Quote Originally Posted by SeverianLyonesse View Post
Except some of the classes don't have total exclusivity of weapons. I can slap a Dwarvin Mythril Hammer on my character and that changes to Warrior. That would be true even if we got a proper greathammer class.

WHM and BLU both have canes. WHM and BLM both have rods and use the same weapon template. SMN and SCH have *always* had the same template with different book skins, yet being defined as technically different weaponsets. And now BTN and RPR will both have scythes.

The idea of class-exclusive weapons has already been broken enough that I don't think there's anything wrong with either a) defining new jobs with new weaponsets over existing weapon templates or b) branching new jobs from classes with a weaponset using a different template.
1. Gladiators/Paladins used to be able to use Daggers before Rogue was released. Once Rogue was released, they made new swords to replace the daggers, no reason they couldn't do that here, it is only 1 weapon model after all.

2. Yes, they use the same weapon template, but it is esentially a fancy stick. I don't know why you expected them to have a different template, though Blue Mage's stick is shorter than the other 2.

3. SMN/SCH both came from Arcanist, so they needed to use the same weapons. They have also stated that this was a mistake, so it is just a relic of old ideas that they just have to keep. There is way too many weapons to change if they wanted to change the weapon of one of them.

4. Scythes for harvesting and scythes for combat do look different and are used differently. This really is not a proper comparison and they just happen to share the name 'scythe'. The lore behind reaper also alludes to the fact that they used to be botanists before repurposing their tool for combat, so the similarities have also been addressed lore wise.

You also completely skipped over my first post which tells you there are alot more hoops to jump through than just sticking a new weapon on a job and calling it a day. There is alot of work that goes into making a job and really, their time would be better spent making a new job with it's own identity, rather than being say, Warrior but damage, or Dancer but healing.