Why? not once have we ever asked for another ninja run animation travel power.

While its nice you finally gave us a new SS its not what we have asked for literally since beta.

Its the durn run animation. That silly arms back like a kid being a jet plane we hate. The ninja run thing is what most of us dislike and wanted an alternative to.

I mean this can't come as a suprise to you guys, every ask cryptic have questions asking when we would get a new run animation for SS/acro. Reusing the same run animation with a new trail FX doesn't count.

It uses the crappy Naruto-wannabe ninjarun? Well, that just killed any anticipation I had for the new power.

Yep, same here. Not gonna buy another running animation that looks so childish and out of place.

It's super annoying that acrobatics uses it too.

Because only ninjas can run.

And because only ninjas can burn things when they walk.

And because... well....

.....

Ninjas killed every other pose. They're evil, sneaky *******s like that.

I'm with you guys. I haven't used superspeed since the first time I tried it during the Open Beta.

I was looking forward to this one.

They do have a new animation in the works though, but how it gets implemented (as a choice for any superspeed travel power, or its own thing) is still unknown. I thought this was gonna be it. :\

I really want superspeed animations similar to speedsters in smallville, pumping arms and legs.

Actually, hell just a superspeed animation that isnt a ninja run :/

I don't actually mind it at all, to be honest. It's silly. It fits the rest of the game by being silly. This is a truth: Champions Online is an entirely silly game, I like that.

I'd love to see alternatives, sure, but I don't want to see that run animation go quietly into the night. And I have a friend that absolutely adores that animation, and he's not a kid or an anime fan, he's a robotics engineer. He's just amused by the cheesy hyperactivity of it. Not everything has to be completely serious.

While I agree the run animation can be better, the animation on newer travel powers suggest it could also be WORSE. So until they can bring up an option where you can choose wether to keep ninja run or the new one - I'd rather stick with the devil I know.

Besides, it's not THAT terrible. I sort of grows on you.

Like fungus.

It's not about being serious or not, it's about the theme of it. That kind of running pose started (at least I think it did) with anime. This game is based on western comic books. Nobody in western comic books run with their arms out to their sides while daintily super-tiptoeing along.

Imagine if you were playing a Naruto game and all the little ninjas ran like real-world marathon runners. Don't you think that would feel out of place?

Bah NO NO NO.

There are a bunch of us who have hated the current/wanted a new animation since beta.

Waiting for new tech they don't have and possibly might never have for a new run animation is just too long and to much of a gamble.

This sentiment thats crept up as of late that people might prefer the old stuff likes keep it no mater how hated it is is rather backwards in logic. You can't please everyone I suppose.