Straight Swords for Samurai?

[E4EO]

I've seen other players pull off the Katana of Althyk

Christ Almighty, who did that glam? Reverse image search brought up nothing on both pics, and it looks god tier like holy crap

[Edax]

Christ Almighty, who did that glam? Reverse image search brought up nothing on both pics, and it looks god tier like holy crap

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...%21%29/page467

On the next page, she explains what her glam is, because it's not an official armor set.

[Gemina]

For me personally, any SAM sword that has deviated from the traditional blades have been quickly chucked or glamoured over. However, I can still support SAM swords that differ. A couple jobs come to mind with basically completely different weapons: MNK has tonfas and bare hands, PLD have been seen with clubs, and giant hammers for WAR. Sometimes I even wonder if you replaced DNC chakrams with twin whips if it would immediately just work.

[Tsiron]

Samurai use katanas, katanas have a more-or-less-fixed shape, the game is made in Japan.

Go figure the math.

Want a straight blade, become a Paladin.

As I mentioned I was playing DRK before...

The UCOB weapon is pretty straight, and also happens to be the best SAM weapon. Go for that.

UCOB? Not sure what that stands for, sorry!

Dark Knights have 2 or three odachi/oversized katana, so your request is fair. You should also get Tsukuyomi's Chokuto, the 2nd straightest weapon Samurai have.

Right? I get that "Samurai" evokes a more specific image than "Paladin" or "Dark Knight", but... well, honestly I can't come up with any good arguments beyond "it'd be nice to have more options"

I've seen other players pull off the Katana of Althyk

Oh, that's some nice coordination.

There's a recurring design that you can get from Gubal Library at the earliest:
Kagehide
Ghost Barque Katana
Deepgold Blade
Flame Captain's Samurai Blade

Still very much katana-shaped but yeah I've been tempted to just switch to one of these.

For me personally, any SAM sword that has deviated from the traditional blades have been quickly chucked or glamoured over. However, I can still support SAM swords that differ. A couple jobs come to mind with basically completely different weapons: MNK has tonfas and bare hands, PLD have been seen with clubs, and giant hammers for WAR. Sometimes I even wonder if you replaced DNC chakrams with twin whips if it would immediately just work.

You certainly have plenty of options if traditional-looking katanas are your preference. But yeah as with the others it would be nice if SAM had more variety like other jobs do

[SeanCody]

Lol weebs..

[Tsiron]

Trying to downplay the weeb, thank you very much

[Antonio_Xul]

Christ Almighty, who did that glam? Reverse image search brought up nothing on both pics, and it looks god tier like holy crap

Coincidentally I had that exact glamour a few years ago, but used Shiva’s sword, pre iced. I thought that sword went with it. Only problem I have with this glam is that you’re only wearing underwear under the skirt. I wish I could have long shorts under the skirt. With all my flailing, my underwear was always visible.

[Tsiron]

So... I'm satisfied with my current SAM glam, but with a new expansion on the horizon I'm holding out hope there'll be a bit more variety amid the new additions. There's several existing swords for GLD/PLD that could easily be two-handed, I've mostly picked ones here that match how slender SAM weapons tend to be:

[Illmaeran]

I've seen other players pull off the Katana of Althyk

It's the Shinsengumi from Gintama, RUUUUNNN!

[Fellgon]

For me personally, any SAM sword that has deviated from the traditional blades have been quickly chucked or glamoured over. However, I can still support SAM swords that differ. A couple jobs come to mind with basically completely different weapons: MNK has tonfas and bare hands, PLD have been seen with clubs, and giant hammers for WAR. Sometimes I even wonder if you replaced DNC chakrams with twin whips if it would immediately just work.

This game is full of great customizations, weapons and clothes, i never seen any players in this game wearing exactaly same as i.