MCH Casting Animations

[FaileExperiment]

To me the Gauss charge animation looks like the upright gun pose duelists used in old wild west movies. Or fencing. It adds swagger and swag is never a bad thing.

It's not the upright pose that looks dumb, although holding it upright for casting really doesn't look good. It's how you wiggle it back and forth during the cast that looks silly. What is that supposed to be anyway?

[Tsvai]

It's how you wiggle it back and forth during the cast that looks silly. What is that supposed to be anyway?

Exactly! This is what bothers me about it. I would even be satisfied if they just left the holding it upright in, as long as they removed the bizarre wiggle.

[Jeykama]

It's not the upright pose that looks dumb, although holding it upright for casting really doesn't look good. It's how you wiggle it back and forth during the cast that looks silly. What is that supposed to be anyway?

Primitive revolvers would get gunpowder and scrap stuck in the barrel so you'd shake the gun (maybe like the twirl) or use some bore cleaner to dislodge it. Eorzean guns are probably a little more advanced but I'm guessing that's the idea.