White Mage Stance Looks Out Of Place

[Fernosaur]

I've always thought even the wand+shield pose is terrible, tbh. It just looks awkward.

I think there's a way to slightly alter the current pose to reach one that's similar to the 1.0 one. I'll try and do some edits on it to illustrate my point but it might take a little bit. Brbrbrb


Edit:
Far from perfect, really, since I just copy-pasted the hands and spun the staff, so the body language is all stiff and awkward without being able to move the rigging on the 3D model, but something like this is what I'm thinking. Just spinning the wrists, bringing the forearms a bit closer to the chest in a more defensive manner. Making it look a little bit less "battle ready," and a bit more reserved, if you will.



This of course runs into limitations of what a wand+shield look would be, but I think a middle point could plausibly be reached if the pose looked a bit more defensive and conservative, reminiscent of what Yuna's battle pose looked like in FFX, for example.



With a middle point between those two, I think a pose could be reached for both types of equipment that didn't look as stiff as the one we have already does.