Class aesthetic and weapon selection

[Tsiron]

In regards to the request for a straight sword for Samurai... I am not sure what this means? Most Katanas do have a slight curve to them, that is just the style of the sword. Though some in game do have a straight blade. Or are you asking for a traditional western sword for Samurai? In which case... why? That isn't what a Samurai is.

ItMe was kind enough to link my thread (I really ought to update its OP at some point)...

It's all being discussed in this thread:

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...ds-for-Samurai

Tl : Dr straight blade katana exist, and not just as some historical oddity. It would be cool if we had more straight blade options in game.

but to provide a brief TLDR, katanas and longswords are not that different in use and, at the end of the day, this is a (sci-)fantasy game where most everything goes. The odds of them adding a dedicated "longsword" Job is close to none, since it would be superfluous, so I don't think this is too much to ask. They're certainly not shy when it comes to giving others Katana-looking weapons.

The gunblades are onehanded weapons so most of them are rather slim, I get what you mean because I like comically oversized weapons. You do however have a few gunblades that are quite big, Deepshadow Manatrigger, Scaevan Magitek Gunblade (this one turns big when you draw it because it has a retractable blade), Edenchoir Gunblade, Ronkan Manatrigger, Dwarven Mythril Manatrigger and the final GnB Relic.

Those are however all lvl 70+, from savage raids, behind longer grinds or a combination of it.

You have exactly 1, the Dwarven Hammer, which is undyeable and an odd green. The Genji Greataxe might look like one but it turns into an axe as soon as you draw it so that doesn't really count.
Then you have the option of 2 scythes for warrior but one is from the mogstation and the other from the feast.

The Crystarium gunblade is also quite long, though its aesthetic might not be your thing, it's very quasi-historical(?) looking. I'm personally okay with the size of most GNB weapons, but there are some, especially early on, that can only be described as "tiny" lol.

You mean this Feast axe? I never thought of it as a scythe but I guess it can read as a (really chunky) one. And, yeah, like I mentioned earlier, turns out they were saving scythes for Reaper... although idk how far in advance they plan this stuff.