And the 1h wand wielding animation is very distinct from the BLU's canes.

I wish they were usable as glamours over 2h weapons... so many nice models that never see the light of day, including the FF13 collab wands. I actually bought the WHM one in the Mogstation back in the day. I know they have a disclaimer saying that it can't be glamoured into 2h conjurer arms, but back in the day the sprout me, browsing the Mogstation for good cosmetic items to look marginally good in my journey, had no idea that we would not have any 1h WHM weapons past level 50 anymore. :/

Back on topic!

I agree with the OP, and while DNC is overdue some more eccentric choices (like how it doesn't have an actual fan yet?!), it still got it much better than the book wielders.

Sadly books are the most boring weapon. Every new patch it's the only weapon I don't look forward to see what we get, because it's always something way too cumbersome to be a book, many spikes, things popping out. I can count on my left hand the number of books that are actually really distinctively interesting.

I wish that instead of getting those "arsenal of spikes and hazards" overworked models we could get simpler tomes and the effort could be put into the actual special effects when you have it open. More floating sigils, runes, etc.

Or even better, imagine if there was a special type of carbuncle that had its appearance unique to each book's design (or at least some of them).