New names for weapons...

Cause PLD are pretty much bastards.

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Originally Posted by Nikorayu

5 out of 17 (I excluded the GC weapons) really are "pretty much every sword"

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Ok, no need to stress because I didn't sit there counting like you, my point is more about the actual name. Is there some sort of bastard lore in the game, or is it an old term for swords or something? I'm not sure about anywhere else (don't think it is in America) but bastard is considered a swear word here, so seeing the names was just a bit weird to me, the same way others might have frowned if they were to see weapons renamed as the "F*ck Off Grimoire."

It's a technical name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classif..._bastard_sword

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Originally Posted by TeganLaron

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The French épée bâtarde and the English bastard sword originate in the 15th or 16th century, originally in the general sense of "irregular sword, sword of uncertain origin", but by the mid-16th century could refer to exceptionally large swords.[2] The Masters of Defence competition organised by Henry VIII in July 1540 listed two hande sworde and bastard sworde as two separate items.[3] It is uncertain whether the same term could still be used to other types of smaller swords, but antiquarian usage in the 19th century established the use of "bastard sword" as referring unambiguously to these large swords.[4]
Source- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longsword

It's been a thing for a while.

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Originally Posted by Hyouretsuzan

The French épée bâtarde and the English bastard sword originate in the 15th or 16th century, originally in the general sense of "irregular sword, sword of uncertain origin", but by the mid-16th century could refer to exceptionally large swords.[2] The Masters of Defence competition organised by Henry VIII in July 1540 listed two hande sworde and bastard sworde as two separate items.[3] It is uncertain whether the same term could still be used to other types of smaller swords, but antiquarian usage in the 19th century established the use of "bastard sword" as referring unambiguously to these large swords.[4]
Source- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longsword

It's been a thing for a while.

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Thank you :)

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Originally Posted by A_Magical_Unicorn_Rider

I suspect it's because those names are actually going to be the names of the RGE weapons along the way.

Please, of PLEASE let the Ninja relic be called the Chicken Knife. Homages ftw.

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Doubtful. The NIN relic will probably be the Kikoku, Nagi, or Kannagi (the Relic, Mythic, and Empyreon weapon for NIN in XI).

So where can I get the F&€k off grimiore? Will farm this for hours

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Originally Posted by Nahara

Doubtful. The NIN relic will probably be the Kikoku, Nagi, or Kannagi (the Relic, Mythic, and Empyreon weapon for NIN in XI).

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Why? Most of the existing Relics in XIV weren't Relic/Mythic/Empyrean in XI. The Sol weapons are based off XI Mythics iirc (so Ninjas Sol weapon will be Nagi), but the Relics were largely new.