Garuda Weapons

[Gramul]

That bow is crazy.

But they look better than the other primal weapons.

Yeah because this isn't called Final FANTASY or anything...

Fantasy is a widely varied subset of fiction ranging from the realistic low fantasy settings to bizarre surrealist fantasy worlds.
Saying it's okay because it's fantasy is severe oversimplification.

That being said, it looks like they're pushing this game into a high fantasy style world somewhere around the weight of IX or VI. Not too terribly far from where we started, but I understand that the transition is jarring for people.

Speaking from personal experience, it took me a while to warm up to the idea.

[Felis]

I would say:
+30 something
+15 wind resistance
and some bonus attribute

[RedAffinity]

I wonder who the woman is who recorded the voice for that laugh, and what she's doing right now.

[Gramul]

I wonder who the woman is who recorded the voice for that laugh, and what she's doing right now.

Stalker mode: ACTIVATE!

[Frein]

So archer gets a riot shield instead of a bow? Can you even see past that thing? Some of those weapons are passable, others require an immense level of suspension of disbelief, but sadly, this is what we've come to expect from the new art direction.

[Cichy]

Yet again, chill with the nostalgia people. Yeah in XI relic weapons looked quite slick and elegant.
However, lets not forget we wore same crap for YEARS. I wore the damn elemental staffs forever.
I rather enjoy how much variety they adding and if they continue to do so I'm sure everyone will find something for themselves.
There's plenty of bland looking weapons and armor from Tanakas time. I rather the dev team be imaginative than have 50 freaking Cowls and Bronze, Iron, Darksteel swords that only change in color.

[Razen_Arghast]

Only thing I'd like to see modified is the Sword. It just looks like an oversized Sai... The 2 side prongs need to be more straightened out, reversed and resemble a crossguard more for it to pass as an actual sword. It's handle also is too big for a 1-handed sword.

[Jinrya-Geki]

I'm talking about the people that 95-100% always complain, Also if your paying for the game, you have to "like" it to a point that you would play the game at its current cost.. or else.. why bother...?

I like the game. I play it all the time when I get the chance, just got a new over night job too. Like most people though I have been playing since the game out. Not once has there been a piece of gear/weapon for Disciple of Magic that has been average.

When you have people use purely long range casting spells, and weapons need to be used for melee attack, obviously someone on the developer team has never played a caster. you'll get blown away by a mobs powerful almost one shotting aoe to a warrior/Paladin. How the hell is the caster going to survive.

Anyway, it's been almost two years now and there's still no weapon or gear that is really good for DoM. Choosing a weapon for DoM right now is like picking a broken bottle or a dull 2 inch knife. And frankly I am not gonna sit here anymore and think the weapons are awesome when most times the weapons have crappy stats.

[Xionraserei]

Some of them are -okay- a lot of them are really impractical and comically large/items in wrong direction. Wouldn't be hard for SE to fix that sword like someone else said. It does look too much like a Sai and looks only good for stabbing. Claws are curved in too much and do not look like their actually capable of grabbing and ripping something. I think the bow is also -again- too fat and large and power rangerish if you will. I dunno what SE's designers are thinking half the time on this new stuff. A lot of the company weapons are Meh as well. The company bow is great though. Come on SE believability + badass, I know you have it in you, it ain't that tough. Great designers don't give in to gimmicks (transforming flashy weapons), that's just the latest trend, the easy way out.

[Ryuko]

Probably been said before... but the Garuda laugh sounds incredibly similar to my miqo'te's laugh... evil, loud, obnoxious... etc. When a group member goes AFK while we wait for cooldown on dungeons, and we need to call them back, we'll spam /laugh motion next to them. Works every time. (Annoying? Yeah. Luckily, not many groups are often around. But... but... I miss the <call> function!)