Witch's and templar's battle posture

It's been a while since the way characters stand outside of town changed and it was probably a good change. I can still see a problem with them. I think most of them could use a little touch but templar and witch the most.

When we are choosing the class to play, the introduction is pretty good, it gives us some idea about the style and a tiny little bit of background for the characters.



The witch seems to have unkempt physical condition, her body is not exactly in best shape. She was probably focused on other things for some time. Nevertheless she seems to be pretty determined and confident.
The templar is obviously in much better shape, muscular, although he is past his prime and the belief is what keeps his head up, not youth or fitness.
I think both of these postures say it and fit very well to these characters.

We also see our characters in different posture in towns.



Witch seems to reduce the load on one of her legs. I like the determined confident stance on loading screen better, but this one is quite fine too. Templar sticks to his "my faith" stance, which is good and I like it very much.

And then finally we get to see the combat stance.



The witch suddenly changes her nature and take this anime ninja fighting stance. Maybe if this kind of stance was exclusive to claws and daggers, but being in this kind of stance with a magic wand seems totally out of place. Also her fragile unkempt body is simply not made for this. Her weird unnatural moves on class selection screen are so much better.

Battle stance should either reflect her connection to magic or her bad physical shape, in combination with combat moves both, if possible.



It seems like the templar forgot about his belief, old bones and pride and chose to mimic the anime ninja stance too, although the outcome is also a bit funny and makes me pray for public restroom in next zone when seeing him suffering like that.

His body is no longer in shape for these quick, nimble moves, no need to be prepared for that. He should stand steady on his strong legs, prepared to defend his ground or die trying.

I think you worded your concern very well... The "class style" should translate appropriately to stances.

For example that last picture (of a knight Templar) is a good example how one would expect the Templar to idle, much like the D2 Paladin and less like a ninja. I hope in time we can have a much more individualized and consistent styles. Cheers

What's bothering me more is the witch's bizarre new standing stance. I wonder why this change was made? :S