Quote Originally Posted by GMERC View Post
Why? Did you have a better suggestion for a job to use Hammers/Maces? Because I can't say I know of any known for using them. Kind of seems like a waste to opt for dual wielding hand axes on a tank, doesn't it? When we have perfectly good shield models only being used by one job (with only a small handful actually being truly specific to Paladin)?
No, I don't particularly have a better suggestion for a job to use hammers/maces, partially because I don't really see them as being a necessary addition to the game. Many games don't use Hammers for their classes, and there isn't particularly a defacto hammer wielding job in Final Fantasy games. I just don't see how hammer = viking, who in my opinion are more known for axes than anything else. But I suppose the whole mjolnir+thunder aspect has some appeal. If I had to give a tank job a hammer, I'd probably give it to Judgemaster.

I'd opt for them to dual wield because if they're to be a tank it would certainly be something we don't have as a tank yet. I'd rather avoid any job actually using the actual same weapon/offhand as another job. Why must PLD share their shields? That's like saying we have all these perfectly good spear models only being used by one job, or all these bow models, etc. etc. People often jump all over SAM not being a tank cause it uses another sword etc. but katanas are usually always their own classification of weapon in Final Fantasy games anyways and would be used different than the massive slabs of metal that are DRK greatswords. A shield + 1h weapon is a bit harder to make more unique attacking animations for if you have 2 jobs using them. If Viking's were to have shields, I'd rather them then have a shield + spear if anything.