Gunblade

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Originally Posted by Tonkra

no one ever said the job itself should be called gunblade X.X


but maybe gunblader? lol ^^ (im joking)




oooops too much fantasy for gramul. gramul needs gun... gramul needs axe .... gramul is happy then.. XD

by the way squall was so aussum ;)

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Squall IS awesome, standing on a cupboard of mine^^ btw i am for a class that uses gunblades called Hyperion after Seifers last form of his gunblade

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Originally Posted by Colino

Same. I'm not that adamant on either side.

I've always said I wanted gunblades and gunhalberds to use but at the end of the day I think making them usable would sort of take away the "magic" and make the imperials look that much less special.

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The imperials still got massive battle airships Magitek armour and probably more. I dont see the problem in emerging fighters who use (modified) gunblades designed by (maybe) Cid.

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Originally Posted by GinTama

The imperials still got massive battle airships Magitek armour and probably more. I dont see the problem in emerging fighters who use (modified) gunblades designed by (maybe) Cid.

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We're getting that too though.

From observing other titles with gunblades, I think Mystic Knight makes a good candidate.

Look at Genesis from FFVII Crisis Core. He channels magic into his rapier, causing runic symbols to appear. Plus his copies can use Gunblades.. Or Bazookablades lol
http://imageshack.us/a/img690/1814/g...tshisblade.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img407/5012/g...pygunblade.jpg

I thought everyone knew about the secret hidden job corsair.
http://s9.postimage.org/rhc5h17sv/FFXIV_1344551180.jpg

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Originally Posted by Valmonte

I thought everyone knew about the secret hidden job corsair.
http://s9.postimage.org/rhc5h17sv/FFXIV_1344551180.jpg

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orz stop teasing us!
me wantz now =(

but yea i was thinking of corsair job as well.
as someone else said, pirates are a good example since they were able to use guns and swords :p

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Originally Posted by Phe

orz stop teasing us!
me wantz now =(

but yea i was thinking of corsair job as well.
as someone else said, pirates are a good example since they were able to use guns and swords :p

http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/ka...-of-island.jpg

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the Real first technical Gun blade was originally designed for boarding parties, be it pirates or otherwise. it would make corsair an ideal job for gunblades as there not technically pirates there priveteers. which side of the law they fall on is entirely up to the corsair.

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Originally Posted by Valmonte

which side of the law they fall on is entirely up to the corsair.

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right, i used pirate as a synonym for corsair, but the association of illegality is predominant i guess.

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Originally Posted by Valmonte

I thought everyone knew about the secret hidden job corsair.
http://s9.postimage.org/rhc5h17sv/FFXIV_1344551180.jpg

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Indeed.

Also Naoki Yoshida said many times in interviews where Samurai and/or Musketeer was brought up that FFXIV currently has too few Disciple Of Magic classes compared to Disciples Of War and before he adds anymore Disciples of War, he would add another Disciple Of Magic. Adding Arcanist as a starting class is the simplest and most balanced way to help rectify that, and free them up to add things like firearms, katana, and clubs/mace/hammer classes.


Now I suspsect that we'll also see Musketeer added at launch. I can see lore-wise how Limsa Lominsa would go all NRA after the Bahamut attack, and open up the Musketeer Guild for everyone. That way starting off, you'll have these options (remember you can no longer start as a Disciple Of Hand or Land anymore).

Limsa Lominsa:

Arcanist Guild
Marauder Guild
Musketeer Guild


Ul'dah:

Thaumaturge Guild
Gladiator Guild
Pugilist Guild


Gridania:

Conjurer Guild
Archer Guild
Lancer Guild


Holy City Of Ishgard:
Mysticist Guild
Enforcer Guild
Fencer Guild


Every starting city would have it's own Disciple Of Magic guild and 2 Disciple of War guilds. It's not a 1:1 balance, but it is a proportional balance that makes sense ... and would be extendable to new cities.

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Holy City Of Ishgard:
Mysticist Guild - RDM class / BLU Job problably
Enforcer Guild - RNG class / COR Job problably
Fencer Guild - THF class / NIN Job problably

This would make more sense to me.

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Corsair is gonna get the goods XD

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Originally Posted by Colino

We're getting that too though.

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yes but yoshi said its not planned to use it for battle.

I could see the corsair job quest involving a rowdy bunch of sky pirates raiding an empire airship and you being stuck in the middle of it somehow. At the end of your test of metal, you would be accepted and recognized as a corsair.

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Originally Posted by Cedri

I could see the corsair job quest involving a rowdy bunch of sky pirates raiding an empire airship

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corsair with a sky pirate storyline and gunblades?
i'm so down with that.

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/20...to-d36elvg.jpg

any chance for a dev response regarding gunblades for a playable class?

