new caster animations.

[Raetary]

havent really seen anyone talking about them.

but hell they look good:

-mage, shaman, resto druid:


-holy/shadow/disc priest:




still waiting for locks.

[Fahrad Wagner]

I absolutely love the new caster animations, though I think some of them need to be maybe a tiny bit more polished. That arcane explosion though, dear god I've been waiting FOR YEARS for it to look that good!

[melkesjokolade]

Priest one finally looks angelic. Dont really like resto though.

[Stormspark]

I'm disappointed that casters don't actually hold their weapons while casting even after the updates. They are a huge improvement over the old animations, but there is a long way to go. Casters really need animations where they actually hold their weapons. Weapons shouldn't just be stat sticks that stay stuck to your back.

[gushDH]

Now I feel like my new MM hunter animations are outdated again

[Wishblade]

Well of course the Priests start levitating while casting! No one was surprised by this development! XD

Some lovely animations for sure though, making casting look much more awesome.

Would've been nice if weapons could've been used as well instead of just being stat sticks. Especially in the case of Artifact abilities. Would make sense to use the weapon itself in the animation, although Elemental does have that so that's at least something.

[Selah]

I'm disappointed that casters don't actually hold their weapons while casting even after the updates. They are a huge improvement over the old animations, but there is a long way to go. Casters really need animations where they actually hold their weapons. Weapons shouldn't just be stat sticks that stay stuck to your back.

I agree, I'd love to see them holding their weapons to help with the casting animations. Though, I can't complain because a lot of the animations and the spells themselves are juicy. Especially the new Arcane Explosion, I looooooovvvvveeee it.

I can't say I'm fond of the FF animations, way too JRPG for my tastes.

[derpkitteh]

i love these so much, just totally flipping my shit on it.

i'm changing my shaman to elemental for this patch, and i'll probably start playing my mage again.

just too fucking cool. i cannot wait to see what they do with warlocks.

[Raetary]

And does the new Druid animations come with nature/bird sounds?

seems so, leaves lashing and a bird squeak from time to time.





OT: i really like how priests start floating while casting, the angelic feel is real.
and the mage animation just makes me want to play my mage again, frost looks so badass.

[Taeldorian]

So this is extremely extremely good. Spells now actually utilize hands a lot more and it looks like you're actually casting spells and throwing ice lances and charging up for a huge lava burst. That's really damn awesome.

However, I reeeeeally wanna see some love for holy Paladins. Our spell animations have been the same old bland and boring shit for a while now.

[Raetary]

for the weapon topic.
i also agree that should be a thing, however i kind of prefer weaponless casting more.

[Lochton]

*squeel*

Finally combat ready stances for mages!!!!

[demonik]

are warlocks gonna get any new casting animations?

[Galbrei]

I think it's a shame they didn't include their weapons in the casting animations, but they still look much better. It's a nice improvement!

Them levitating priest look amazing!

[Darktbs]

Better then what we have but i expected more.

[derpkitteh]

are warlocks gonna get any new casting animations?

I didn't see them listed. Shadow Priests are, but they said they're still getting worked on and will be available to view at a later date.

blue post in another thread says yes, but they're not ready for this patch v.v

[jac9996]

I really don't like the combat animation with the hands going to the sides after you cast something. I checked out my resto druid night elf and a night elf doing that looks awful even more so with the new resto druid cast animations.

[StationaryHawk]

blue post in another thread says yes, but they're not ready for this patch v.v

The front page states that shadow priest animations will be ready for 7.3, but are not ready for testing in the PTR. Has there been a change since yesterday?

Also, definitely agreed that weapons should be incorporated into the casting animations, but these changes are definitely a step in the right direction.

[derpkitteh]

The front page states that shadow priest animations will be ready for 7.3, but are not ready for testing in the PTR. Has there been a change since yesterday?

they were talking about warlocks.

[StationaryHawk]

they were talking about warlocks.

Woops. Saw shadow priest in the second quote and blanked out on the rest of it.