I know it shouldnt bother me but it does: no hammer weaps?

[Valinis]

Scythes would be tricky as they would probably require entirely new animations. On the other hand I could see them using the Axe animations for Hammers. I think the man issue is the issue with Slashing damage but technically they already have a metal club for DRKs so maybe that isn't as big a deal.

I think one of the reasons they limit weapon options is that most Jobs are identified by their weapons and no jobs share weapons. Even SCH and SMN use different books. It allows them to have clear variations for Job identities.

The reason they limit weapon options is because it's too much work to make multiple weapons. SE are as tight as possible with resources in this game, if you haven't realized. BLM and WHM used to have 1 hand options a long time ago before they decided it was too much work. It's lazy but it's cheap and that's what's important to the XIV team.

[Dameron]

BLM and WHM used to have 1 hand options a long time ago before they decided it was too much work.

Actually, SE removed one-hand options for BLM and WHM because a lot of BLM and WHM mains didn't want to have to collect a one-hand weapon and a shield when they could just collect one staff. Unlike Paladin weapons today, those items did not drop together.

[Valinis]

Actually, SE removed one-hand options for BLM and WHM because a lot of BLM and WHM mains didn't want to have to collect a one-hand weapon and a shield when they could just collect one staff. Unlike Paladin weapons today, those items did not drop together.

If that was the reason they could have just made them drop together as you said. They stopped it because it meant making a staff, a wand and a shield for classes that didn't really "need" a shield like PLD. I was a BLM main in 2.0 and loved using a wand and shield, and would much rather weapon options other than staff, staff or a staff (the exact same weapon a WHM has).