(08-04-2013, 04:01 AM)Azthran Wrote: Anyways my point is just that specializing in something isn't the same as something being exclusive.
In FFXIV it is though. If one class can use it, no other class can. This is a rule of the armoury. So with lore stating that GLA specializes in all single handed blades, the armoury system makes all blades exclusive to GLA. And again, since SE goes out of their way to include every conceivable type of blade in the description, this is likely an intentional design.
As for Thief daggers, my theory is that they will be dual daggers that are backwards oriented like in FFIX. Unlike the forward facing daggers of FFXI. This would also better feed into the Thief class becoming Ninja. Or a Scout class branching into both Thief and Ninja. Thief and Ninja both use backwards oriented daggers.