Duel Wielding In FFXIV: ARR

After it was stated that Yoshi and the dev team were looking into the possibility of allowing Musketeer to dual wield, myself and a few others began talking about what kind of role duel wielding will have in 2.0.

Will it be an equipable trait that certain classes/jobs will be able to use? For example, a trait that would allow gladiator or a job like Thief to duel wield daggers (one in the main hand slot and the other in the off hand slot), ninjas to duel wield katanas, Samurai maybe duel wielding a great katana and sheath, and of course musketeer wielding 2 guns.

Or is duel wielding going to be more like mnk and pgl , where you have class/job whose main hand comes in a pair. So, say if I equipped the musketeer weapon in the main had slot, then I would automatically have the same gun in a pair.

Again just to make it clear, is duel wielding going to be a trait were certain classes/jobs can equip weapons in both their main hand and off hand or is it going to be like mnk/pgl where your mh comes in a pair? And if it is the first way, how will Weapon skilling be affected?

Thoughts?

I'd love for a Samurai to dual wield a GK and Sheath, what an utterly interesting idea

The answer is that nobody knows, since the entire notion of dual-wielding at this point is purely theoretical.

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Originally Posted by JusticeReborn

The answer is that nobody knows, since the entire notion of dual-wielding at this point is purely theoretical.

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Still, It doesnt hurt to ask, allow others to add their two cents, and hope that a dev will chip in a five =)

I'd like to see how NIN works first before talking about Dual Wield (though that prospect sounds awesome :D )

I want MNK to get Dual-Wield! TWO SETS OF KNUCKLES MEANS TWICE THE POUNDING!

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Originally Posted by KiriA500

I want MNK to get Dual-Wield! TWO SETS OF KNUCKLES MEANS TWICE THE POUNDING!

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Where would they be equipped lol

Dual wield guns would be awesome.

Or the ability to equip a gun with any class/job just so I can use it on black mage.

Mar axe x2 equals epic marmot massacare!

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Originally Posted by Jinrya-Geki

Dual wield guns would be awesome.

Or the ability to equip a gun with any class/job just so I can use it on black mage.

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I kind of wish they would do it where main hand determines class/job and certain single handed weapons like guns, daggers, knuckles, etc. allowed for offhand usability depending if the main hand was a single handed weapon.