Buster Sword xmog

[Violyre]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp32TigGfZk

Fluttershy stands by what she said.

[kyuven]

Edit: I almost forget about



Nero's Gunhammer.

Some Garlean soldiers also use gunblades. So, lorewise, having a Gunblade that looks like Squall's weapon doesn't sound crazy at all. So we can only hope.

Well, there's a bit of a tiny detail in that the Garlean weapons with guns attach actually function as guns, or use the combustion explosion as a way of amplifying the shot. In other words there's an actual bit of logic to them, with some of them based on real weapons (the gunlance never came into use because it's pretty redundant. The purpose of lances is to fight mounted riders, which a rifle or musket could do equally well. Moreover a musket/rifle with a bayonet basically IS a gunlance, just easier to use) whereas Squall's gunblade doesn't actually have a barrel to it and can't be used as a projectile weapon. We may actually see it as a glamour at some point, but probably around the time they add similar glamours for ALL classes. Plus the way the damn thing is held is awkward as hell. They'd have to redo the hilt at the very least. The Garlean weapons have much straighter hilts
I think they may be holding back gunweapons until we actually get a class that uses them, since the ones that currently do figure heavily into the story.
I would LOVE a gunhammer, though. I'd love the hell out of that...but we'd need a hammer class first ;_;

[HakuroDK]

I had to stop and think...people want "iconic weapons" from FF games.
Other than names that carry from one game to another that get slapped onto different weapons, what ARE those?
Cloud's Buster sword
Barret's gun arm
Squall's gunblade
Tidus' Brotherhood sword
Lightning's swiss army gun sword
Wakka's blitzball
...what else?

That's a very... modern list.

There's also iconic weapons from the classical era from before characters were resigned to a single weapon type. In fact, some FF iconic weapons have already made it into the game!

Here are some weapons I consider to be among the most iconic from all across the franchise, keeping the weapons towards existing and confirmed upcoming jobs in the game:

Axes (MRD/WAR):

(FFI)Ogrekiller
(FFI)Rune Axe
(FFI)Gigantaxe
(FFIII)Dual Haken (Rowena's Token Axe)
(FFV)Earthbreaker
(FFXII)Francisca

Books (ACN/SMN/SCH):

(FFIII)Cognitone (Rowena's Token Grimoire)
(FFIII)Omnitome (Rowena's Token Grimoire)

Bows (ARC/BRD):

(FFI)Yoichi Bow (BRD Zodiac Weapon)
(FFI)Artemis Bow (BRD Relic Weapon)
(FFIV)Perseus Bow
(FFV)Fairy's Bow
(FFXII)Sagittarius Bow

Cards (AST):

(FFVI)Death Tarot/(FFT0)Reaper's Tarot
(FFVI)Final Trump/(FFT0)Black Trump
(FFT0)Hanafuda
(FFT0)Crazy Eights

Daggers (ROG/NIN):

(FFI)Mage Masher
(FFI)Gladius
(FFI)Orichalcum
(FFII)Dancing Dagger
(FFIII)Behemoth Knife (Exchanged for 5x Behemoth's Horns)
(FFIII)Air Knife (Rowena's Token Daggers)
(FFIII)Main Gauche
(FFIV)Triton's Dagger
(FFV)Chicken Knife

Dark Swords and Greatswords (DRK):

(FFIV)Deathbringer
(FFVI)Ogrenix
(FFVII)Buster Sword
(FFT:WotL)Chaosbringer
(FFT:WotL)Balmung
(FFT:WotL)Valhalla
(FFXII)Tournesol
(FFXII)Wyrmhero Blade


Guns (MCH):
(FFVII)Max Ray
(FFVII)Missing Score
(FFVII)Peacemaker
(FFVII)Death Penalty (Used by Admiral Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn)
(FFXII)Arcturus
(FFXII)Formalhaut
(FFXII)Antares
(FFXII)Total Eclipse

Swords and Holy Swords (GLD/PLD):

