New Grand Company Gear (04/23/2012)

[Holland]

Only one is very obviously an arrow (you can see the feather tip), the other two have no visible tip and might be strings? Again, I don't think they mean to make battle-class exclusive items. Sounds a bit dumb tbh.

It might be dumb to you but they do plan to release class-exclusive gear/weapons. If they are in this patch or not, that's another matter.

[Picoman]

Three weapons over the course of 1.22.
1x CSW (Crafted)
1x JSW (Job Quest?)
1x Class/Job (Garuda)

So, maybe the Garlean Empire Stronghold and Hamlet Defence will supply materials for the new weapons, gear and accessories?
So, maybe the Job NPCs will give out one final quest. Possibly a fight?
Wonder what the entry requirements will be for Garuda. Probably kill 6 NMs.

[Matsume]

Class Specific Gear IS coming one way or another.

[Picoman]

I would wet myself if they released new gathering locations in Coerthas and Mor Dhona for my Botanist.
But I'm guessing the materials will be drops/rewards.
Also guessing the return of Ebony and other previously unused mats.

[Sephrick]

Three weapons over the course of 1.22.
1x CSW (Crafted)
1x JSW (Job Quest?)
1x Class/Job (Garuda)

So, maybe the Garlean Empire Stronghold and Hamlet Defence will supply materials for the new weapons, gear and accessories?
So, maybe the Job NPCs will give out one final quest. Possibly a fight?
Wonder what the entry requirements will be for Garuda. Probably kill 6 NMs.

Four if you count the Imperial Weapons.

1.22 -NEW-
New imperial weaponry -NEW-
Implementation of new imperial weaponry -

[Picoman]

Four if you count the Imperial Weapons.

Oh, i read it as Imperial will be the crafted class-specific weapons, gear and accessories.

Gosh 50 is so crowed, we probably should've got a level cap increase with 1.20.

[syntaxlies]

so are these GC or crafted. its titled new GC but it says crafted all through the text, plus it says new recipes...

[Sephrick]

so are these GC or crafted. its titled new GC but it says crafted all through the text, plus it says new recipes...

Perhaps we have to obtain the recipe from grand companies, then craft them with new gathered mats?

The front page of Lodestone does say they're for DoH:

Patch 1.22 will see the addition of new weapons and armor available for crafting by Disciples of the Hand. This Topics post will provide some insight into the nature of these items, and introduce the social milieu that gave rise to their creation.

[syntaxlies]

Perhaps we have to obtain the recipe from grand companies, then craft them with new gathered mats?

The front page of Lodestone does say they're for DoH:

hmm, perhaps.

[Mijin]

Maybe because, unlike you, the rest of the player base doesn't have or want ALL OF ZE WEAPONS O EPEEN. Maybe because if you are a casual player and only have two jobs at lvl 50 you would like to have 3, 4, or even 5 different weapons each with their own set of unique stats to choose from, depending on the situation.

YUH THINK?

I have a hard time believing that in the current state of the game 5 weapons would find their way to being situationally useful... considering there are at the most three stats for any given class that are considered useful at all...