Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[Soge01]

Isn't MCH low on aether usage specifically so your average, every day commoner can pick up a gun and start blasting? I know we end up backflipping, but so much of it makes use of non-aetheric methods and gadgets.

Plus, he used to be a Ninja, he's used to backflipping even without the need for aether to guide him.

:T he literally could have gone for that than the one that specifically requires a crutch caster to load his gun.

Then again, Trusts needed a tank, and we couldn't rely on the Exarch to tank all the time.

The thing is, Thancred can't use his aether at all. Otherwise it can cause some really severe problems. His fight with Ranjit in Shadowbringers shows that. Thancred almost died using his own aether against him. So him being a MCH wouldn't be possible for him, not matter how little aether it uses, because it still requires the user to consciously convert their aether into lightning aspected aether in order to power their arsenal of weapons.

He was actually a Rogue, not a Ninja. But was pretty much on par with a Ninja and was strong enough to clash blades with Ardbert, a Warrior and force the latter back. So it actually does make sense for Thancred to become a Tank at some point, if you think about that coupled with his experience as a Gladitor, too. Gunbreaker is actually a pretty perfect job for him, its just that his specific gunblade still requiring external help from others to charge his cartridges jusr doesn't make any sense any more at this point.

It made sense for Thancred to have this handicap in Shadowbringers because he and the rest of the Scions were stuck in a complwtely different world and the people of the Crysterium were able to figure out to use some of the Crystal Tower's tech, but not all of it. Otherwise the Crysterium would look more like Allag than what it currently does.

So when the Scions finally returned to the Source, I was hoping Thancred's handicap would be resolved considering the literal arsenal of big brain tech nerds scattered across Eoreza alone. But it never happend, unfortunately and it probably never will, which is a shame. Because I was hoping to see Thancred finally get some of his self reliance back after he lost his ability to use aether and had picked up Gunbreaker in order to be the Scion's shield. :<