Thank you for the 'new' swords!

[Baldur]

I would like to take this time to express my joy in what the daggers were replaced with in the 2.3 update! (This is not a sarcasm thread.) At first I was a little mad when I heard daggers were going to be given a different model to become swords, because it's good to have varioty. But, when I saw the new models for them, my anger turned into excitement! I was expecting Square Enix to give the daggers models already used by other obtainable weapons. So, I was very delighted when I saw they were given models of weapons only seen on NPC's AND completely new models as well! In my opinion, the swords look fantasic! Especially the viking ones, which look like classic, traditional swords.

So, with that being said, I would like to thank Square Enix for what they have given us (or, in the case, replaced). I know this is something very little in the 2.3 update, and maybe not worthy of a thread. It's just it's been a long time since I've felt this happy and appreciative about something in FFXIV. The little things are very important.

And I would like to express my sympathies for those who have lost their favorite weapons this patch. :-(. I know it sucks to have a cool thing taken and be replaced with something you never wanted. (That is exactly how I felt about FFXIV: ARR at first.) Just hang in there. Rogue and Ninja is just a few months away.

Happy hunting! And thank you for reading, and good fortune to you in your current and future endeavors.

[Enkidoh]

Funny, I still have at least one dagger left untouched on my GLA/PLD - my old dated brass dagger from version 1.0 was not included in the change over. So I'm going to be one of the few GLA/PLDs that still has a knife!

[Amelia_Pond_Behemoth]

I like swords.

[Baldur]

Funny, I still have at least one dagger left untouched on my GLA/PLD - my old dated brass dagger from version 1.0 was not included in the change over. So I'm going to be one of the few GLA/PLDs that still has a knife!

Cherish that dagger! Never give it up for anything! You are among the few GLA/PLD's to have a useable dagger. Be proud and unleash your inner hipster!

I like swords.

You like swords? Me, too!

[Rennah]

YES. These are great. The blade the maddening dagger got replaced with - can't think of the name at the moment - in particular is especially nice, with that vivid purple blade and contrasting hilt. Nothing plain about them, despite being low level gear, and I'd be more than happy to glamour that when my gladiator hits 50. New weapons, AND lowbie weapons that don't look plain and uninteresting as you level? Yes please!

[Magis]

Welcome to Cornelia!

[Hulan]

My strong suspicion is that this is in preparation for ROU... RGE... ROG (we really need a standardized acronym for that) and NIN. They needed to give dagger classes their own identity. I wouldn't be surprised if we see those dagger models pop back up again next patch.

[Eekiki]

I like swords.

I, too, applaud the morph of daggers into proper swords. As someone who played a THF in FFXI and has been waiting for a similar class/job in this game since 2010, using a dagger as a Gladiator always bugged me.

But, isn't the weapon for Rogue going to be twin daggers (i.e. one slot, like pugilist knuckles and claws)? Would it have mattered that much if Gladiators kept their single daggers?

[SavageWolf]

I HATED having to use dagger looking weapons on my GLD. So awesome.

[Barboron]

I can only assume but I imagine it to be for future use. Either to stop confusion with rogue weapons or perhaps an actual dagger class down the line...