Arcanist Offhand?

I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this thread, but I'll post it here anyway. Currently, every class (to my knowledge) either has a two-handed weapon, or a dual wield or main hand/off hand weapon... except for Arcanist.

Dragoon- 2 hand
Monk- Dual weild fist.
Gladiator- sword and board
Marauder- 2 hand
Archer- 2 Hand
Conjurer- 2 hand (I would imagine a staff counts as two handed)
Thautmaturge- wand and shield
Arcanist- A 1 handed book.

Regardless of the fact that they'll never actually implement an off hand for the arcanists this late in the game, wouldn't it make sense for us to get an offhand? Perhaps, oh, maybe a Quill?

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Originally Posted by Terk177

I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this thread, but I'll post it here anyway. Currently, every class (to my knowledge) either has a two-handed weapon, or a dual wield or main hand/off hand weapon... except for Arcanist.

Dragoon- 2 hand
Monk- Dual weild fist.
Gladiator- sword and board
Marauder- 2 hand
Archer- 2 Hand
Conjurer- 2 hand (I would imagine a staff counts as two handed)
Thautmaturge- wand and shield
Arcanist- A 1 handed book.

Regardless of the fact that they'll never actually implement an off hand for the arcanists this late in the game, wouldn't it make sense for us to get an offhand? Perhaps, oh, maybe a Quill?

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Actually, both CNJ and THM have the option of using either a two-handed staff or a wand and shield.

And the book *is* two handed. Watch him use it. For most of the spell animations, one hand holds the book while the other gestures the spell. When he summons, one hand holds the book while the other uses, yes, a quill to write in it; that hand then tears the page out of the book and flings it, where it becomes the summon.

Mmhmm.

Plus you need your pimping hand to slap those spells out of your book, to put that book in its place when it starts acting up.

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Originally Posted by Conradus

Actually, both CNJ and THM have the option of using either a two-handed staff or a wand and shield.

And the book *is* two handed. Watch him use it. For most of the spell animations, one hand holds the book while the other gestures the spell. When he summons, one hand holds the book while the other uses, yes, a quill to write in it; that hand then tears the page out of the book and flings it, where it becomes the summon.

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I think it would have been cool if the quill was the off-hand item, even though i do get they come as a set.