(08-04-2013, 03:33 AM)LeCard Wrote:I had made an edit to my post while they had replied to it already. All I'm saying is that specializing in something doesn't make it exclusive to you, it just means you are really good with it. I'll use thief as a theoretical example. It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to assume thief would use daggers, daggers fall under the gladiator's realm of 1 handed blades that they specialize in. Now thief could dual wield daggers using the pugilist/monk mechanic of 1 item but 2 weapons and for arguments sake lets say they are also classified as Dual Daggers. This wouldn't cause any problems in keeping the classes separate or accidental class switching or confusion but would still allow the thief to use daggers.(08-04-2013, 03:20 AM)Sounsyy Wrote:This does mean that any future sword wielding class would either need to be two handed or share their weapon with GLD. Now, one way that they could work this would be to have the special weapon (be it scimitar, rapier etc.) grant a special bonus/ penalty to the new class/GLD respectively. This would make it disadvantageous for a GLD to wield a scimitar, but would not prevent them from equipping it.(08-04-2013, 03:08 AM)Azthran Wrote: I think BLU could still use 1 handed swords kind of like how both Conj and Thaum can both use 2 handed staffs. If I'm not mistaken the relic weapons for both WHM and BLM are staffs so I don't see why they couldn't add another set of swords with the BLU tag on it.
The difference is that Conjurer and Thaumaturge are given specific qualifications and boundaries for the weapons that they use. And Gladiators are not. Gladiators are given a blanket green light on all single handed blades. Unless they change that lore to say something more specific, it will remain true and prevent new classes from using single-handed swords.
-Conjurers must use wands and staves made from unworked wood.Â
-Thaumaturges must use scepters and staves made from metals, ores, or bone, and require a gemstone through which to channel their aether.
-"Gladiators specialize in the handling of all manner of one-handed blades, from daggers to longswords, be they single- or double-edge, straight or curved."
Quoted straight from the Main Site Gladiator page. You're basically asking FFXIV to retcon the basic concept of Gladiator just so that Blue Mage can have a scimitar. Why not a whip? It's a much more appropriate weapon and it doesn't currently exist in Eorzea.
However, you run into the further problem that the main hand weapon function as the " I am switching classes" button. To fix this you could give the new class a different main hand item that functions more like a shield and have them equip the scimitar in the off hand(effectively making them all leftys). But deciding on a main item that works for all the classes future jobs could be quite troublesome.
For those reasons I think that it is highly unlikely that they would give them an already existing weapon, unless it is made into a job instead of a class. all future classes will come with a new weapon, yoshi p. has basically if not explicitly said this already.
So I would have to agree with Sou on this one, either they will have to recon GLD being able to use all one handed blades, or no other class will ever be released with a one handed blade.
Anyways my point is just that specializing in something isn't the same as something being exclusive.Â
As for why some of us would like to see BLU using a sword? I can only speak for myself as I had a great time playing BLU in 11 and I don't think it would be too much of a stretch to believe that if it came to 14 that it would have similarities to the BLUs from 11. With that said Bard in 14 is nothing like it was in 11 so yeah sometimes things change or work differently than what we'd like or expect.
