Warrior = Axe? Why no Great swords?

[Arcell]

As stated in here already... http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...03-Dark-Knight

From the live letter...



It was also in an interview that Yoshi said they might give GLA greatswords so they have a DPS option. That could lead to a GLA > DRK path.

Also the thought is that since GLA sword types do not seem to include or I have not seen fencer type swords... they could make a fencer class which would have RDM and such... who knows...

The cat is bemused =-.-=

Well Fencer was on the old alpha list of classes and Red Mages also use rapiers so it wouldn't be that much of a stretch to have a Fencer class with a Red Mage job. A rapier is a different enough type of sword that it could have its own classification. Just as a Katana might if they ever introduce Samurai.

[vageta666]

well since we will e able to switch back and forth between gla and pld, gla could possibly get a greatsword right?

[zaviermhigo]

Well they said jobs wouldn't be tied to a single weapon, for now we'll have one weapon because its to appease us, we're clamoring for jobs regardless of what they do. Later on the road, we could see multiple classes using weapons, outside of FFXI box (i know so hard to do) Kain was able to use swords, you could see a drg with a greatsword, a pld with one, and a mrd with one, but maybe the pld will actually have the most affinity coming from gla the sword user. That's just a theory, I wish they'd think about that system.

[Roaran]

Yoshi mentioned that gladiators would be able to use 2 hands to weild a sword, and then remove the ability to use daggers from GLA and make a new 'scout' type class.

I have some good news regarding two-handers and dual-wielding. Regarding two-handers, we're currently discussing a system where a gladiator can swap between one- and two-handed swords depending on the situation. Regarding dual-wielding, we're discussing whether we want to implement a class that branches out from the gladiator, or implementing a stealthy scout-type class (e.g. thief) that can perform sneak attacks. If we decide to go with the latter, we may set the job as ninja. The only problem is that gladiators are currently able to equip daggers, but not many rely on them. What we might end up doing is making the dagger available only for the scout-type class and make it able to dual-wield daggers. We have been discussing additional classes, but looking at the current roster, there's a lack of casters. Therefore, we're going to prioritize implementing a new mage class before we implement anything else.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...XI-(11-24-2011)

[Yoohre_WildRiver]

Because war is a mrd job , great sword will be probably another class with its own great sword job


Edit: yeah nvm forgot about gla using daggers so its posible for a class to have 2 weapon types

[Razen_Arghast]

I don't mind what they end up doing as long as we get a Greatsword-sporting damage-oriented class/job/whatever in the game. Bonus points if its aligned to elemental/light/dark magic and magic-based weaponskills but I'm happy even with a straight up physical hack'n'slash design. As it is now the weapon I wanna main is not even in the game yet...

P.S: 2-handed Gunblade works too^^

[Nanamix]

Why GLD Greatsword? Why not Warrior? It makes perfect sense if they put Greatsword for Warrior- Where Gladiator uses Sword + Shield, Dual Weapons, Trident with a Net or some sort. Now THAT is a Gladiator.

Leave the Greatsword for Warriors. I mean seriously, all of the skills there goes well with Greatsword.

[silverdragontyr]

Yoshi talked about a possible Dark Knight in 2.0 Historically(FF) Drk use Great Swords.