diff --git a/core/src/com/riiablo/engine/system/MovementModeSystem.java b/core/src/com/riiablo/engine/system/MovementModeSystem.java
index 1738f886..43e36710 100644
--- a/core/src/com/riiablo/engine/system/MovementModeSystem.java
+++ b/core/src/com/riiablo/engine/system/MovementModeSystem.java
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import com.badlogic.ashley.core.ComponentMapper;
 import com.badlogic.ashley.core.Entity;
 import com.badlogic.ashley.core.Family;
 import com.badlogic.ashley.systems.IteratingSystem;
-import com.badlogic.gdx.math.MathUtils;
-import com.riiablo.codec.Animation;
 import com.riiablo.engine.Flags;
 import com.riiablo.engine.component.CofComponent;
 import com.riiablo.engine.component.MovementModeComponent;
@@ -29,19 +27,28 @@ public class MovementModeSystem extends IteratingSystem {
       cofComponent.mode = movementModeComponent.NU;
       cofComponent.speed = CofComponent.SPEED_NULL;
     } else {
-      float velocity = velocityComponent.velocity.len();
-      float fps;
+      //float velocity = velocityComponent.velocity.len();
+      //float fps;
       if ((entity.flags & Flags.RUNNING) == Flags.RUNNING) {
-        fps = velocity * 5f;
+        //fps = velocity * 5f;
         cofComponent.mode = movementModeComponent.RN; // each step = 2 yards
-        //cofComponent.speed = 136;
+        cofComponent.speed = 136;
       } else { // each step = 1 yards
-        fps = velocity * 8f;
+        //fps = velocity * 8f;
         cofComponent.mode = movementModeComponent.WL; // each step = 1 yards
-        //cofComponent.speed = 136;
+        cofComponent.speed = 136;
       }
 
-      cofComponent.speed = MathUtils.roundPositive(256f / (fps / Animation.FRAMES_PER_SECOND));
+      /**
+       * FIXME: below looks really close, still haven't figured it out though
+       *        I've tried calculating some proportion of velocity -- still a possibility
+       *               ... assuming each frame is 1/25 fps, so 12.5 frames would be 128 delta
+       *        best results so far seem to just be using 128 for everything -- but this doesn't
+       *           account for changes to velocity (faster movement should have faster animations)
+       *           it's 136 now because that looked a bit better than 128, but more testing is
+       *           needed once velocity can be modded past default (items, auras, etc)
+       */
+      //cofComponent.speed = MathUtils.roundPositive((cofComponent.cof.getNumFramesPerDir() / Animation.FRAMES_PER_SECOND) * 256f);
       //System.out.println(velocity + " " + fps + " " + cofComponent.speed);
     }