Quote Originally Posted by GrimGale View Post
I never understood why Apothecary had Ice magic. I get the axes were used as a substitute for the traditional sickle to cut down medicinal plants.

If we get APO in FFXIV I assume the weapon would assist you in either lobbing the augmented potions at your allies in which case we could get, Injector-Guns, Paddles, Crossbows, Arm-Cannons, Mortars, even Slingshots (Kind of like the Monster Hunter World ones where its built on your arm.), or mixing ingredients together in which case we could get portable versions of Cauldrons or Alembics in the form of a Magitek backpack. (Though this would get APO even more close to ALC so I don't think this is what we will get.)
While I like the opportunity for an Octopath shoutout, I personally do like the idea of crossbows. We definitely have a suspension of disbelief going on with many elements of this game for sure, but one thing that's hard to get around is that you don't want to actually launch a glass vial at someone to heal them. What I'm thinking is something along the lines of tossing some kind of non-glass container that has your salves in it above someone and shoot it with your crossbow so that your salve will rain over the person you're healing.