Casting with Weapons?

[Veyne]

I have a question for you Beta testers. I was having a gander at videos of the new character creation screen and noticed that when you select a caster, they show a casting animation while they have their weapon unsheathed. I was wondering if this carries over to actual gameplay. I always liked the concept of channeling your spell casting through your staves or spellswords/daggers and what not, and it's always bothered me that you automatically sheath your weapon when casting.

[Beastclawx]

It would be more realistic if Mages and Warlocks shoot (Shadow Bolts/Fireballs ect. ) with their Wands. I saw Lvl 1 Hunters with Polearms as their starting weapon and also saw shoulders and heads for lvl 13. So I demand Warlocks and Mages and Priests get a standard Wand at lvl 1!

[Clockwork Pinkie]

It would be nice, but all the other games already do that, and it's not that great to look at. Stabbing air and magically stuff comes out. The Dragonball Z casting is much much cooler.

Video for proof.