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    How MNK's hold their weapons...

    So, I've been playing since HW, and one thing that's always bugged me about MNKs is how we hold our weapons; the fingers just never fully wrap around the weapon handle. Personally, this is why I prefer weapons that completely cover the hand so you don't have to suffer this eyesore. We already know the WoL can form a fist - they punch it into their other hand ALL. THE. TIME.

    It's nearly 2020. Please give us actual fists
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    they are holding them with their Aether-Grip

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    Tani Shirai
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    Quote Originally Posted by 3ureka View Post
    So, I've been playing since HW, and one thing that's always bugged me about MNKs is how we hold our weapons; the fingers just never fully wrap around the weapon handle. Personally, this is why I prefer weapons that completely cover the hand so you don't have to suffer this eyesore. We already know the WoL can form a fist - they punch it into their other hand ALL. THE. TIME.

    It's nearly 2020. Please give us actual fists
    But then what would we have to look forward to in 8.0? The most basic of mitigation for clipping issues? *Guffaw* That expansion isn't going to sell itself, not without those withheld basic design improvements.
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    If ya aren’t usin’ th’ Emperor’s New Fists, then yer already gonna look like an inferior monk. Not havin’ a good grip on those gaudy toys is just part of yer punishment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by D_C View Post
    If ya aren’t usin’ th’ Emperor’s New Fists, then yer already gonna look like an inferior monk. Not havin’ a good grip on those gaudy toys is just part of yer punishment.
    Makai Fists for life.
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    This is probably the easiest forum to bait.

    y'all are kinda dumb tbh

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    Quote Originally Posted by D_C View Post
    If ya aren’t usin’ th’ Emperor’s New Fists, then yer already gonna look like an inferior monk. Not havin’ a good grip on those gaudy toys is just part of yer punishment.
    The Emperor's New Fists still has the same issue that the OP is talking about. They don't turn your fists into actual closed fists, they essentially make your hands look like you're "gripping" onto some kind of invisible weapon handles.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nezerius View Post
    The Emperor's New Fists still has the same issue that the OP is talking about. They don't turn your fists into actual closed fists, they essentially make your hands look like you're "gripping" onto some kind of invisible weapon handles.
    This times a million. The gauntlet type weapons too have these invisible grips, even though with those they had a chance to just replace it with a fist model. As petty as it is, this is one of the major reasons I rarely play monk.
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    Yeah, the Emperor's New Fists (conceptually) would've been really cool (would work nicely with lots of gloves), but like Nezerius and Lersayil said, the issue of the almost-closed-fist remains. Saw on r/ffxiv yesterday a thread about nerfing the NieR bottoms. They can fix that issue, but they can't fix monk's fists? haha
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nezerius View Post
    The Emperor's New Fists still has the same issue that the OP is talking about. They don't turn your fists into actual closed fists, they essentially make your hands look like you're "gripping" onto some kind of invisible weapon handles.
    Yar, I forgot about that. Clearly it’s Couerl-claw style is all.
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    Holy! You may have just hit a gold mine. That'd be amazing! If monks hands changed based on whatever form they're currently in. Maybe changing just the hands might not be the best way to visualize it (esp if people have gauntlets/claws/etc); but maybe change how monks hold themselves? For example, for opo-opo, could maybe emulate drunken-style kungfu?
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