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.
There's various subclasses of swords they could utilize. For example they could lock PLD into using either a longsword or bastard sword and have a different job use scimitar style swords similar to how RDM is specifically using rapier/epee style swords. Even with 2H swords they could do something similar to Elden Ring where it had greatswords, curved greatswords, and colossal swords.