JUDGE CLASS -flails wildly-

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Originally Posted by ShinigamiKayla

JUDGE CLASS -flails wildly-

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Garlemeld Times:

Judge Position for the VIIth Legion now open! do your Civic duty become a judge!

Disclaimer: Must be over 21, posses a valid Airship license, have a good Military record and posses and oversized plate helmet.

As I was writing this post some more ideas came to mind ^_^.

Class: SeeD

Weapon: Gunblade

Role: Damage, Support

Abilities:

Rough Divide: Charges and hits the enemy. (Can knockback the enemy)

Fated Circle: Swirls the gunblade around, thus causing a shockwave hits all enemies within a set distance.

Blasting Zone: Loads a high explosive round in the gunblade. Jumps back a distance and fires it deals aoe damage to the enemies. (Lowers Defense)

Draw: Used to siphon magic from the many enemies the party faces.

Cast: Auto-Use the spell you are about to draw.

Store: Used to place the magic you drew out of the enemies into a special round.

Special Rounds: Uses a special round. (Number of special rounds is based on character level and weapon. Can be used to buff allies, debuff or damage enemies.)

Limit Break: Lionheart ^_-

What other abilities do you all think there should be?

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FREE GUNBLADE WITH EVERY REFERRAL!

Definitely need to get the FF series back to it's roots and the gunblade is one thing I would like to see.
Like the Barrett class. Which I would also really like to see.

LF7M for *8 man anything* (*gunblade* class full sry)...
LF7M for *8 man anything* (*gunblade* class full sry)...
LF7M for *8 man anything* (*gunblade* class full sry)...
no one?...

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Originally Posted by CptnGamble

LF7M for *8 man anything* (*gunblade* class full sry)...
LF7M for *8 man anything* (*gunblade* class full sry)...
LF7M for *8 man anything* (*gunblade* class full sry)...
no one?...

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i'm not sure if i get your point here.

but if you mean that everyone would play the gunblade class, you should compare the likes of post #1 and #2.
i'm fairly sure that there will be enough people who set their priority to other classes.

Maybe one day if SE males garlemald an accessible area. But then again, you probly have as much chance of them making gunblades for you as i do with them making automatons for me XD

hmm... since the garleans have an empire... maybe they can make it a city with a guild... Although it will likely be after the main storyline arc is done and the garleans are defeated... That can also be where we can unlock dark knight...

There are 2 known types of Gunblades:

Squall's fires blanks that cause a vibration throuh the blade, increasing the cutting power (Damage)

Lightning is actually 2 weapons in one. Fully functioning firearm and sword.

Garleans seem to use Lightning's version in that they actually fire rounds instead of blanks, but Squall's seems like it would be easier to implement.

Squall:
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__...lade_by_SE.jpg

Seifer:
http://forum.speeddemosarchive.com/f...xg4ZfHeg07RDS0

Lightning:
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly...ww1wo1_500.jpg

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Originally Posted by Kirito

hmm... since the garleans have an empire... maybe they can make it a city with a guild... Although it will likely be after the main storyline arc is done and the garleans are defeated... That can also be where we can unlock dark knight...

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I wouldn't mine being part of the empire lol.... ヽ(○´∀)乂(*´∀`*）乂(∀`●)

Make it happen SE.
Or i swear i'll use my MSpaint skills again.

http://s7.directupload.net/images/130204/okjbcx5r.jpg

And please! Talk to us! What have we done?
The game needs it.
It will raise the supscriptions from 950k to 1 million.
Trust me.

You have made me look so good... Phe...

Pirate + Mithra + Blade + Gun = My favorite kickass character!

Thanks! ^___^

I still want to go and find that gun halberd that nael dropped...

Having already implemented these in game, if only visually, I don't think SE will get away with not making them usable. They are pretty much the most coveted weapon in FF history.

Honestly, Implementation could be as simple as adding a slow ranged auto-attack to weapons. Maybe a double attack on Crits or something.

Personally, I think Lightnings Blade looks like crap, but I also thought that whole game was crap. I'm all about VIII and Squall's Gunblade. I would do almost anything to get that on my Character, even if it meant I had to be a Gladiator.

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Originally Posted by Kiote

Having already implemented these in game, if only visually, I don't think SE will get away with not making them usable. They are pretty much the most coveted weapon in FF history.

Honestly, Implementation could be as simple as adding a slow ranged auto-attack to weapons. Maybe a double attack on Crits or something.

Personally, I think Lightnings Blade looks like crap, but I also thought that whole game was crap. I'm all about VIII and Squall's Gunblade. I would do almost anything to get that on my Character, even if it meant I had to be a Gladiator.

