New sword and board animation?

[Toppy]

I noticed this on my Pandaren warrior recently, their combat animation for sword and board changed, this happen with anyone else? Seems a neat change, shields should have their own animations.

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[Thage]

I am in full support of this. It helps dual-wielding have its own identity and makes much more sense than some of the ways characters held shields before--female blood elves held the shield completely behind them and human males squared up and held their shield at the side.

[Usagi Senshi]

My warrior hasn't been a female panda for a couple years now but that is definitely an improved stance.

[Amnaught]

Did they do this to more races, or just Pandaren? I hadn't noticed. Awesome change!

[Marrilaife]

Great, the first stance is fine while channeling soothing mist, but doesn't fit for a warrior, looked super impractical.

[Frumpy Frumpy Frak]

Damn, you got me excited. My paladin still holds his shield like a muppet.



What a silly goose.

[Lochton]

Would be nice to have the shield in actual attack ready pose instead of being a clear shot for the archers.

[Razion]

The old one was more racially appropriate to their type or martial art, which was supposed to be visually reflective in all their other classes. Takes away a lot of the flavor from the race. But then again, you hardly ever see any race's unique racial animations anymore. So what's one more being lost in the eventual deluge. (One day this is going to hit critical mass.)

[WskyDK]

What scene is this? I keep seeing people linking it!

When aggramar almost murders you in Argus

[mysticx]

The old one was more racially appropriate to their type or martial art, which was supposed to be visually reflective in all their other classes. Takes away a lot of the flavor from the race. But then again, you hardly ever see any race's unique racial animations anymore. So what's one more being lost in the eventual deluge. (One day this is going to hit critical mass.)

"Racial flavour" is one thing, but the very point of shields is holding them in front of you in order to, you know, shield yourself from incoming attacks, seeing that Pandaren hold her shield to the side for a cooler kung-fu pose is pretty silly to me...

[Razion]

"Racial flavour" is one thing, but the very point of shields is holding them in front of you in order to, you know, shield yourself from incoming attacks, seeing that Pandaren hold her shield to the side for a cooler kung-fu pose is pretty silly to me...

Idle shield animation =/= blocking animation.
If they just hold it in front of themselves all the time, why aren't they always benefiting from block?

[Frumpy Frumpy Frak]

I have played through all of Argus, can one go back and revisit the cinematics? Or did everyone just happen to screenshot just then?

Yes, there's a broken in a cave opposite Magni's cave in Krokul Hovel.

[Ielenia]

Idle shield animation =/= blocking animation.

Except that is not "idle" animation:



The image on the left is the "idle" animation. The one on the right is the "combat ready" animation for the one-handed, dual-wielding, and sword-and-board poses.

[Calfredd]

Except that is not "idle" animation:
The image on the left is the "idle" animation. The one on the right is the "combat ready" animation for the one-handed, dual-wielding, and sword-and-board poses.

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