So I've used the Hydra's Triple fire/thunder/ice formula to create a melee attack that does 3 hits. Unfortunately I can't get the animation to play right after the first hit. For the first hit he swings his sword, but for the next 2 hits he does this weird punching animation with his left hand.
You're mistaken. It's not a "left hand" punching animation; it would be a punching animation no matter what, because the game simply resets the weapon swing animation to default (i.e. punch) after the first attack.
I'm going to have to check with my team if an ASM to fix this is available.
Ah, I see. Well poop on a stick lol. If there isn't one then I'm going to have to find another way to make these attacks. Poor Sephiroth.
Edit: After exploring in the ASM xmls included with the patcher is your %chance for proc asm for formula 2 or is it the overall chance for any formula?
I was thinking in theory if it was for formula 2 I could create multiple abilities with that formula to create a proper multi attack skill. A bit space consuming but acceptable.
Edit: Well I tested it and unfortunately it only sorta works. I made the weapon strike abilities and made the first proc the second, and the second proc the third. When using the attack only the attack animations for the first two abilities and only the effect animation of the last one play (which in this case was no effect FFFF. I also tested with earth slash to confirm)