The /read emote should be endless.

[Iscah]

I also wouldn't say most glam is locked behind jobs/classes. If people find the book reading more important, then yes, suggesting switching to a class that can do that is a valid suggestion.

I think part of the draw of a read emote is that you would be able to do it while equipped as a class other than arcanist (either in combination with incompatible gear or maybe idling in a dungeon/instance while waiting for someone). I know I've wanted to do it occasionally.

I'm not sure why they've made it a temporary emote, since there are plenty of NPCs that do it as a permanent idle pose.

Anyway, I haven't had the chance to try it yet but I hope it looks more engaged than the male arcanist pose. They look like they're staring at the book but not really reading it. The female pose looks more interested.

Can you use it while sitting?


Edit to add: There's actually a lot of glamour locked behind classes, it's just that a lot of people don't think to go looking beyond the Lv1 "glamour gear" items.