Dark Knight - Great Sword or Great Scythe poll

[Sorata]

human can be...quite creative in the way to kill other human, don't doubt it. and they are quite good for make it pratical.

Mr. Plum in the kitchen using the candle holder!

[SanjuroXI]

Kraken clubs

[Vejjiegirl]

[Dano]

Scythe, it'll be a homage to XI.

[Doo]

Scythe, it'll be a homage to XI.

Not sure if I miss doing Guillotine more or Cross Reaper hmmm. Spinning Slash with great sword was cool too. Add cross with SATA, soul eater. Blah then again I miss cool weapon skills period . Tachi Kasha/Gekko, Blade Ku, etc.

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[Lusavari]

I'd like to point out that any image of Cecil based on Amano artwork... That's not a great sword he's holding. It looks strikingly similar to the XIV Gae Bolg.

That aside, you can't really argue for DRK using great sword for iconography purposes. Just look at Geomancer or Blue Mage. Geomancers use bells, though in Tactics they use axes, and T A2 they use poles. Not to mention in VI, Mog is a dancing Geomancer that uses spears. Similarly, Blue Mages use swords, but Khimari uses lances (Though Jump is one of his Blue Spells) and Quistis uses a whip, and Quina uses a fork.

XIV is really the first game that forces people into using a single weapon. Also, if you look at Sice's ability load out, she's very similar to a DRK who gets stronger with each kill she makes.

Also, for people who argue scythes are impractical, Zhagnals are an Indian battle scythe, and ninjas used Kamas, which are hand scythes. Anything weighted properly is a good weapon.

[Nheir]

I say go for Scythes! With wider Blades! I want more weapons and diversity total! If you give DRK Greatswords then no one else will get them, Whereas Scythes are at least kinda fitting to DRKs and NO ONE else haha.

[Swagcity]

Just implement both. Creating animations for each should not be too difficult; I mean, they are going to create new ones anyway when additional jobs are released. Take the chains of restriction off this game, I mean damn; creativity is key.

I would also like more weapon types to coincide with the release of the expansion. I want use GS/Scythe on drk and a class that uses nunchaku like that big buff SOB from Ninja Gaiden. Weapons may overlap with the addition of more jobs anyway; daggers, swords, etc. I truly believe that when it is all said and done; there will be ppl who are upset with the lack of a scythe or GS. This thread is already split regarding this topic, lol. Just my cents, not a demanding anything, just my humble opinion on the whole GS vs Scythe debate.

[FritoBandito]

I also like the idea of sword-n-board for Dark Knight. Just as SMN and SCH branch off from ACN and share similar "weapons," DRK could branch off from GLD. Perhaps it could be a DPS class, and actually use a lot of offensive shield attacks, and maybe the shields for DRK could look more dangerous.

I mean, really. Can you imagine Shield Bash with this thing?

[Gamemako]

I also like the idea of sword-n-board for Dark Knight. Just as SMN and SCH branch off from ACN and share similar "weapons," DRK could branch off from GLD. Perhaps it could be a DPS class, and actually use a lot of offensive shield attacks, and maybe the shields for DRK could look more dangerous.

Doesn't seem likely unless DRK is INT-based because you'd otherwise be making shields with duplicate stats for cosmetic reasons. If it were INT-based, you'd end up needing to make an entire new set of weapons to match. Just messy all around.