Any class going to use a scythe anytime soon?

Just an idea that popped into my head. It could be another melee or something else?

There already is a class that uses Scythes.

https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Botanist
https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...2&category3=31

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Originally Posted by Razard

There already is a class that uses Scythes.

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Sooo, you tell me a Marauder / Warrior has no right to wield an axe because the Botanist happens to use one...?

Isn't it already the case since a long time ? https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...78c96ac451cf4d

Botanists of the world, unite!

Wasn't Dark Knight originally known for using Scythes? Or am I misremembering? Either way it'd be interesting if they could get the movement right with it.

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Originally Posted by MelodyCrystel

Sooo, you tell me a Marauder / Warrior has no right to wield an axe because the Botanist happens to use one...?

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But botanists use hatchets, not axes!

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Originally Posted by Enla

Wasn't Dark Knight originally known for using Scythes? Or am I misremembering? Either way it'd be interesting if they could get the movement right with it.

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No, that was just FFXI that added great scythes to the game in a patch (BLMs could use them too in that game), they've always used great swords since the earliest days of the Job (FFII). Really, the closest to scythe use in the game besides BTN is Edda's scythe on the Mogstation. Because of that, it's pretty clear SE will not be introducing a specific great scythe class I'm sorry to say.

In terms of a job that distinctly uses Scythes as a battle weapon there are currently none but there are some Scythes for battle jobs.
WAR, DRK, DRG, BLM, and WHM have access to the Mogstation-only Scythe weapons, the Blackbosom Reaper Collection.
BLM also both the normal and Augmemented version of the Deep shadow Scythe, while NIN has Byakko's Handscythes.
(There might be more but those are the ones I remember/could search quickly.)

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

No, that was just FFXI that added great scythes to the game in a patch (BLMs could use them too in that game), they've always used great swords since the earliest days of the Job (FFII). Really, the closest to scythe use in the game besides BTN is Edda's scythe on the Mogstation. Because of that, it's pretty clear SE will not be introducing a specific great scythe class I'm sorry to say.

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Thanks for the clarification! Had a feeling my memory was being faulty. xD

Blm deepshadow weapon is a scythe

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Originally Posted by Enla

Wasn't Dark Knight originally known for using Scythes? Or am I misremembering? Either way it'd be interesting if they could get the movement right with it.

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No, that is only some stupid FF XI stuff.

First, we need a Germanic/Viking DPS job wielding 2 battlaxes/ 2 one-handed swords.

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Originally Posted by Razard

There already is a class that uses Scythes.

https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Botanist
https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...2&category3=31

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Still hoping for Crafters and Gatherers to get unique battle and victory animations, as well as poses, including the option to brandish the secondary tool.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

But botanists use hatchets, not axes!

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A hatchet is still a small axe, and as a German I call both things in general an "Axt" - or, if I make fun of them, a "Hackebeil". By the way, the terms "Kriegsbeil" and "Kriegs- / Streitaxt" refer explicitly to the axe one uses for battling, albeit the former usually describes the small axes handled by native Americans.

Also, if the English-lore isn't once again waltzing somewhere else than the German one (which goes with JPN / FR), then the ancestors of Limsa's people used in your dub as well their (big) axes to chop wood. Which brings me back to my question about the Marauder / Warrior and their weapon of choice.

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Originally Posted by Enla

Wasn't Dark Knight originally known for using Scythes? Or am I misremembering? Either way it'd be interesting if they could get the movement right with it.

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Dark knight was mostly designed after Guts(berserk)i could be wrong here so i dont think scythe was ever there intention for it in 14

I’ve been using Eddy’s surge in my DRG for a while now.

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Originally Posted by Lium

I’ve been using Eddy’s surge in my DRG for a while now.

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Edda’s scythe. Damn you autocorrect.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

No, that was just FFXI that added great scythes to the game in a patch (BLMs could use them too in that game), they\\\\'ve always used great swords since the earliest days of the Job (FFII). Really, the closest to scythe use in the game besides BTN is Edda\\\\'s scythe on the Mogstation. Because of that, it\\\\'s pretty clear SE will not be introducing a specific great scythe class I\\\\'m sorry to say.

