What do you think of jobs having different stances than classes?

[Mijin]

This is the stance I would like to see for Musketeer if they ever add it:

Also would make great AF.

Edit: Lol on a serious note, I'm never apposed to them adding new graphic content. New stances would be cool I guess. As long as it doesn't take away from time being spend to make the graphics of the new HNMs that we desperately need ><

[Zantetsuken]

Alternate battle and standard attack poses to help differentiate jobs and classes would be a nice cosmetic touch. I really enjoyed the differences in the Racial stances in FFXI, and would like to see something like that in FFXIV.

Good suggestion OP~

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[bobbygunz]

Alternate battle and standard attack poses to help differentiate jobs and classes would be a nice cosmetic touch. I really enjoyed the differences in the Racial stances in FFXI, and would like to see something like that in FFXIV.

Good suggestion OP~

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Races already animate differently. FYI.

Which I realise is not relevant to the OP, but just pointing it out anyways. As far as these so-called "stances" go, well why not? I mean, if they can add firedance they can add some other equally superficial thing while they're at it.

[DeadRiser]

Races already animate differently. FYI.

Which I realise is not relevant to the OP, but just pointing it out anyways. As far as these so-called "stances" go, well why not? I mean, if they can add firedance they can add some other equally superficial thing while they're at it.

No, every ability in this game is the same besides the casting one and the way they stand for each job.

Never played XI and I know that each race had a different animation for each weaponskill.

[rina_inverse]

Races already animate differently. FYI.

Which I realise is not relevant to the OP, but just pointing it out anyways. As far as these so-called "stances" go, well why not? I mean, if they can add firedance they can add some other equally superficial thing while they're at it.

which is why its low priority

[Akujin]

How about Monks get a new ability called 'Throw Down', in which your monk throws his weapons on the ground, runs and jumps up on the mob's head and starts pounding it relentlessly over and over again at its face with bare fist.

heh.

[Ryujin_Ketu]

I think there should be a /stance for mages that lets them reap the benefits of not being engaged, but look like they're actually participating in the battle.

^This would be awesome^

It'd be sweet to see a Mage in squat stance pushing a fireball at the enemy like Liu Kang!

[Andrien]

Yeah I like this battle stance that differentiate between class and jobs.

[fusional]

while having different animations for jobs would be cool, since most content would be done with jobs it would basically make class animations nearly pointless. wasted development time.

as it is, different races have different animations already. as far as the devs taking shortcuts with animations, you do realize this is one of the most beautifully animated games ever made, right? go through your list of emotes and take a look at the attention to detail. tell me that's not incredibly realistic movement.

[Rukkirii]

We checked in with the animation team about whether or not races will have different animations and they said that there aren't any plans to have unique animations per race. Instead they'd rather show the uniqueness of each race through their emotes rather than their battle animations. They did say however that they are trying to create unique animations for many of the class and job actions by the launch of A Realm Reborn. Please keep in mind that there is a possibility that they might not be completed in time but that they will do their best!