Why are the THM/BLM weapons considered 2 handed...

If any and all animations has them holding it in one hand?

Eh? EH?

By that logic why do monks and ninjas hold two weapons when the icon only depicts one weapon

Eh? EH?

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Originally Posted by Slappah

By that logic why do monks and ninjas hold two weapons when the icon only depicts one weapon

Eh? EH?

:^)

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Exactly we could be using that offhand slot in the corner over there for a shield or a magic dagger or for NIN/Monk another claw or short sword.

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Originally Posted by MagiusNecros

If any and all animations has them holding it in one hand?

Eh? EH?

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They're preparing to throw the magic with full force at the target.

I don't think the length of your stick changes what you'd naturally do there.

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Originally Posted by Jijifli

They're preparing to throw the magic with full force at the target.

I don't think the length of your stick changes what you'd naturally do there.

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http://i.imgur.com/JntGgTN.gif

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Originally Posted by Jijifli

They're preparing to throw the magic with full force at the target.

I don't think the length of your stick changes what you'd naturally do there.

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A one handed or 2 handed throw though?

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Originally Posted by MagiusNecros

If any and all animations has them holding it in one hand?

Eh? EH?

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There's a single animation, specifically when casting and you get hit, sometimes you swap to holding it 2 handed

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Originally Posted by MagiusNecros

If any and all animations has them holding it in one hand?

Eh? EH?

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because holding it with 2 hands looks ridiculous. we are casting magic, we don't do some kind of martial arts with it...

but this is more true for the whm animation than the blm. the whm is in fact holding the staff with the right hand and do some kind of super magic gesture with the left hand xD
the whm animation is for a 2 handed staff, while the blm animation is for one handed staff and shield. but both types of weapons use the same animation and the one handed weapons are dead... wich is good, i really hated them.

the starter weapon for blm is a one handed weapon, the starter weapon for whm is two handed.

i can agree they could change the blm animations so they suits the two handed staff better, but please: no mage is holding his staff with both hands.

The better solution would be to bring back shields.

They use two hands to do some skills such as Swiftcast.

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Originally Posted by Evangela

They use two hands to do some skills such as Swiftcast.

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K. You got me. But that might be the only one.

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Originally Posted by Evangela

They use two hands to do some skills such as Swiftcast.

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They also use their 2H staff to channel their LB3 by sticking it into the ground, I don't imagine that would work with a wand.

Who knows! BLM may draw or funnel energy in through their hand and expel it out of their stick! Feel it's as good an explanation as any. The sheer length of it despite primarily being one handed could be due to ornamental purposes. I dunno, I ain't a wizard.

BLM barely uses 3/4 of most of the staves they wield, especially for Roegadyn. Quite a lot of the models have you put your hand at almost the very end of the staff, with all the rest of it just extending uselessly past it. It's gotten better recently, especially with ones like the Lunaris Rod, but I was really disappointed to see it happen again with Anima. :T

Because Gandalf never used a shield and wands are almost non existent.

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Originally Posted by Slappah

By that logic why do monks and ninjas hold two weapons when the icon only depicts one weapon

Eh? EH?

:^)

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Never meet a monk who have his weapon on a single hand, always on both hands

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Originally Posted by Colorful

They also use their 2H staff to channel their LB3 by sticking it into the ground, I don't imagine that would work with a wand.

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*Goes into WoD with a level 40 Wand to test this out*