New Sword shown..

[Greven]

I want too see the new Thyrus, I always hated its look!

[CUTS3R]

I want too see the new Thyrus, I always hated its look!

I personally like it, especially my Nexus. To me its 1 of the best looking WHM weapons.

It doesnt look boring as a "simple staff" such as the Yagrush or T10 weapon and looks much better than most WHM weapons. especially if you compare it to the Omnirod or even the Ironworks staff. ( Seriously all Ironworks weapons looks awesome except the WHM one ).

PS: Tbh now that i think about it, apart from T5 and T9 WHM weapons, i dont like the look of most the WHM weapons.

[Asael]

I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all, but for this beholder that weapon looks like crap. I'm sorry but I swear who ever designs some of the end game weapons must always be hopped up on LSD.

Anyways If you look at the FFXIV art book cover that is on the Loadstone (The Art of Eorzea) the male Hyur holding that sword in the center looks more like what I would expect for the next form of the Curtana. Albeit nothing is confirmed though. /shrug

[saber_alter]

I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all, but for this beholder that weapon looks like crap. I'm sorry but I swear who ever designs some of the end game weapons must always be hopped up on LSD.

Anyways If you look at the FFXIV art book cover that is on the Loadstone (The Art of Eorzea) the male Hyur holding that sword in the center looks more like what I would expect for the next form of the Curtana. Albeit nothing is confirmed though. /shrug

Can't really see that as anything else. idk if this is going to be in 2.5 or in the expansion (i would guess 2.5 or earlier, this is kind of early to be showing off leaks like that).

i honestly doubt the final CT raid is going to have weapon drops, and i doubt odin would drop anything like this, so thats where my guess is pointing to.

[Asael]

Can't really see that as anything else.

I have my doubts that it is though. As the Curtana has no relationship to Excalibur (assuming the sword in the OP's post is indeed Excalibur). Given the Japanese love to draw from foreign history/culture in their games (especially SE with the Final Fantasy series) Curtana was a ceremonial sword used during the crowning of a British monarch. Curtana also draws links to the swords Durendal and Almace in French folklore in the Song of Roland. I can see Curtana becoming the Almace or Durendal, but Excalibur wouldn't make sense.

Either way that sword looks like it was made of wax, and someone left it near an open heat source for too long.

[lololink]

I have my doubts that it is though. As the Curtana has no relationship to Excalibur (assuming the sword in the OP's post is indeed Excalibur). Given the Japanese love to draw from foreign history/culture in their games (especially SE with the Final Fantasy series) Curtana was a ceremonial sword used during the crowning of a British monarch. Curtana also draws links to the swords Durendal and Almace in French folklore in the Song of Roland. I can see Curtana becoming the Almace or Durendal, but Excalibur wouldn't make sense.

Either way that sword looks like it was made of wax, and someone left it near an open heat source for too long.

So the sword of the king of Britain doesn't have any link to the sword that crown British monarchs ?

[Asael]

So the sword of the king of Britain doesn't have any link to the sword that crown British monarchs ?

Excalibur is a mythological weapon where as Curtana is not.

[Nalien]

I'm sorry but I swear who ever designs some of the end game weapons must always be hopped up on LSD.

Yep. The new swords they added to replace daggers a couple of updates ago were great, as are some of the Grand Company options (Twin Adder specifically). Endgame swords though? I can't actually think of a good one... Holding out for a Fencer Class/Job, the most they can do to ruin those swords is make the hilt ridiculous... I hope... If Red Mage ends up wielding slabs on metal like Paladin does, my facepalm may rip a hole in realities.