Thread: FFXIV 2.0 and Weapons?

Originally Posted by Estellios

There's already been talk in interviews about taking Daggers/knives away from Gladiator anyway. Any current daggers/knives could just be turned into an equivalent sword.

It just happened to be the only leftover problem of the armory system I could think of off the top of my head.

I might be the only one but I don't like the armory system that XIV came with...

Originally Posted by Zyph

More people need to realize that weapon types can be defined as new classes just as easily as they can be taken away from other existing classes.

That's fine but won't it create itemization issues down the line? Do new jobs advance from old ones with new weapons available?

Do they create new classes for every new adv job?

Originally Posted by Arcell

Judging by that statement right there, I'd say no. The way the armoury system is built classes = weapon types. You switch classes by switching weapons. Not that it would be impossible but any secondary weapons a class gets access to would have to be exclusive to that class, not to mention the jobs by extension would have to have access to them as well. I can't see jobs getting any weapons their base classes don't either, considering you have to go Class > Job. Let me put it this way:

*If Gladiator can use Sword and Greatsword but Paladin can only use Sword, you ALWAYS have to carry a Sword with you if you want to use Paladin regardless of whether or not you use it on Gladiator.

*If Paladin can use Sword and Greatsword but Gladiator can only use Sword, you ALWAYS have to carry a Sword with you if you want to use Paladin since you must switch from the class first to the job.

I have to dissagree...sort of, there's gear in FFXIV that have "All classes" labels on them.
This is just a design option, any class can wield any weapon depending on design.

A shield can be modified to look like a canoue if so wanted, and wich any class could wield.

Just like Mages can either wield a staff or wand + shield.

i would like to see a submachinegun kinda like laguna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-wcX-ptx3E

The red "judge" has a gunblade.

see?

YOUTUBE (lv 46 storymission spoiler)

around 1:40


and thancred offers some daggers

OP forgot Rapiers. I used to cringe when FFXI characters would use rapier type weapons and swing them the same way they did broadswords/longswords. They'd need their own stance and class, but I'm okay with that.

Also, the Wabbyjack.