Dark Knight - Great Sword or Great Scythe poll

[Buklohn]

However if SE does decide to make DRK to wield both weapons then perhaps DRK it would be best if it is it's own class that has nothing to do with PLD. Make it where it can be a tank class or DPS class. The great sword side of it can be the tank side of DRK, maybe taking some moves from MRD since it has a similar slow/heavy weapon movement and use it to carry over some abilities. And the scythe side of DRK can be DPS where it takes moves from DRG where it can carry over some moves from it as well.

[Gamemako]

Well...I would say why not both

I'm not even sure why there's a debate, here. Why not give DRK both Scythe and Great Sword?

Animations. Not only would you need two whole sets of animations, those animations would need to be identical in length and function due to the way interrupts operate in ARR (e.g. it's easier to get Fast Blade damage while under Paralysis than Rage of Halone because animation interrupt actually stops damage). Note also that 1h and 2h wands have identical animations, as do daggers and longswords.

.....cuz this aint no farmers tool:

The curvature of that is such that attempting to attack with it would have the dull part of the blade hit the opponent. You might as well be swinging a big mallet.

I wonder if it might be interesting to use GLA as a base and have relic equipment like sickle-swords, a-la the ancient Egyptian Khopesh.

[Divinemight]

Technically, scythe is not an effective polearm weapon in practice, it is only looks cool in fantasy gaming or manga.

[FritoBandito]

The scythe is a weapon for farmers, not knights.

True story. Here's a picture of a farmer with his scythe.

[Buklohn]

Technically, scythe is not an effective polearm weapon in practice, it is only looks cool in fantasy gaming or manga.

this is a fantasy game nothing in it is practical if that was the case we wouldn't take damage jumping off a high place on a flying mount lol

[Mardel]

True story. Here's a picture of a farmer with his scythe.

The scythe was so useless he died there, but hey he looked cool AMIRIGHT!?

[inkuzen]

True story. Here's a picture of a farmer with his scythe.

Farmer of souls, still a farmer.

[MeeDeggiThePunisher]

Ugh so many scythe people, just because of XI, I liked XI too, but I'm not such a fanboy I'm going to discount two decades worth of FF lore.

Who's more of a fanboy, someone who wants DRKs to use scythes because they used it in FFXI, or people who don't want scythes because it discounts two decades worth of precious FF lore?

[Buklohn]

Who's more of a fanboy, someone who wants DRKs to use scythes because they used it in FFXI, or people who don't want scythes because it discounts two decades worth of precious FF lore?

^ this lol

[Doo]

Who's more of a fanboy, someone who wants DRKs to use scythes because they used it in FFXI, or people who don't want scythes because it discounts two decades worth of precious FF lore?

Next you'll want these!


Aww they are no longer Ochiudo's Kote.