Where is the new DNC throwing weapon?

[SweetPete]

I could of sworn there was an interview some time ago where Yoshi P said DNC was going to get another type of throwing weapon this expansion? Has that changed or will it be like every expansion after this one will be different type of throwing weapon? I want my dancing fans

[ItMe]

I'm sorry, I have no memory of such a comment.
Do you at least remember around when you think he said it?
Or through what outlet/at what event?

[SweetPete]

I'm sorry, I have no memory of such a comment.
Do you at least remember around when you think he said it?
Or through what outlet/at what event?

Sadly no. I remember I was scrolling through Reddit when I read it. Someone had screenshot his response. He mentioned they we’re working on a new dancer throwing weapon. It was a long time go. Wish I would of screenshot it myself. Maybe we won’t see it until 6.0 though.

[Raikai]

I could of sworn there was an interview some time ago where Yoshi P said DNC was going to get another type of throwing weapon this expansion? Has that changed or will it be like every expansion after this one will be different type of throwing weapon? I want my dancing fans

I remember this as well... but not as an actual second type (as in a different DNC's arms) but more like the silhouette itself looking like something other than a circular chakram.

[SweetPete]

I remember this as well... but not as an actual second type (as in a different DNC's arms) but more like the silhouette itself looking like something other than a circular chakram.

So more like a glam specifically for dancer?

[Iscah]

So more like a glam specifically for dancer?

Everything is glamour. If they want to make a glamour specifically for dancer, they just make the dancer weapon for set X have whatever innovative design they want to give it.

But as has already been mentioned, I think they just got overenthusiastic early in the concept design, thinking they could have "all kinds" of throwing weapons like knives, but have since realised that the animations only really work with chakrams and circular weapons, though still drawing on a few different design concepts like shuriken and wind-fire wheels - not that the fighting style has much to do with how any of them work, as far as I can tell.

I think the animations limit it as well. Sometimes your character is wielding the physical chakrams, but they transition into glowing rings that are part of the battle animation and may not be showing the actual weapons at all.

[ItMe]

Everything is glamour. If they want to make a glamour specifically for dancer, they just make the dancer weapon for set X have whatever innovative design they want to give it.

Kinda like how there's a PLD weapon that looks like a pickaxe?
Or a WAR one that looks like a hammer?

[Iscah]

Kinda like how there's a PLD weapon that looks like a pickaxe?
Or a WAR one that looks like a hammer?

Like that, yeah. As long as it's the right size and shape for the animations to make sense, they can make it look like anything they want.

[Stepjam]

Yeah well there's a difference between a melee animation and the dancer animations. You don't even gotta change anything about PLD's animation between hammers and swords. But DNC's animation clearly involves movement with projectiles that only really make sense if they are shaped in a way that can "logically" return to the thrower. At most maybe they could make them boomerangs, but with like knives it would seem like DNC is psychic.

[Raikai]

Everything is glamour. If they want to make a glamour specifically for dancer, they just make the dancer weapon for set X have whatever innovative design they want to give it.

But as has already been mentioned, I think they just got overenthusiastic early in the concept design, thinking they could have "all kinds" of throwing weapons like knives, but have since realised that the animations only really work with chakrams and circular weapons, though still drawing on a few different design concepts like shuriken and wind-fire wheels - not that the fighting style has much to do with how any of them work, as far as I can tell.

I think the animations limit it as well. Sometimes your character is wielding the physical chakrams, but they transition into glowing rings that are part of the battle animation and may not be showing the actual weapons at all.

Exaclty that. They can think outside of the box with the current concept, like:

- Actual fans
- Shurikens (which there's 1 chakram model pretty close to that)
- Some Yuffie weapons