ancient crescent
Recently bought the so called "new griffin", couldnt help but notice its flaws.
The design is absolutely amazing, I love how big it looks in menu.
And yet, the front legs have little to no animation (only in the end cut-scene), and when it flies into frame on the 3 rocks (at the end, if you win), the wings glitch out and the overall animations are a bit stiff.
Keeping in mind that century developers do amazing jobs at other animations, so why not this?
Opinions and thoughts.
clever thicket
placid horizon
calm vine
Sky confirmed it was supposed to have been patched a week ago. The devs are currently looking into it
fallen moat
The legs getting fixed, sure
But is there any mention of the awful wings getting fixed as well? Because I can't justify spending 2k Gems or even buying 2k Gems for that thing right now
placid horizon
don't hesitate to share video or screenshot about the glitch
fallen moat
I'm not sure what glitch OP is referring to, but personally it's just the wings' animations (if we can call them that) that bother me :s
They look stiff, very stiff...
ancient crescent
this is an example i recorded. look closely for the glitches
i mean the legs are obvious but 
placid horizon
2k gems and the wings are so bad
digital iris
it feels like the release of this new griffin was a bit rushed, as if they didn't have enough time to see if everything was working correctly
tranquil garnet
it feels like the release of this new griffin was a bit rushed, as if they didn'...
Indeed
warm sun
To me it just seems like they fired all the animators
for a long time already
It's not just the griffin that has animation problems...
fallen moat
The fact that this isn't being fixed quickly, yet the Griffin remains in the shop for that disgusting price of 2.000 Gems, just further confirms that they only care about Money, and have no passion left for the actual game
And it's such a shame
The Griffin's overall design looks great, but the second it starts moving... It looks simply bad
warm sun
Shall we talk about the Chinese dragon that moves like a fish instead of having wave-like movements? Also the fact that there is no more variety of verses for each species: the eagle first having the cry of a hawk and then that of the bloodchaser, the griffon as well and etc...
By now since they made the new Stormraiser class there has been a slow but inexorable decline.
foggy stirrup
Now that the "fix" is here, I'm certainly unimpressed. It's not as wobbly anymore which is good, but why are the front legs so stiff and stretched out while braking/halting?
And if you sprint, they wiggle again like they're missing bones...
placid horizon
tranquil garnet
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/786339138503704617/1265966882293547160/ly...
"I am not an expert in how to simulate a dragon's flight, but it definitely cannot fly with its legs pointing forward as if it's about to grab something, right?"
It looks like it's dancing
tranquil garnet
the wings are really bad
Not just the wings
tranquil garnet
from a real animator :x
So we're gonna wait another patch to fix this creature
placid horizon
So we're gonna wait another patch to fix this creature
I think it's over
I hope just a refund function for players
tranquil garnet
I hope just a refund function for players
Same
Idk why they can't make a good creature with 4 legs
placid horizon
bcause PW don't want to paid a real animator for make a new squeletto/animations. PW use the 3 first Wyverns as a base, ofc, it's cheap
tranquil garnet
bcause PW don't want to paid a real animator for make a new squeletto/animations...
Isn't there a solution we can implement?
placid horizon
for me, the only solution is not buy skin before seeing a video of animations
tranquil garnet
for me, the only solution is not buy skin before seeing a video of animations
I will do the same
calm vine
They reused the stonesnout animation. C'mon
fallen moat
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/786339138503704617/1265966882293547160/ly...
That's the "fix"...?
I was waiting for it to see whether it would fix it enough to justify the 2.000 price but I guess not... And I guess the wings won't get any attention whatsoever
Hard skip, I feel bad for those who bought it- I doubt the money Playwing gets from this will even be put to good use
tranquil garnet
<:facepalm:447035427782656001>
half lion
warm sun
So fluid that he appears to have a baguette up his a**.
ancient crescent
As someone who bought the griffin, i LOVE the design, but can we please fix the anims.... its not like this is the first 4 leged dragon they released
ocean fossil
I find the Galestrider disappointing. Is it really that hard to animate a flying quadrupedal dragon? No. It's not. I can literally do that right now in five minutes and it can and will look better than the Glaestrider's animations. This is unacceptable.
ocean fossil
(sips tea)
Gonna make it known I also agree with that post and all of these in the most annoying way possible.
tranquil garnet
shop griffin: oh it's fine! - after purchase: please, refund is possible, right?
I wish
shadow bone
It’s a shame because the model looks really nice (besides the janky wing anatomy)
placid horizon
the model is nice yes :c I like him but in game is not good :c
shadow bone
Oh I definitely agree, the animations are uhh… they need some work to say the least
placid horizon
bug in bestiary or he have a 3rd eye
placid horizon
others bugs: no sound in podium/victory scene, bird sound in menu and dragon sound in battle, the neck is in fire in racing
wings glitch in menu/shop/bestiary
calm vine
The more I read this thread, the more I believe they were going for something big with the galestrider, but somewhere around 70% of its completion had to rush to finish in time for the release of new racing map.
-Only makes one sound (reused cloudsplitter caw), and default dragon sounds (kinda expected at this point)
-Reused stonesnout animations (despite the difference in proportions, making the galestrider's joints dislodged)
-Incorrect sound queues in lobby, overview/bestiary
-Has no secondary idle animation
-Aforementioned "third eye" bug in overview
Ashamed because the creature looks great in the concept art.
shadow bone
I wish they would have just kept it in the oven for another month instead of releasing a faulty product, but I’m not very surprised honestly
calm vine
This isn't entirely related to the galestrider but I should point this out, the dragon's (all types) hover animation has gone static and lifeless. They used to be able to shake their head, growl, and roar every few seconds while hovering and now they're just stoic. This has been an issue that has been around somewhere between the time of the S3's release to the release of the first racing map, and been around since.
ocean fossil
I've never noticed, but that's very interesting.
calm vine
I'm DYING 
placid horizon
uglyffin
buoyant saffron
idk why they can't just tuck the front legs like this
or like this
or like this
stupid Nvidia re-enabling depth of field after every update
tranquil garnet
idk why they can't just tuck the front legs like this
same idk why
hushed karma
ffxiv's gryphon animations for reference also lol
placid horizon
only PW don't know the way to animate flying creatures with a based flying creatures game
next PW dragon:
ancient crescent
The point is, if you want to create a new dragon class, you SHOULD be bothered to animate it, because using WYVERN base animations for a GRIFFIN is lazy. instead of trying to fix it AFTER its already released, consider pushing back the update
placid horizon
it's lazy but it's CHEAP too
20 euros for a skin without animations is a good deal
placid horizon
$
ember iris
it looks as if it's seen something bad
hushed karma
firmly grasp it
