2nd Job Predictions

[Grey_Cain]

Just a thought, maybe when the release the RDM job/class, they will also release everyone class's 2nd weapon, so the RDM will have both a staff and a sword?

They don't actually need to release a second weapon type for anyone. In the programming, they define which class and/or job can equip any given weapon, and they can assign weapons that are out of type for any class/job if they so choose.

As an example, they could add a Militia Scythe of Aiming equippable by ARC/BRD (in Beta at least if you cross-classed ARC attacks on a melee class the range would be automatically reduced to melee range, so same idea here), a Militia Scythe of Healing equippable by SCH, a Militia Scythe of Casting equippable by ACN/SMN, and a Militia Scythe of Striking equippable by MNK. All of these are valid under the current programming, but they wouldn't be able to have a Militia Scythe of Healing equippable by both SCH and CNJ/WHM because they have to define which class/job is going to be used based on the Primary Arm equipped.

So, it's entirely possible for RDM to be a GLA job but only be able to equip a specific line of Fencing swords that even GLA can't equip and at the same time have Staves that only they can wield, just not CNJ/WHM staves. It's likewise possible for Geomancer to be a CNJ job that wields one-handed Axes, and at the same time for Viking to be a WAR job that dual-wields one-handed Axes, just different axes from Geomancer's axes.

Dual-wielded weapons will probably come as two weapons in a Two-Handed Primary Arm slot, as PUG/MNK already has. And like PUG/MNK the class/job itself would have to have abilities that attack with both weapons, and there probably won't be any functional difference from a single-wielded weapon except visually. This is the most likely scenario that I see for Scout/Ninja and other dual-wielders.