Where are our grips!

[Cairdeas]

A long time ago in Final Fantasy XI, People complained that the shield slot looked boring being empty if you were weilding a two handed weapon. In response, we got these things called Grips.

Basically the lore is, they were custom leather or other fabric strips that wrapped around the handle of your two handed weapon and gave you a bonus.

More Strength, More Critical Hit, More Intelligence etc. These were awesome replacements when your character can't wear a Shield.

So why wasn't this extremely original option (I hadn't seen it in any MMO or Single Player game before or since.) replicated over to FFXIV? Come on SE. Give us our Grips!

I dunno. Grips sound sort of complicated, just like two individual earrings. The hello kitty hoard this game has been designed for wouldn't understand grips, it would just confuse their fragile little minds causing them to just create support tickets asking SE explain what grips are for.

The difference is you are not adding a second slot like you would for the second earring, You are using an already available slot (Shield) to allow non-shield available classes to use an empty slot.

[darkm0d]

I dunno. Grips sound sort of complicated, just like two individual earrings. The hello kitty hoard this game has been designed for wouldn't understand grips, it would just confuse their fragile little minds causing them to just create support tickets asking SE explain what grips are for.

You have to remember, anything from FFXI has to be considered arbitrary or complicated. Unnecessarily complex for no reason at all. It doesn't make any sense to have grips, as that might lead to customizing yourself in some way, and in the current philosophy of the game, there is simply no room for customization. There are just 3 gearsets to aim for. You must adhere to them. You must look like everyone else. You must not be special -- because if you're special, someone else isn't special and they deserve to be just as special as you.

[ValVae]

I would actually love this option. That empty spot does bother me ;_;

It would also be nice to be able to swap between different grips for different situations but the endgame hasn't advanced enough to warrant that yet

[TrystWildkey]

I like this idea!

/bump

[TheKojukinator]

You must not be special -- because if you're special, someone else isn't special and they deserve to be just as special as you.

You just explained the USA, lol.

... oh and grips are cool, so bump.

[HustlerBojenkins]

Grips were introduced for 2 handed weapons because they paled in comparison to the damage one could reach with dual wielding. I think the classes are probably much more balanced this time around.

[Mathias]

complaint denied

[Estellios]

Grips were introduced for 2 handed weapons because they paled in comparison to the damage one could reach with dual wielding. I think the classes are probably much more balanced this time around.

This. The weapons are already balanced as it is since every job can only equip one type of weapon with the exception of mages, who with the use of a shield can balance 1- and 2-handers.

FF11's grips were a band-aid fix for engine stuff they likely couldn't gut out, which is why you don't see it in other games.