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    Tani Shirai
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    Quote Originally Posted by BaconBits View Post
    If we're talking stances, I kinda like Balthier and Basch's Greatsword stance and animations in 12.
    I really like these too, both more so than using a lazy rook as a resting stance/point (resting the cross-guard on top curve of the pec / near shoulder) or resting the flat atop one's pauldron (especially since, unlike GNB blades, most greatswords are double-edged and therefore offer additional issues there... not that we're otherwise concerned about not wrecking our blades' edges).

    (Granted, Balthier's stance looks a bit awkward from that angle, as he's sacrificing so much reach by tucking the left hand so near his lower right ribs and is keeping the point so skewed far right(?) instead of significantly crossing center [hard to tell, honestly, at that angle and in that flat lighting], but I'm assuming that's just a trick of the photo's timing?)

    I guess I just feel like they're a bit less... edgy? They seem more Soldier/Templar/Ark Knight to me. (Admittedly, they overlap in the magically self-empowering, vaguely Jedi-like aspect, but... pretty opposite in vibe despite that.)

    That said, I would love a Warden/Dervish/Watcher/Templar/(Witcher-like) Bastard sword class as a maiming dps -- ideally in such a way that it has multiple idle animations based on one's last action. (I know, I know; there are too many sword jobs as is for now, but... eventually.)
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    Last edited by Shurrikhan; 11-19-2022 at 06:34 PM.