One of the things that makes this game appealing to me is that the weapons are relatively realistic, or at least based in reality. And there's a very big difference between having a floating globe as a mage's focus and having a weapon that doesn't actually physically work, like a whip sword. There's plenty of games that feature crazy anime weapons, I for one would like FFXIV to remain as grounded as it is.

I have two suggestions. First, a quarterstaff. I don't know what job this would be for, but it's a dynamic weapon with tons of flashy attacks. And it would add another blunt weapon to the mix, which the game sorely needs.

I'd also like to see a warhammer, but one based on historical warhammers rather than the typical oversized stuff you see in video games. By all means, have gigantic hammers as options, but base the style on the actual, much more compact real-life version.