New Sword shown..

[saber_alter]

I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all, but for this beholder that weapon looks like crap. I'm sorry but I swear who ever designs some of the end game weapons must always be hopped up on LSD.

Anyways If you look at the FFXIV art book cover that is on the Loadstone (The Art of Eorzea) the male Hyur holding that sword in the center looks more like what I would expect for the next form of the Curtana. Albeit nothing is confirmed though. /shrug

Can't really see that as anything else. idk if this is going to be in 2.5 or in the expansion (i would guess 2.5 or earlier, this is kind of early to be showing off leaks like that).

i honestly doubt the final CT raid is going to have weapon drops, and i doubt odin would drop anything like this, so thats where my guess is pointing to.

[Asael]

Can't really see that as anything else.

I have my doubts that it is though. As the Curtana has no relationship to Excalibur (assuming the sword in the OP's post is indeed Excalibur). Given the Japanese love to draw from foreign history/culture in their games (especially SE with the Final Fantasy series) Curtana was a ceremonial sword used during the crowning of a British monarch. Curtana also draws links to the swords Durendal and Almace in French folklore in the Song of Roland. I can see Curtana becoming the Almace or Durendal, but Excalibur wouldn't make sense.

Either way that sword looks like it was made of wax, and someone left it near an open heat source for too long.

[lololink]

I have my doubts that it is though. As the Curtana has no relationship to Excalibur (assuming the sword in the OP's post is indeed Excalibur). Given the Japanese love to draw from foreign history/culture in their games (especially SE with the Final Fantasy series) Curtana was a ceremonial sword used during the crowning of a British monarch. Curtana also draws links to the swords Durendal and Almace in French folklore in the Song of Roland. I can see Curtana becoming the Almace or Durendal, but Excalibur wouldn't make sense.

Either way that sword looks like it was made of wax, and someone left it near an open heat source for too long.

So the sword of the king of Britain doesn't have any link to the sword that crown British monarchs ?

[Asael]

So the sword of the king of Britain doesn't have any link to the sword that crown British monarchs ?

Excalibur is a mythological weapon where as Curtana is not.