The harp is a lie.

[Seo]

Thank you for going through all that trouble, but there was no need.
You see, in an interview, we got info that bard would be one of the playable jobs.
The ONLY thing that makes sense here is a harp.
Yall are trying to make the weapon into what YOU want it to be rather than what it is.

To be honest yall are tryin to make make me start cursing up in here, but im better than that.

let me leave you with a quote

“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.”-Sherlock Holmes

Harp is impossible, have you ever seen a real harp?

first: strings need to be different lengths to get different tones

second: string need to be thin so they can vibrate and be plucked to produce the sound and carry it out.

third:The Full-size Grand Concert Harps (the kind used in an orchestra) has 47 strings, and a smaller Celtic harp has just over a dozen.

The picture shows 6 objects of equal length about the thickness of a your pinky if you tried to play that like a harp, your figures would hurt, and it would only play 1 note.

Lets face it, complaining on the forum isn't going to accomplish anything especially when this whole argument came from 1 picture. Assume its a bow harp if you want but here the evil thing about it, No one can hear you cry in cyberspace.

[Victor]

According to the dev post you're referring to all we know its a bow that TRANSFORMS. We don't know what it transforms into, for all we know it transforms into a gun you know how much we've wanted one of those right? Or it could transform into Megatron.

Cool......?

[Krausus]

According to the dev post you're referring to all we know its a bow that TRANSFORMS. We don't know what it transforms into, for all we know it transforms into a gun you know how much we've wanted one of those right? Or it could transform into Megatron.

maybe soundwave? and you are still a bard lawls

[Seo]

maybe soundwave? and you are still a bard lawls

Lets assume it transforms into an electric guitar with a magical amp, and we can start yet another argument

[Gath]

I think you're all in denial. Those would be some pretty damn small arrows if that's the case. Also why use some complex mechanism like that when you can just us a quiver? I mean real world aside, in a game it really doesn't matter or do much for you. Archers have no problem grabbing a new arrow quite quickly.

Also to that end, why have it in the shape of a harp? I mean if it's not a harp then SE is trying really hard to troll everyone. Archer was the only class in the list without an obvious job and Bard was the only job in the list without an obvious class. Put 2 and 2 together.

Then why use a complex mechanism for having a harp on a bow if you could just attatch a rope to the harp and put it around your chest in front of you? That would save several steps and cause something called efficiency, instead of lowering the bow to where you have to reach it, setting the bow to where you have the right balance to even hold the bow in place while you hit the right notes, and then pull it back up.

Then we come to this;
Harps keep their sound through the shape of the instrument, hence both sides are closed on an actual harp. 2, a harp has different sizes of string and different lengths. As you can see in the picture, they're all the same size, and they're all the same length.

I know these things because;

My 1 gil is worth more than your 1 gil.

Also, One of my brain-cells outnumbers the amount that you Harp/Bow goers have for thinking of a retarded thought like this.

If you just so happen to be right, you're wrong, because I am always right.

[Seo]

Then why use a complex mechanism for having a harp on a bow if you could just attatch a rope to the harp and put it around your chest in front of you? That would save several steps and cause something called efficiency, instead of lowering the bow to where you have to reach it, setting the bow to where you have the right balance to even hold the bow in place while you hit the right notes, and then pull it back up.


Then we come to this;
Harps keep their sound through the shape of the instrument, hence both sides are closed on an actual harp. 2, a harp has different sizes of string and different lengths. As you can see in the picture, they're all the same size, and they're all the same length.

I know these things because;

My 1 gil is worth more than your 1 gil.

Also, One of my brain-cells outnumbers the amount that you Harp/Bow goers have for thinking of a retarded thought like this.

If you just so happen to be right, you're wrong, because I am always right.

I'm glad I'm not the only one here who knows what a harp is.

[Gath]

I'm glad I'm not the only one here who knows what a harp is.

I'm actually quite fond of classical music...and Melodic Black Metal...those walk hand in hand, though.

Also, on a side note, with all the metal that is apparently on the bow, and the fact that it is on the bow, if it was an actual harp it would be out of tune, or not make much quality sound at all. The sound vibrations would carry through the bow and the metal links as it seems to have and distort it to the point ot where it sounds like a flute you get in a happy meal at McDonalds.

and again, I know these things because;

My 1 gil is worth more than your 1 gil.


EDIT: Didn't realize you posted what a harp is lol, I'm more of the "skip the BS and post what I think"

[User201109011315]

haven't we already done the whole Lyre/harp same difference, length-tension relationship for string instruments debate?

[Seo]

I'm actually quite fond of classical music...and Melodic Black Metal...those walk hand in hand, though.

Also, on a side note, with all the metal that is apparently on the bow, and the fact that it is on the bow, if it was an actual harp it would be out of tune, or not make much quality sound at all. The sound vibrations would carry through the bow and the metal links as it seems to have and distort it to the point ot where it sounds like a flute you get in a happy meal at McDonalds.

and again, I know these things because;

My 1 gil is worth more than your 1 gil.

Ive been playing guitar, violin, piano and what ever i can get my grubby hand on for years now. Maybe they expect the monotone harp to be autotuned?

ADDED: Strings are still too thick for a lyre though it is more practical than harp in this case

[Gath]

Ive been playing guitar, violin, piano and what ever i can get my grubby hand on for years now. Maybe they expect the monotone harp to be autotuned?

Well, if it was ted Nugent or Slash, then maybe they could pull some magical note fromt heir ass, but that's it, they could only pull a second note from0 that harp...Though, Yingwie J. Malmsteen could probably make it work -.-;