Kama are
not Nunchaku though. Kama are pretty damn cool yeah, but this isn't D&D where you can use a Kusari-gama (Kama with a chain)and trip people up with the weighted chain.
Come to think of it, FFXI would be a lot more interesting if there were more kinds of interactions with weapons and armor like that but that'd just add a whole new level of complexity that I'm sad to say the game really doesn't need.
And I agree with you YM that the merits will likely just be SCH and DNC's category 1's, but it'd be nice to see them either add new categories or expand/amend some of the existing ones. Whether they happen or not it's still fun to speculate.
e.g., A way to Merit Sekkanoki or Seigan. Or maybe Shield Mastery etc etc.
There haven't been any Nunchaku since FF3, and they did say FFXI is based heavily on 1-3 so....
