New Grand Company Gear (04/23/2012)

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Joyeuse[/url] was incredibly understated, but was the envy of virtually every RDM and quite a few PLDs. More importantly, the players became quite skilled at identifying high-tier weapons like this (Ok ok, I know Joyeuse hasn't been high-tier in years, but that's beside the point) by sight very quickly. Personally, I felt very... shiny... every time I put on my RDM AF and strapped on my Joyeuse.

Big can be an effective way to indicate "awesomeness", but it is quite possible to make understated weapons that look unique and desirable. That being said, don't get me wrong, I think having a wide variety is probably a good thing. SE did seem to dry up for ideas in FFXI and I would hate to see that happen here, especially this early in development.

Exactly! The Joyeuse was a fantastic prestige weapon that was tastefully understated. It didn't need to be glowing and 3x the size of any other sword to look awesome, the stats made it so.

I hope they scale back the extreme gear designs or we will all look like carnival clowns long before they ever raise the cap.

Please Devs, Save the crazy stuff for lvl 80+.. Otherwise, what do we have to look forward to?