Question Kinematic ridigbody interferes with root animations and NavMeshAgent

I have an NavMeshAgent, which is driven by root animations. When I attach a rigidbody and set it to kinematic, for some reason the root animations move the character a smaller distance (or sometimes dont move at all). What could be the reason here? I did some research, and kinematic rigidbodies should allow root animations to move the character properly, and have no effect on position.

 

I am having a similar issue, except I have a normal rigidbody, root motion anims, and a navmesh agent. Trying to figure out the best way to handle movement on the beast. Up for solutions because right now I've overridden OnAnimatorMove and the player does this :

_rb.MovePosition(_rb.position + Animator.deltaPosition);

while the AI does this :

AISoldier ai = (AISoldier)_Brain;
if (ai._navAgent && StateMachine.CurrentState.GetType().Equals("MoveState"))
{
ai._navAgent.velocity = Animator.deltaPosition / Time.deltaTime;
return;
}
Animator.ApplyBuiltinRootMotion();

And it feels horrible