Quote Originally Posted by Horadrim View Post
Side note, for anyone interested RUN uses "Great Swords" because it is a "Longsword" Fencer and FFXI (as well as most video games and anime) misrepresent sword classifications:

http://www.thearma.org/essays/Longsw...n_Fencing.html

The Longsword classification includes everything up to around 160cm in length, and the largest non-ceremonial standing combat swords were mostly less than that. The terms Bastard Sword and Great Sword were actually originally used to designate swords LESS than the maximum length of the Longsword classification but of specific origin and design. "Bastard" swords (which we almost always see as huge, hulking Cloud-like swords) were called that because no one knew where they came from originally -- i.e. literally bastards in the design sense.
nice to see someone else practices european martial arts :P