Multiple Weapons per Class/Job

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Yeah I like variety. I don't like looking exactly like everyone else.

[PSxpert2011]

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I would like to eventually see at least two different weapon choices per class in a fashion similar to FFXI, example:

Warrior - Great-Axe, OR Dual-Wield One-handed axes (don't think main-hand/off-hand with two different weapons) but a matched pair of axes that are bought/sold/equipped as a pair. This makes it easier to balance stats and materia issues, doesn't require a dual-wield trait, and only really changes the weapon animations, character appearance, and flow of TP.

Other options could be:

Paladin - Sword/Shield, OR Greatsword (obvious trade-off of defense/offense)
Archer - Bow, OR Crossbow/Musket
Dragoon - Spear, OR Staff/Rapiers
Monk - Fists, OR Batons/Kama
Black Mage - Wand/Staff, OR Dagger (thinking ornate sacrificial dagger, not a knife)
White Mage - Club/Staff, OR Hammer/Mace

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Well, that's my two cents. To the Devs, keep up the good work.

Well obviously these are mere ideas and I will respect it as such.

A saying goes, "There's more than one way to skin a cat"

Interpret it anyway you want but adding my two-cents in here is the following:
If there was a way to have a duel-wielding-weapon job or class, it wouldn't be for the current/ existing ones we have now because it would break the armoury system and design of class-swapping. It's entirely better than FFXIs way to change job IMO, but let's consider this to be a possiblity for one way or another...

...our jobs we have currently unlocked could be upgraded or used to unlock another!

Personally I would like to use clubs as a monk in FFXIV like I did in FFXI but as it stands now, I would have to unlock and progress for that ability so I don't break the system( who knows if there's another class or job that uses clubs).

What say you?

[Shadowkept]

Thank you for the thoughts. I know the armoury system is not universally applauded, but I actually like certain aspects a lot (like changing classes/jobs with the swap of a weapon). However, I think the ratio of classes to jobs being 1 to 1 is a little silly and limiting. I think you should start will a generic class archetype and move to something more specialized in a branching fashion which would mean many more jobs than classes

In order to see every weapon type that was offered in FFXI for example you would need a ton of classes > jobs.
I think there is room in ARR for one-handed axes and two-handed swords without having to create a class and job for each just to wield them.

I don't think dual-wielding breaks the armoury at all as long as the dual-weapons are still class/job specific. For example, great axes and dual-axes would both be Marauder/Warrior only. Equipping either weapon would change you to that class>job. Along the same lines I wouldn't let Warriors wield or dual-wield anything other than axes because swords and daggers would remain the domain of other classes and jobs. And yes new animations would be required for new weapons (that's kind of what I want - something new to look at).

What would "break" the armoury would be adding weapons that were equipable by multiple classes/jobs, and that's not necessarily what I am suggesting. Though if you did want to have overlap, such as give Dragoons rapiers or Black Mages daggers you could simply make a unique subset for those weapons that would be treated by the game as being different than equipping a sword.

I think you could give every current class/job an additional wield option, and still leave plenty of unexplored weapons with which to add future classes and jobs.