Would have loved to see more weapon types for dancer.

[FFWinner]

Every weapon this raid is great...except dragoon. It's just a big fork. Guess it's what they get for having the tome set.

[Hysorn]

Thinking about it, I think Monks get the most diversity in the game in regards to weapons. Of course there's punchy things but there's claws, tonfas, even extendable hand-swords.

Would be neat to see every class have that level of diversity. Sure an axe is great but how about a greathammer? That'd be neat too.

As for Dancers, I'm not seeing too much reason as to why they can't throw different things. Just have the weapon held in a way that matches the idle animation: Multiple throwing knives in hand, handle for a boomerang, etc.

Paladins had a... Paddle looking thing in ARR lol.

Honestly, I would love to switch weapon types between roles, and yes, I know it's unrealistic and they wouldn't put in this sort of effort for customization options, but using a Zweihander as Paladin, Axe as DRK or Sword and Shield as WAR would be really cool. I think GNB is the only one in the tank role that would have to remain exclusive.

[SherlottaEryut]

Dancers need fans....

Fans with blades on the ends... Elegant yet dangerous looking

[MikkoAkure]

Paladins had a... Paddle looking thing in ARR lol.

Honestly, I would love to switch weapon types between roles, and yes, I know it's unrealistic and they wouldn't put in this sort of effort for customization options, but using a Zweihander as Paladin, Axe as DRK or Sword and Shield as WAR would be really cool. I think GNB is the only one in the tank role that would have to remain exclusive.

That was a macuahuitl, which was the Mesoamerican equivalent of a sword. Basically a club edged with sharp pieces of obsidian but still close enough to a sword.

In 1.0 and very early ARR, PLD branched out more and had access to daggers before they became a NIN weapon. But FFXIV was built around weapon types determining classes from 1.0 and except for things like giant iron clubs for DRK and hammers for WAR, there hasn't been much wiggle room and with how much SE cuts for time I don't see them changing combat stances and animations to allow for weapon variety.

[Asari5]

tbf... every weapon type they give to an already existing job limits their possibilities for future jobs

[GrizzlyTank]

tbf... every weapon type they give to an already existing job limits their possibilities for future jobs

Not really. Throwing knives/kunai wouldn't take or at least have to take anything from Ninjas. They would look slightly different, be held different and be used in different animations.

[hynaku]

Dancers need fans, ribbons, and knife shoes for weapons.

[Ultaniku]

I actually would love some kind of boomerangs. Even if they had to have a handle of some sort due to the battle pose and what not.

[Raikai]

Didn't they mention, during DNC inception, that they would be looking for more diverse throwing weapons?

Dancers really deserve actual bladed fans. We have just about 4 weapons that deviate from the "pizza silhouette" and they are the level 90 relic looking like a retractable knife, Cryptlurker that looks like a sickle, the Deepshadow that looks like a shuriken and the Fae weapon that looks like... some faerie decoration lol. Everything else looks like the same silhouette.

I hope the Senor Sabotender weapon is actually the Cactuar shuriken that Yuffie uses on her FF7 Remake integrade DLC:



Now come to think of it, I also wish they would step more outside of their boxes for SMN/SCH weapons too. It's ALWAYSa book. Why can't it be something like an actual tablet or a scroll floating off a book's open cover?