Cartoony art style, hell no we won't go

[Gramul]

I'm saying that by the OP's line of logic, a weapon that is as big as your character should not exist in Hydaelyn.

Now I wouldn't go so far as to say that. The strength in the designs isn't necessarily in their believability (though it is a good portion), but in their naturalistic style. I'm a little bugged by the glowing horn weapons, but at least they make contextual sense in the fact that they are made from the body of a fallen deity. (would have made more sense if he dropped his horns on death and you could craft the weapons. but then what would you do about trading untradable weapons huh?)

That being said, if great swords where to come into play, I don't think I'd like them the size of my character. Perhaps a little longer than a longsword with a broader blade to come off as heavier requiring the use of two hands.

FFXI had weapons such as the Ifrit weapons before WoW even came out. You people need to get off of that debate because you aren't going to win it. The Ifrit weapons are not "WoWish" by any means. The previous weapons all had very bland designs and according to the polls, I'm not the only one to believe this. I welcome this new design and hope to see more like this: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...he5tr.jpg/sr=1

We need to stop looking at other games to justify XIV's design choices. Every design needs to be judged by the context of the game itself and not other games where such styles would be more fitting.

Also, I would like to see these polls about the weapon design.