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I thought it was Rune fencer that used Great Swords

really unlikely FFXIV will have scythes as a weapon, maybe the next FF MMo

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Originally Posted by Mimilu

In terms of a job that distinctly uses Scythes as a battle weapon there are currently none but there are some Scythes for battle jobs.
WAR, DRK, DRG, BLM, and WHM have access to the Mogstation-only Scythe weapons, the Blackbosom Reaper Collection.
BLM also both the normal and Augmemented version of the Deep shadow Scythe, while NIN has Byakko's Handscythes.
(There might be more but those are the ones I remember/could search quickly.)

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Adding to this, in the Storbmlood WAR had a scythe as a reward for Feast seasons. Isn't obtainable anymore, but still an option that technically exists in the game.

No idea, but I sure wouldn't complain if we got more glamour scythes at least. Edda's is cool, but it's also kind of thin and flimsy looking... looks cooler as a melee weapon, but looks more like an actual weapon if you're using it as a staff. Otherwise it kinda leans close to looking like a toy weapon with some looks/lighting lol

I want a scythe with some weight to it.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

No, that was just FFXI that added great scythes to the game in a patch (BLMs could use them too in that game), they've always used great swords since the earliest days of the Job (FFII). Really, the closest to scythe use in the game besides BTN is Edda's scythe on the Mogstation. Because of that, it's pretty clear SE will not be introducing a specific great scythe class I'm sorry to say.

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I have to say that an optional glamor item isn't going to necessarily stop them from adding in a scythe wielding job. Consider that paladins got a gunblade optional glamor item back in ARR but now we have a whole job dedicated to them.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...m/c9512f85124/

Would rather see Hammers for one of the next jobs first if we're gonna make DoL/H tools into weapons. Plus There are less animation issues with hammers (or maybe I've just been spoiled by Early RWBY :P).

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Originally Posted by wereotter

I have to say that an optional glamor item isn't going to necessarily stop them from adding in a scythe wielding job. Consider that paladins got a gunblade optional glamor item back in ARR but now we have a whole job dedicated to them.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...m/c9512f85124/

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Its distinctly different from the way gunblade in this game and viii work though. It's a gun sword, and functions as both. Gunbladesare just swords.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

Its distinctly different from the way gunblade in this game and viii work though. It's a gun sword, and functions as both. Gunbladesare just swords.

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Gunblades are not just swords, they do have bullets that they fire, or at least they do in this game. There's a whole section about that where Thancred can't charge his own ammo on the First since he's not entirely corporeal and has to have Minfilia do it for him. They DO fire, and they fire bullets making them more a hybrid between the two game's versions of the gunblade not just a copy of FFVIII.

The way Lightning uses hers does not change the fact that it IS a gunblade, and it's a gunblade that can be equipped by a job that is not gunbreaker. So my point stands, the fact that the blackbloosom weapons exist in the game does not negate the option of them adding a scythe wielding job into the game at a future date.

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Originally Posted by wereotter

Gunblades are not just swords, they do have bullets that they fire, or at least they do in this game. There's a whole section about that where Thancred can't charge his own ammo on the First since he's not entirely corporeal and has to have Minfilia do it for him.

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Small correction: Thancred's Aether has been screwed up since he traveled through the lifestream. So he can't use any magic at all. which is why Ryne has to charge his ammo. He's just like a Garlean without the third eye.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

No, that was just FFXI that added great scythes to the game in a patch (BLMs could use them too in that game), they've always used great swords since the earliest days of the Job (FFII). Really, the closest to scythe use in the game besides BTN is Edda's scythe on the Mogstation. Because of that, it's pretty clear SE will not be introducing a specific great scythe class I'm sorry to say.

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Pretty sure scythes have been a thing with DRK in FFXI since it launched. I know there was a specific weapon skill for scythe after rise of the zilart was added. But nonetheless dark knight was more of a DD in FFXI such a fun class in that game.

I do miss my war/nin blink tank back in those days.