Dark Knight - Great Sword or Great Scythe poll

[BlueMage]

Anything but 1-hander and shield. Anything.

[Eggnook24]

Some of the Voidsent carry scythes, and I'd imagine a Dark Knight would possibly dabble in that story arc, so the mechanics for the "Farmer's Tool" are there.

[Eggnook24]

Double post, my bad.

[Giantbane]

My personal preference is for a new greatsword wielding class that splits between 2 jobs, Dark Knight as DPS and Soldier (think Cloud) as Tank.

However, if they want to add it as a Job on the existing classes, then my vote is for MRD > DRK. Then add in Scythes for any DRK specific weapons (like the DRK relic). The MRD skillset would support DRK as DPS very well, and the Bhuj class of weapons for MRD already looks like a Scythe.

[Bakiraka]

I think I'm gonna have to go with a Great Sword or Claymore because lolscythes. I'll tell you what, we can use scythes as weapons around the same time they let us use hoes, pickaxes, and rusty shovels as main class weapons.

I've also never seem a game design scythe animations well. Typically it doesn't even look like the bladed part hits them half the time, the entire thing just swings through their body. The issue with a scythe is to do some damage you would have to end up with your point behind the person mid-swing then pull/bring it down hard enough to cleave into the flesh. Not only would this be awkward as all hell to do in a high-stakes combat situation but it would put you off balance after one swing leaving you open. Weapons with a large degree of curvature to them typically aren't great killing tools especially when the bladed edge is faced towards the user (Scythe, Sickle, etc.) as opposed to a more slight curve that is facing away (Scimitar) which would be MUCH more useful and is used MUCH more often. Unless the weapon curve is slight akin to a scimitar, kris, or kukri it will end up being more of a detriment than an aid.

Sometimes it is a "take what you can get" situation and people have used Scythes in those situations for combat but they also would've used a large rock if they had the option or ANYTHING other than a Scythe if given the choice. I mean you can kill someone with a butter knife but that doesn't mean we should start equipping troops with butter knives or that upon discovery of the first butter-knife related death that scores of armies were fighting each other in the dunes with their new-found deadly butter knife.

[Buklohn]

I understand that a lot of people like the great sword and all, but at the sometime its very generic. Every mmo has a class with a great sword, lets let ffxiv be different please. Dark knights looks evil and i personally think a scythe suits them more because when you look at a dark knight it is as if you are looking at death itself, when you look at a dark knight with a great sword it becomes less intimidating because he looks like every other add you killed in amdapor keep and we all know those guys aren't scary. But when they wield a scythe you get the feeling that you just walked into a room with the angel of death. This is my opinion so take it as you will

[silentwindfr]

just some information about people saying scythe is not a weapon or are unpraticable

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_scythe

indeed if you take the classic farming tool it will be a farming tool (can kill but not efficient) but anything can be turned into weapon. don't forget it.

[Velox]

but anything can be turned into weapon. don't forget it.

I want a class where I can stab things with a ballpoint pen. Make it happen SE! :P

OK joking aside, can't be bothered to read every single post from my phone, but I think most people forget that if they wanted a job like DK to wield a scythe or great sword, it would require a new base class first. All jobs wield the weapons of the base class. If you want DK sooner rather than later, it would have to be a sword and shield wielder bases off gladiator class, or pole-arm wielding off the lancer class. If you really want DK or RDM to have different weapons, be prepared to wait a long time for an expansion to add those base classes.

[Jaykos]

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ehh probably should of been nightmare not Siegfried but my moneys on Siegfried

[silentwindfr]

one thing, i think too that DK must use Two hand sword, simply i don't like when people say stuff soo... well you see.