| I think the reason WoW got the animations "right" is because they arnt trying to model actual human animations. They are cartoony animations set to a cartoony model. Therefore you can forgive silly running animations as "its cartoony, just like the world".
Take a WoW running animation, then think about putting an EQ2/Vanguard model too it. It would look rediculous.
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