Why are Warrior Axes so tiny?

so.. i must mention this... have any of you noticed that when a lalafel sheaths and pull dual hakken it changes sizes? XD on the back it looks one way and when you unsheath it it gets bigger

Axes look huge on my Miqote friends. They seem big enough.

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Originally Posted by AlphaDragoon

I wish the effing Monk weapons were smaller, sick of having giant handheld war clubs instead of something you could actually do martial arts punches with while holding. They were fine in the early levels when knuckles/claws were the biggest things you would have but once you get to endgame it becomes ridiculous.

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I wish this, too. The AF monk gloves look like what their weapons should look like.

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Originally Posted by Vennox

Roll a lalafell, everything is big to them :3

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Unfortunatly Lalafells even have more smaller Axes ^^''

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Originally Posted by Amyas

http://i.imgur.com/wfgCpgi.png?1
Fixed. I care more about the awesome helmet-less DS armor than anything ;-; that art is why I chose to roll a War femroe.

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This. I REALLY dislike the coffins like pretty much everyone else.
Not only do they disable the /show headgear function they're also just frankly bad in design. AF armor is so cool looking that I hat the fact that everything above it makes me look like a trash bin to other players...

I actually like that, for the most part, axes in this game aren't "ohmigawd huge." They're sensibly designed. A battleaxe/waraxe isn't supposed to be a giant chunk of metal, you're supposed to be able to move it around relatively quickly which we do.

I'm sorry, but the Buster Sword is stupid and I am glad the art team designed our weapons with at least a little bit of sense in mind (don't get me started on the disgustingness that is Titan weapons...).

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Originally Posted by Gamemako

I think axes are properly sized and am not the slightest bit interested in swinging a chunk of metal larger than my torso.

I also think the Dual Haken is absolutely hideous.

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This is true!

well the titan & garuda axe are pretty big imo compared to ifrit o;

Lol, yeah. I which is why Titan's Axe is my fave since its so big. A shame, Bravura looks pretty big in CGI.... yet its so tiny in comparison

http://www.gamecrate.com/wp-content/...Expansion1.png
vs
http://www.tale-ffxiv.com/boards/upl...7_139_6834.jpg

It's funny that you put pictures that show the actual game size and list them as "expectation" and then shrunk them well smaller than they actually are for the "reality" pic. Holy exaggerations batman!

The only one I had that I thought was really disappointing is the Ironworks one. The rest were fine imo.

uhh
http://img2.finalfantasyxiv.com/acci...b61fa928e1.jpg

not sure what your talking about here. axes are pretty big in this game, bigger than what is reasonable RL. you don't need an oversized, overdesigned hunk of metal to do damage, when a smaller axe can accomplish similar feats through technique. yes it's a fantasy game, but honestly unnecessarily oversized weapons *coughcurtanacough* are kind of a turn-off for me.

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Originally Posted by Amyas

http://i.imgur.com/wfgCpgi.png?1
Fixed. I care more about the awesome helmet-less DS armor than anything ;-; that art is why I chose to roll a War femroe.

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http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/v...pscatyxnrb.png
it exists.

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Originally Posted by Silkerin

so.. i must mention this... have any of you noticed that when a lalafel sheaths and pull dual hakken it changes sizes? XD on the back it looks one way and when you unsheath it it gets bigger

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it's called weapon scaling. a lot of the larger weapons do it, and not just for lalafells.