One handed weapons

For whm and blm. Why do we have them?! They are a relic of the past and should be discarded. Can't glamour them, can't use them. Such a waste.

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Originally Posted by Jellyfish

For whm and blm. Why do we have them?! They are a relic of the past and should be discarded. Can't glamour them, can't use them. Such a waste.

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Because there is someone out there who will inevitably ask the same question in reverse and want to use a wand and shield.

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Originally Posted by Reiryuu

Because there is someone out there who will inevitably ask the same question in reverse and want to use a wand and shield.

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Yup. I like using a wand and shield!

I don't mind the lower level stuff having one-handed but when you get to things like primal weapons and end game weapons, then I have an issue. I would love the Malevolent Moggle weapon to glamour but it is one hand weapon...

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Originally Posted by Jellyfish

For whm and blm. Why do we have them?! They are a relic of the past and should be discarded. Can't glamour them, can't use them. Such a waste.

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Well it's a good thing new one-handed whm and blm weapons haven't been released since March 2014 then.

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Originally Posted by Wobble

I don't mind the lower level stuff having one-handed but when you get to things like primal weapons and end game weapons, then I have an issue. I would love the Malevolent Moggle weapon to glamour but it is one hand weapon...

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Yeah I know what you mean, you get 1 straight away and it takes you ages to get the other main/off Hand.


@Op na what you should really be asking is how come 2 Handed weapons can be held with 1 HAND!

Another thread on this topic. Search function on top right of screen. [Can you do it for me?]

They were some of the best weapons in 1.0, and still obtainable at this point. I like them, and wish to see more of them. If anything so I can glamour my mog wand. :)

An issue with the glamour system more than anything else... Were the glamour system competent there would be no reason we couldn't glamour a mog wand over a staff, or use Herklaedi at all...

I would like to see a hammer and shield for my WHM going really old school, I have always preferred 1hr weapons as I get a little more pseudo stat customization with this model. I can chose a different shield or weapon based on the encounter and mix / match stats. It is a pseudo customization feel as I am just swapping around different static stats but some pieces favor more mana vs crit vs whatever which might make for feeling like I have an actual choice in the gear I am bringing to an encounter.

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Originally Posted by Nalien

An issue with the glamour system more than anything else... Were the glamour system competent there would be no reason we couldn't glamour a mog wand over a staff, or use Herklaedi at all...

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But you can glamour a 1-handed weapon onto a 2-handed weapon. You just can't equip a shield as well.

I don't get why people hate wand and shield so much. Just release them together with stats that would equal a staff in stats (maybe a little less to balance the slightly better speed of wands).

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Originally Posted by axemtitanium

But you can glamour a 1-handed weapon onto a 2-handed weapon. You just can't equip a shield as well.

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Actually you can't. You can glamour a robe over a cowl, but you can't glamour a one handed weapon over a two handed weapon. It's shenanigans I tell you!

If they gonna keep the wands/shields they should resurrect the dagger/shield for gld/pld. lol

I personally like weapon an shield for BLM and WHM. Here is hoping that the new crystal tower weapons will be wand/scepter and shield/buckler.

I don't like them because it means to get my best weapon I now need to rely on two RNG drops from Coil rather than 1. I say two because i135 1H weapon with i115 shield would probably be less DPS than i130 2H weapon.

I wouldn't mind for lower tier items, IE poetics or primal stuff. Though I'd rather not require a sand + oil to upgrade a weapon when other DPS jobs only require a sand.

They could fix those issues by having T13 or whatever always drop the shield when the 1H weapon drops and have the tomestone versions be upgraded together with a single sand.

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Originally Posted by Drako

If they gonna keep the wands/shields they should resurrect the dagger/shield for gld/pld. lol

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I could get the whole short sword thing for the roman, well, gladiator look.

How shield and dagger managed to make it in the game baffles me.

sword/board WHM with vit gear in PvP is fun.