Discussing your 'unpopular' opinions

[Bourne_Endeavor]

-the HW and SB Jobs should have base classes and start at level 1 instead of level 30/50

I have to ask, why? People would have mindlessly grinded them through FATEs or PotD. Job quests, unfortunately, teach very little in how to actual play the respective jobs.

[Ametrine]

I find it a bit strange that everyone forgets Lightning uses a gunblade. It wasn't a major part of the iconography like ones used by Squall or Seifer, but it's there. And we can use it in FFXIV thanks to the old event.

I don't understand why everyone is so against a gunblade job. "It's a stupid weapon" seems like an outrageous excuse when FF has had many jobs and characters with ridiculous weapons ranging from paintbrushes, rackets, flutes, surfboard swords, bells, and astrometers. A slashing bayonette is a hell of a lot more grounded than people realize.

[Theodric]

I'm inclined to believe that a gunblade based job would be incredibly popular. There's a lot of people who are very fond of such aesthetics but do not necessarily speak up about them on this site.

[Dualgunner]

I'm inclined to believe that a gunblade based job would be incredibly popular. There's a lot of people who are very fond of such aesthetics but do not necessarily speak up about them on this site.

Aside the spellblade archetype, a gunblade / gun + blade combo is one of my favorite archetypes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elDCvhhnxbo

[whiteblade89]

Unpopular opinion: FemRoes are the prettiest of all the female races. Hands down.

[TheDraco4011]

It was a mistake to use the same framework from 1.0. They should have dumped it and started from scratch. Its preventing the game from advancing in meaningful ways. Dungeons shouldnt have a timer. Triple triad should be able to be qued for battle on the spot like pet battles in wow. Aoe markers shouldn't have a massive delay of getting out of them. Having a repair all gear button shouldnt "crash the server". PotD should have more variety in how you go between floor other than kill stuff until it opens.

[Dualblade]

I find it a bit strange that everyone forgets Lightning uses a gunblade. It wasn't a major part of the iconography like ones used by Squall or Seifer, but it's there. And we can use it in FFXIV thanks to the old event.

To be fair Squall's (and Seifer's) gunblades and Lightning's gunblades are rather different. Squall uses ammo to vibrate the blade for extra damage (thus why you need to hit the button at the right time.) while Lightning's actually turns into a gun to shoot things ala RWBY. Meanwhile FFXIV also works a bit differently though closer to Lightning than Squall as there is no transforming of the weapon, but the gun part is still a gun instead of making the melee attack stronger.

[Shurrikhan]

To be fair Squall's (and Seifer's) gunblades and Lightning's gunblades are rather different. Squall uses ammo to vibrate the blade for extra damage (thus why you need to hit the button at the right time.) while Lightning's actually turns into a gun to shoot things ala RWBY. Meanwhile FFXIV also works a bit differently though closer to Lightning than Squall as there is no transforming of the weapon, but the gun part is still a gun instead of making the melee attack stronger.

As much as I enjoyed VIII, I actually kind of hope we don't get oscillation (gun)blades, seeing as any oscillation caused would reduce initial penetration if even possible to occur at a node of percussion. (It's not, btw. At best you'd have to rapidly rend from the node of percussion back to where the blade oscilates nearer the tip and the oscillation would have to somehow occur conically, rather than flapping the blade as one left-right along its width.)

[Shurrikhan]

Aside the spellblade archetype, a gunblade / gun + blade combo is one of my favorite archetypes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elDCvhhnxbo

Would a Corsair done right work for you, out of curiosity?

[Soge01]

To be fair Squall's (and Seifer's) gunblades and Lightning's gunblades are rather different. Squall uses ammo to vibrate the blade for extra damage (thus why you need to hit the button at the right time.) while Lightning's actually turns into a gun to shoot things ala RWBY. Meanwhile FFXIV also works a bit differently though closer to Lightning than Squall as there is no transforming of the weapon, but the gun part is still a gun instead of making the melee attack stronger.

Oh, oh! I think FFXIV gunblades are based/copied off of Weiss' dual gunblades from FFVII Dirge of Cerberus