Add New Jobs to Relic Weapons - Past Due for an Explanation

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I'm so glad moogles have their eyes closed. Otherwise, I'd feel like it was trying to stare into my soul. o_o

Although...

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Now that's an avatar!

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Originally Posted by Alhanelem

(Aside: There should be new 2-handed great mauls that only WHM gets :p )

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This. So much, this.

The only problem is that they'd make scythes look fast but pitiful. (DMG: 180 Delay 765? Sounds like a plan at 99.)

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Originally Posted by Economizer

Mjollnir should not touch another job's hands. White Mage is the club specialist. Mjollnir was designed exclusively for White Mage. If SE wanted Mjollnir to be in the hands of another job, some other jobs like Paladin would have been able to use it too from day one. The weapon is a symbol, a pact made by SE with White Mages, exclusively with White Mages. To break this pact is to allow adventurer's everywhere to die from lack of healing and the undead to roam.

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This is exactly how I feel about DNC getting Mandau. It should belong to THF (RDM and BRD really don't count because they don't horn in on THF's territory like DNC does)

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Originally Posted by Rohypnol

Only thing you'd get for off-handing Twashtar would be the stat boost. No weapon skill or aftermath.

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Nope just the highest DPS dagger you could possibly wield offhand.

Either add the 5 new jobs to relics or make them their own relics. Simple.

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Originally Posted by Kimble

[..] or make them their own relics.

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Wouldn't fit the pattern. Mythics are job-specific (one for each job), and Relics and Empyreans are weapon-specific, meaning one for each weapon, which are supposed to be the mightiest of their class. Adding more weapons would violate that logic.

Well, at least I'm glad that we're finally getting answers. Thank you for the response ^^

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Originally Posted by Insaniac

If they are worried about the counter effect on PUP they can just make it like the DW on suppanomimi. PUP would only get the "enhances counter" effect if they were /mnk.

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That wouldn't work, because Counter is not job-specific. Dual Wield is an on/off trait, whereas Counter is a +x trait. Most traits, MNK's Counter included, are actually Enhances "<something>" effect bonuses.

It could be changed to "MNK:Enhances "Counter" effect", but the biggest issue wouldn't be Counter but the ungodly base damage on Spharai (+48) compared to any other H2H weapon (Verethragna/Kenkonken +39).

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Originally Posted by Rukkirii

Hey guys! We forwarded your feedback to the dev. team and they let us know that they have indeed looked into increasing the number of jobs that can use relic weapons, but as of right now there are no plans to implement this change.

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Please source this statement.

Personally if anything, I think that new weapons should have been added for the new jobs. New relic armor was added, I don't see why new weapons shouldn't have been. Then that allows the possibility of those jobs getting something built for them (though you never know when it comes to SE...) instead of something made before their existence without their consideration.