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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gramul View Post
    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.
    Sorry, but using ridiculous exaggerations doesn't help your side of the argument. At all.

    Quote Originally Posted by Gramul View Post
    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.
    Eorzea is a fucking fantasy world! We don't have to limit the items in the game so they only resemble real-life weapons when the game's world was never even intended to mimic real-life in the first place. -_-

    Quote Originally Posted by Gramul View Post
    There is magic that could be used to temporarily enchant weapons, but that's really the furthest extent that I personally care to see.
    Why should magic be limited to temporary enhancements? Is there some rule in the game's story that say magic is only temporary, and that it fades with time? No? There isn't such a rule? Alright then.
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    OK. You win. I'm done.
    Trying to explain my opinion is a wasted effort it seems. Please have a good day regardless of our differences.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gramul View Post
    OK. You win. I'm done.
    Trying to explain my opinion is a wasted effort it seems. Please have a good day regardless of our differences.
    He really wants his glowing weapons. Really.
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