I played TSW during beta and while I liked it, I just couldn't get in to it because of the funky combat animations.

Have they been updated to something more ''solid'' or is it still the same?

They effects look much better from what I could tell.  They were changed (I noticed hammer effects looking better) shortly after release.

While I did notice a difference I honestly have no idea what people are talking about when they say the combat animations were funky.  Maybe for guns...but I don't use them enough to notice it much.  The melee weapons are like virtually every other action type game I've ever played.

Originally posted by Mardukk

They effects look much better from what I could tell.  They were changed (I noticed hammer effects looking better) shortly after release.

 

While I did notice a difference I honestly have no idea what people are talking about when they say the combat animations were funky.  Maybe for guns...but I don't use them enough to notice it much.  The melee weapons are like virtually every other action type game I've ever played.

They never updated hammer visual effects only the sound

Try the free trial and see for yourself.

In my opinion, the combat animations are good and doesnt need more work. I love the way I can move around and fight at the same time

I think it's more of a personal aesthetic look than anything else. I don't mind either TSW or GW2 sort of weightless feel, since it's the price you pay for having constant combat movement. I do play almost exclusively melee in both TSW and GW2, so there may be inconsistencies in the animation of different weapons.

If you're looking for animations that have the feel of impact, you won't find it in either game I mentioned above. One of the best impact feel and possibly one of the best combat system ever made for mmorpgs (imo obviously) was that of Tera. TSW and GW2 are flashy (GW2 annoyingly so), but you probably wouldnt need to change animations if you changed the swords with pillows.

Originally posted by Mardukk

They effects look much better from what I could tell.  They were changed (I noticed hammer effects looking better) shortly after release.

 

While I did notice a difference I honestly have no idea what people are talking about when they say the combat animations were funky.  Maybe for guns...but I don't use them enough to notice it much.  The melee weapons are like virtually every other action type game I've ever played.

it was one of my biggest issues during beta testing but it really comes down to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

some people find this more noticeable than others..

When I'm in combat, I'm not looking at my character to see if it looks good while fighting, lol.

But to answer the OP's question, combat animations and character creation were much improved during the last week of beta and have been tweaked a lot since launch. As someone already suggested, you might want to try the free trial.

Originally posted by Jaedor

When I'm in combat, I'm not looking at my character to see if it looks good while fighting, lol.

But to answer the OP's question, combat animations and character creation were much improved during the last week of beta and have been tweaked a lot since launch. As someone already suggested, you might want to try the free trial.

Obviously you never played beta, as I said the only changes were a couple of pistol animations and some different sound effects for hammer. They have yet to improve upon any animations as promised.

Originally posted by rojo6934
theres a new upcoming update with a major overhaul on combat (new combat system). THeres an official post here on the forums and friday i think theres a livestream here with the devs

When posting news of "official" stuff, it's also good policy to include a link that would both confirm and include added details. Are you talking about:

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/404/view/news/read/25738/The-Secret-World-Brand-New-Combat-Feature-to-be-Revealed.html

It could be just a new auxiliary weapon. Not to mention that brand new does not mean revamp of the current nor overhaul.

Edit: It's not an auxiliary weapon after all.

Originally posted by Xasapis

Originally posted by rojo6934
theres a new upcoming update with a major overhaul on combat (new combat system). THeres an official post here on the forums and friday i think theres a livestream here with the devs

When posting news of "official" stuff, it's also good policy to include a link that would both confirm and include added details. Are you talking about:

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/404/view/news/read/25738/The-Secret-World-Brand-New-Combat-Feature-to-be-Revealed.html

It could be just a new auxiliary weapon. Not to mention that brand new does not mean revamp of the current nor overhaul.

Edit: It's not an auxiliary weapon after all.

No its reticule combat which is just a silly idea thats worthless

Originally posted by jayfeeler69

Originally posted by Xasapis

Originally posted by rojo6934
theres a new upcoming update with a major overhaul on combat (new combat system). THeres an official post here on the forums and friday i think theres a livestream here with the devs

When posting news of "official" stuff, it's also good policy to include a link that would both confirm and include added details. Are you talking about:

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/404/view/news/read/25738/The-Secret-World-Brand-New-Combat-Feature-to-be-Revealed.html

It could be just a new auxiliary weapon. Not to mention that brand new does not mean revamp of the current nor overhaul.

Edit: It's not an auxiliary weapon after all.

No its reticule combat which is just a silly idea thats worthless

This.  Not sure what's with all this "secrecy" when the dev announces it on twitter.