Quote Originally Posted by Tsiron View Post
I wish I shared your optimism lol, but between 1H swords (PLD, RDM), 2H swords (DRK, SAM), gun-swords and soon 2!! swords, I'd say that ship has sailed.

Ideally I would've loved a longsword DPS (closest video game example would be Geralt's from Witcher or whatshisface from Tales of Arise, whose fighting style I'm pretty sure they based on the former) but, if FFXVI is any indication, the devs still can't tell the difference between a (for example, arming) sword and a longsword, or a longsword and a greatsword...

I guess there's... legally-distinct lightsabers? (a few Allagan robots wield something like them already) still, but for variety's sake it'd probably be for the best if they just made it a mace wielder or something.
I mean, if swords are what they wanted to go with, there will always be more room for them..especially since they really only need to care about 20 levels of it. Don't even need to worry about other jobs having a similar item (eg. we have a Saber-esque Katana)

Stuff like Scimitars, Sabers (Calvary type, not the fencing type), Kopesh, Shotel, Cutlass... They can also just make stuff up like the Switchaxe from Monster Hunter... Sword..Lance? I dunno.