Alternate Weapons For Jobs.

[SendohJin]

what's the point? are they going to reanimate every weaponskill or do they have to make all brand new ones?

[ZhaneX]

While in complete agreement with the following two statements...

Job changes use weapons. The weapon is the job, that is how it advertised so I don't think it will change. Not to mention it'd require a lot of work for all those new animations.

Ya, the time spent adding a new weapon type to a job would just be better spent making a new job.

I simply feel compelled to mention...

Dark Knight: Scythe

How much I want a scythe-wielding job.
Obviously wouldn't be Dark Knight, but man, I want it. I love the animations in this game, and I think that the team who does them could work some real magic with the moveset for a scythe!

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

There is a scythe wielding job. Botanist.

And I don't ever remember Dark Knight using a scythe. Was 1 and 2h swords in tactics, and I think in IV it was sword and shield as well.

[Evergrey]

There is a scythe wielding job. Botanist.

And I don't ever remember Dark Knight using a scythe. Was 1 and 2h swords in tactics, and I think in IV it was sword and shield as well.

I never played FFXI, but I think Dark Knights could use a scythe there.
Only source I really have is google, and it show alot of FFXI Dark Knights wielding scythes

[Felis]

Alternative weapons come with alternative skills, that you can only use with the alternative weapon. And you can't use the origin skills while equipping the alternative weapon

Please add this to post 1

[Marxam]

A third eye for a monk, generating energy, so they can punch from long range

Nah. Monks need this as their alt weapons.

4.0 ORA Stance confirmed?

I am all for alternate weapons. Monks, for example, had weapons where the end was pointed and would clearly do piercing dmg instead of blunt. The Zodiac mnk fists are a good example of this. I would love to equip/glamour the red hammer that Nero used in Praetorium. He had the exact same move set as warriors but was holding a hammer. One compromise that I think would benfit all parties is to put these "alternate" weapons in the PvP shop since its now become a glamour grind, with the removal of required ranks to equip said weapons. Devs can experiment with new weapons while still developing content for pvp, and more people will pvp for them.

[Ahrum]

Reminder that cnj/whm already have second weapons in wands and thm/blm have scepters. Squeenix just quit using them.

[DamianFatale]

If the White Mage, and black Mage can wield both wands and staves, I think we could get some more weapon types.

[Fawkes]

If the White Mage, and black Mage can wield both wands and staves, I think we could get some more weapon types.

They completely stopped making wands and rods though. They are going in the exact opposite direction of more weapon types per job.

[CUTS3R]

I would actually love rifles or carbines for MCH. I don't like handguns/pistols.