Malta.

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BBQ_Pork · 07-11-2010 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Progressman

I'm a returning player this is just starting to bother me. Apparently, there's some wierd new walking animation with some enemy mobs where the character almost completly hunches over and struts wide like a chicken.

It looks really awkward and out of place on most groups. Anyone care to explain?

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