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Terra Blade Mar 8, 2017 @ 5:39am
Wand and shield?
So I keep coming across shields that have caster stats, but most quest rewards give staves. Are there any good end gear wand/shield combos? I like the aesthetic, and potentially you have more materia slots with a combo, but so far I haven't seen any end-game mages running around with a shield and wand.
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Promestein Mar 8, 2017 @ 5:40am 
No. There is none. After lvl 50 all staves/rods are 2handed.
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Kitsune Mar 8, 2017 @ 5:40am 
Sadly they didn't stick to it for too long. Shortly after you hit lv50 you won't see the combo anymore, exclusively staves.
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Terra Blade Mar 8, 2017 @ 6:24am 
Well that is a pity. More shield and ranged combo setups would be nice in games in general.
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Gabby Mar 8, 2017 @ 7:19am 
Fun little note, for White Mages they are "Canes" while for Black Mages they are "Staves". Because they're fixed on every class having their own weapon.
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Oberon Mar 8, 2017 @ 11:20am 
Originally posted by Seraphna:
Fun little note, for White Mages they are "Canes" while for Black Mages they are "Staves". Because they're fixed on every class having their own weapon.

It's basically a mix of 1, 3, 4 and 5's "weapons can only be used by certain classes" and 7, 8, 9, 10, and 13's "Everyone has their own unique weapon sets."
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Terra Blade Mar 8, 2017 @ 1:15pm 
Originally posted by Seraphna:
Fun little note, for White Mages they are "Canes" while for Black Mages they are "Staves". Because they're fixed on every class having their own weapon.

Which does make sense with the whole "equip a weapon to equip a class" mechanic. That said, I would love if we got some sort of class that was ranged and equiped a shield for mechanics. Far as I have ever seen, it's an very under represented theme that could make for an interesting class/job.
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Rox Mar 9, 2017 @ 6:57am 
Casters having shields is an artifact from 1.0 that they just didn't see to change.
Same with the tank pieces that are Head+Body and Legs+Boots.
If you're a caster and you're getting hit, you're probably going to die quick, regardless if you have a shield or not.
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Taran Tatsuuchi Mar 9, 2017 @ 7:34am 
Still wish we could glamor the 1h weapons over the 2h ones like we can for multi slot body armor...
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Bloodhawk Mar 9, 2017 @ 7:37pm 
Originally posted by Taran Tatsuuchi:
Still wish we could glamor the 1h weapons over the 2h ones like we can for multi slot body armor...

Well in the case of Primal weapons, they implemented two-handed variants of the one-handed caster weapons. Garuda drops a wand for WHM, but it can be converted into a cane at no cost in Revenant's Toll.
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Taran Tatsuuchi Mar 10, 2017 @ 2:07am 
Originally posted by Jessica Nigri ayyyyyyyy lmao:
Originally posted by Taran Tatsuuchi:
Still wish we could glamor the 1h weapons over the 2h ones like we can for multi slot body armor...

Well in the case of Primal weapons, they implemented two-handed variants of the one-handed caster weapons. Garuda drops a wand for WHM, but it can be converted into a cane at no cost in Revenant's Toll.

I am aware.

But I like the one handed aesthetic on blm.

Specifically, the weathered scepter.
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