Thread: FFXIV 2.0 and Weapons?

Perhaps for Summoner we could generalize into a type of Focus which the chape comes primarily from a crystal ball as Funky suggested and have different things either rotate around it (and our hand) pulse inside it in fits sparks and blasts of magical energy.

OR we could have different types of Crystal balls, crystaline formations that take on some sort of aspect depending on the current summon.

For Carbuncle for instance your Summoner Orb could have a rotating Shell/shield/forcefield looking animation that circles around it and pulses.

While a summon like Yojimbo would have gold dust fall from your Crystal Focus, etc.

But if effects like that are too far to reach, i would atleast like to see summoner weapons basis be Crystal like. Be it Orbs, Crystal structures of some kind, or even floating crystals that circle/float around your hands or body.

Originally Posted by Duuude007

We need to think of how weapons can have variants too, so they dont all look alike.

Whips
Cat o nine tails
flails

and my favorite idea for a whip relic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_hammer

I thought something like this more as relict whip

Taru-Cannon!

Originally Posted by Yrusama

Whip was only used by Rydia as a summoner. It was used by Beastmaster in FFV, and by Quistis (Blue Mage) in FFVIII. I think it should go to some monster-related job like BST or BLU, ...

A lot of these weapon ideas sound appealing but I really just want to know what jobs we'll get first. It took XI far too long to come up with something as classic as Geomancer, so expecting it all right off the bat is nothing more than wishful thinking.

I think there's plenty of weapons which should be left for an adventurer to decide what to use no matter what class you are, so I suggest to SE and the FFxiv team to let us sub a weapon for that class/job and be able to skill it up or what-not. The Only part of the armory system that I enjoy(but shouldn't be limited) is switching from mage to fighter to gatherer and crafter. If your in DoW or DoM, you should be able to study any magic or weapon and skill it up. I don't know where in FFxi or FFxiv that failed but it's apparent the people want it back. I just don't think it should be scrapped entirely... only expanded to explore new options (like what jobs do to abilities, it should be done with weapon choice).

Originally Posted by DubstepNinja

Taru-Cannon!

BOOOOOOKM! Gwahahahahahaa! ^^