(FFIV)Defender
(FFIV)Mythgraven Blade
(FFIV)Excalibur (PLD Zodiac Weapon)
(FFIV)Ragnarok (WAR Zodiac Weapon)
(FFIV)Lightbringer
(FFV)Flametongue
(FFV)Icebrand (Shiva EX Weapon Drop)
(FFV)Brave Blade
(FFV)Blood Sword (10,000 MGP Weapon)
(FFV)Apocalypse
(FFIX)Save the Queen
(FFXI)Durandal

Knuckles (PGL/MNK):

(FFIII)Kaiser Knuckles (MNK Zodiac Weapon)
(FFIII)Tiger Claws
(FFIII)Hellish Claws (Rowena's Token Knuckles)
(FFIV)Dragon Claws
(FFIV)Godhand
(FFIX)Avenger

Lances and Spears (LNC/DRG):

(FFII)Holy Lance (Rowena's Token Lance)
(FFII)Gungnir (Used by Odin)
(FFII)Abel's Lance
(FFII)Longinus
(FFIII)Dragon Lance
(FFIV:TAY)Obelisk

Rods (THM/BLM):

(FFIII)Omnirod (Rowena's Token Rod)
(FFIII)Lilith Rod (BLM Zodiac Weapon)
(FFIV)Stardust Rod (BLM Relic Weapon)
(FFIV)Asura's Rod
(FFIV)Demon's Rod

Staves (CNJ/WHM):

(FFI)Sage's Staff
(FFI)Judgment Staff (Ramuh EX Weapon Drop)
(FFII)Diamond Mace
(FFIII)Elder Staff (Rowena's Token Staff)
(FFIV)Seraphim's Mace
(FFIV)Mace of Zeus
(FFIV)Nirvana (WHM Zodiac Weapon)

[Pinkie_Pie]

Fluttershy stands by what she said.

*Sneaks up behind you* HI, I see a Flutter-shy

[kyuven]

That's a very... modern list.

There's also iconic weapons from the classical era from before characters were resigned to a single weapon type. In fact, some FF iconic weapons have already made it into the game!

Herein lies the problem, though. When they incorporate weapons from the 8 and 16 bit games, only the names are important since most of them look something like this:

or this:

And that's the BEST they looked before 7.
After that, we get the visual iconic weapons, which is what people want glamours for. At this point, the name is actually secondary to the appearance.
To give an example using real life, if I call a weapon "Excalibur," or "Mjolnir," the appearance isn't important but a certain degree of power is implied by the name. The only things required are "is a sword" (Excalibur) or "is a hammer" (Mjolnir). While certain contexts and versions of the weapon in modern times can elicit the name (for example, seeing Marvel's Thor's hammer would immediately bring up "Mjolnir") in general you can slap the label on pretty much anything.
The same ISN'T true for items created and popularized during the modern era. For example if I played this noise with this picture:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__sDEWIjQ_g
You would immediately know what it is. Even if I called it something else, like a "light sword" or "beam katana," to you it's just a lightsaber with a different name.
It's because the associations have changed. Thus why people have no problem wielding a weapon called "Murderous Mogblade" if it looks like the gunblade.

[AskaRay]

Ffvi being my favorite, I liked the allusions to it, but too much is too much sometimes. We all need to be careful what we wish for, cuz nostalgia wears thin, and this game will lose any individual charm that's left.

seriously no such thing as "too many allusions to ffvi" tbh we need more

[HeroSamson]

Tidus's Brotherhood Sword for PLDs
Barret's Gun for MCH
Wakka's Blitzball for AST - LOL
Buster Sword for DRK

Gunblade can't really be done well right now because there isn't a class that uses a sword and a gun in one.

How about Rikku's Godhand for MNK, Kimahri's Spirit Lance for DRG, Aaron's Masamune for DRK? I liked FF10 incase you couldn't tell.

Till they make corsair then the gunblade could be made.

[HeroSamson]

favorite weapon atma blade.