Quote Originally Posted by Rhianu View Post
There is jackshit in FFXIV's lore that prohibits weapons from glowing. Tell me, what in the bloody hell leads you to believe glowing things wouldn't fit in with the game's lore? Is there some quest with a mystical wizard in a cave and a majestic story-arc that goes into great detail about how all glowing things were eating by the Dread Dragon Elgoroth, the Destroyer of Light? No? There isn't such a quest in the game? Well, then I don't see how you can say glowing things wouldn't fit in with the story of the game, if the game's story makes no specific rules against them.
Relax. I just personally feel that the lore does not lend itself well to the idea. It's just a stylistic choice that I feel would miss match with the overall theme.

Is there anyone that says you can't have them in the world? No; but there isn't anything that says you can't have flying purple hippos wearing top hats and vomiting rainbows either.

In XIV, everything about the weapons and gear feels hand crafted and real, as if they could actually exist in the Late Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era. I feel glowing weapons would fall away from that. That's what I mean when I say that I feel the lore does not lend itself well to the idea. There is magic that could be used to temporarily enchant weapons, but that's really the furthest extent that I personally care to see.