Nerco's old Human Axe animation

[Jasonbdj.4021]

Still hoping someday we will have something similar Axe attack animation as the old one, it was the reason why I made frost-fang for my human female nerco back then but sadly it seems its all has been forgotten and stuck with the fairy wand like animation.

Example, see video below that was made 5 years ago by someone. -

Are people now happy with the replaced animation now?

[AllNightPlayer.1286]

The original animation was taken from the Warrior axe auto-chain (skill 2) and fits perfectly.

Edited December 3, 2022 by AllNightPlayer.1286

[AllNightPlayer.1286]

I made some animations back then:

old versions

• Asura
• Charr
• Human female
• Human male
• Norn male

new versions

• Asura
• Charr
• Human female
• Human male
• Norn male

Edited December 3, 2022 by AllNightPlayer.1286

[Jasonbdj.4021]

Indeed it did, made the axe quite fun to use due to the animation (even tho the axe was a lot weaker back then).

They were supposed to be looking into the animation awhile ago when people complained back then but it all went quiet and forgotten.

The current animation we have still feels lame (Run power reaper in WvW, fun build until I switch to axe for range......)

[AllNightPlayer.1286]

If we can’t get back the old animation—which should definitely should return—I’d suggest, to use the animation from warrior’s Cyclone Axe instead, since it’s also a double attack and looks neat, too.

[Jasonbdj.4021]

Anything would be better than the current fairy wand like animation lol.

Current one feels lame and its lame for weapon trails.

[Lexan.5930]

interesting how each race would swing different in the old way but now they all basicly swing the same. I wonder if it was to lower buffering of animations for more stability when using axe in pvp

[Conncept.7638]

I seriously bought the christmas globe axe skin just because of how cool it looked with that animation :(

[ElderNewt.5840]

No matter how much time passes.. the new animation still is horrible compared to the first one..I know changes to the skill had to have been made.. but at least give it some decent animation.

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[intox.6347]

When new animation pops up... i think just some error... didnt know they mean it seriously....

Old one 100% better.

[Crinn.7864]

I prefer the new one. The old one looks absurd and does not match the skill's hit VFX at all.

[Jasonbdj.4021]

Human female nerco one is the most lamest one of them all.

• Old Female Human > New Female human99999% better then the current one, there is no feeling in the new replacement.
• Old Male Human > New Male humanStill, the new male is a lot better then the current female one.
• Old Asura > New Asura
  Trail weapons would look awesome on old Asura.
• Old Char - New Char
  .......both got good points and bad (char's head on old is quite silly)
• Old Norn < New NornOld Norn seems drunk lol

[Wondrouswall.7169]

@"AllNightPlayer.1286" said:If we can’t get back the old animation—which should definitely should return—I’d suggest, to use the animation from warrior’s Cyclone Axe instead, since it’s also a double attack and looks neat, too.

There's that or they could make it into a 3-chain auto attack. They can use Warrior's 1st and 2nd axe auto animations (Chop & Double Chop), with the 3rd chain being a shorter Ghastly Claws.

[ZDragon.3046]

@"Jasonbdj.4021" said:

Are people now happy with the replaced animation now?

Short answer "not really."

I miss the old animation but sadly people found ways to abuse it through a bug of animation canceling.Rather than fix it anet fixed it by completely working 2 hits into 1 single animation which looks sloppy. Most of the time i can ignore it but yes if you watch it closely for a series of 2-3 swings its very unimpressive.

[Lahmia.2193]

There was a "hack" in which you could activate the first strike of the auto and then sheath your weapon before activating it again. It was hard to do but if successful, you could hit a foe far quicker than normal. Possibly the reason they changed it.

[Wondrouswall.7169]

@"Lahmia.2193" said:There was a "hack" in which you could activate the first strike of the auto and then sheath your weapon before activating it again. It was hard to do but if successful, you could hit a foe far quicker than normal. Possibly the reason they changed it.

That was the reason why they changed it.

[AllNightPlayer.1286]

Wait a minute! They changed ele’s Flamestrike (fire, scepter 1) animation towards the 2nd animation of the axe chain. It’s the exact animation, necro’s once had on axe. Therefore, I guess the holster bug has been fixed, but necromancers are still not allowed to use the original animation?

If ANet can change Flamestrike, they can also change Rending Claws.

Edited December 4, 2022 by AllNightPlayer.1286

[Lahmia.2193]

17 hours ago, AllNightPlayer.1286 said:

Wait a minute! They changed ele’s Flamestrike (scepter 1) animation towards the 2nd animation of the axe chain. It’s the exact animation, necro’s once had on axe. Therefore, I guess the holster bug has been fixed, but necromancer are still not allowed to use the original animation?

If ANet can change Flamestrike, they can also change Rending Claws.

Ahhh, I knew it looked familiar. Couldn't quite put my finger on it though.

[Erick Alastor.3917]

18 hours ago, AllNightPlayer.1286 said:

Wait a minute! They changed ele’s Flamestrike (scepter 1) animation towards the 2nd animation of the axe chain. It’s the exact animation, necro’s once had on axe. Therefore, I guess the holster bug has been fixed, but necromancer are still not allowed to use the original animation?

If ANet can change Flamestrike, they can also change Rending Claws.

I think it's not exactly the same, it's the same for like 99.9%.
There should be a longer movement to the left between one hit and the next one, some fremes were cut and this results in a weirder animation on the offhand arm which was already kinda static back them but now it moves even less harmoniously with the rest of the body. 😕
That said I'm sorry necro did lose it, it was cooler than the current one, yet I have to say I barely notice it since I play an asura necromancer x|

[Raught.3294]

Wow that old animation looks 1000% better. I never liked using the Axe because it felt so floaty without weight. That old animation actually makes sense with the decals that appear on your target. I really hope Anet corrects this. 

[God.5728]

Love the old animation too! The double swing feels weighty and impactful compared to the current one.

[kroof.5468]

I actually never even realized this -- but this thread has been so cool to follow. 
 

[XECOR.2814]

Necro weapon skill will always have trash animations. That is the studio philosophy.