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Depending on how their models are it would be crazy if blacksmith / goldsmith could learn how to add gun mechanism to objects.... Certain guns mechanisms would be like squals giving him more momentum for stronger attacks and movement between attacks, or others being literal shots.

Of course you'd have to add a bunch of other mechanisms or downsides so not -every- weapon had a gun attached to it.

Would add more model variety but like I said their system would be highly dependent on this idea.. I doubt it is an easy add, but an example would be like most FPS games which have visual mods to guns, Borderlands being the most extreme.

I liked the double attack suggestion, would work well with a Squal like gun blade, I hope they add abilities to weapons (passives, actives, or both like a a passive that adds double attacks sometimes or you can activate it for 100% double attack for 15 seconds 10 min cooldown). Or like in Dark Souls the item abilities could damage the item faster, always breaking my special ability items on nubs :D.



With others (and my) slot idea for materia I think you could add mechanisms easily as well. Say adding a gunblade takes up a slot, or a lot of other weird fun things (example below). There some weapons could have purple slots meaning both materia and mechanisms or blue for just materia, red for just mechanisms...

(Blue) (Blue) (Purple)
Raging Fire II, Titan Strength IV, Materia Capacitor (enhances other materia by 15%)

(blue) (Red) (Red)
" " , Gun Mechanism (two red slots)

(purple) (red)
Sword Catcher (on counters/parries lets you activate an ability that disarms the enemy), Aether Furnace (burns aether to create a magical dot on attacks)

Sorry for the necro but i saw this and it needs to be here.

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Lol nice picture!

Altought in my weapon mechanics research the rifle tube is to short to even cause the bullet to go in a straight path with enough rotation. Leaving it to make an unpredictable conical "AoE" where it can hit a foot or the head, to not hitting anything. But, can be deadly in "CC".

Besides being a good picture for affictioneted people of the gunblade, it still lacks of better research, altought it would look good hanging in a wall full of relics. XD

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Originally Posted by Laume

I still want to go and find that gun halberd that nael dropped...

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i take it you didn't do the final Hildebrand quest.

Did you know that Squall, and Seifer's Gunblades don't actually shoot? The trigger causes the weapon to vibrate for additional damage upon striking. This is why, while you're playing if you choose "Attack" with either of them and press the R2 button (If my memory serves me correctly.) you will get a critical strike.

So since I was bored today, my brother and I talked alot about what job would be interesting, and we both like the Idea of a gunblade user. That being said, what I would like to see is a quest called "infiltrate the 7th legion" or something like that where you receive job/class quest from Cid and it involves temporarily joining the Garlean empire and enlisting in the 7th legion and upon completing some of their quests, you recieve the job/class of legionaire/gunblade user.

As a job I could see it being based on musketeer and Gld. Be able to use abilities like fast blade and barrage or volley, but also have unique abilities like possibly using different strength elemental cartridges. IE, "Magnum class, thunder elemental cartridge"

Job description:"While possessing the Sharpness of a musketeer he never hesitates to get up close and personal, diving headfirst into the fray. Preferring to stay nimble on his feet, his choice of armor is light yet must also have the bracing necessary to withstand the heavy recoil of his Gunblade. His use of elemental cartridges makes him an expert at exploiting the weakness of his foes."

And here are a couple sketches I created. The second being essentially a mini aetheryte cannon in the guise of a transforming great sword that I've dubbed a "Heavy GunBlade." I'll feel free to dream away until ARR goes live.

http://s14.directupload.net/images/130227/7sp6b5tv.jpg

http://s14.directupload.net/images/130227/aihrlwno.jpg

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Originally Posted by katsujin

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That's awesome! o_o

^_^ My younger brother actually requested that I make a great sword variant of a gunblade so I figured hell why not just make it a greatsword/cannon.

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Originally Posted by katsujin

^_^ My younger brother actually requested that I make a great sword variant of a gunblade so I figured hell why not just make it a greatsword/cannon.

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Now that is an awesome idea :3

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Originally Posted by katsujin

So since I was bored today, my brother and I talked alot about what job would be interesting, and we both like the Idea of a gunblade user. That being said, what I would like to see is a quest called "infiltrate the 7th legion" or something like that where you receive job/class quest from Cid and it involves temporarily joining the Garlean empire and enlisting in the 7th legion and upon completing some of their quests, you recieve the job/class of legionaire/gunblade user.

As a job I could see it being based on musketeer and Gld. Be able to use abilities like fast blade and barrage or volley, but also have unique abilities like possibly using different strength elemental cartridges. IE, "Magnum class, thunder elemental cartridge"

Job description:"While possessing the Sharpness of a musketeer he never hesitates to get up close and personal, diving headfirst into the fray. Preferring to stay nimble on his feet, his choice of armor is light yet must also have the bracing necessary to withstand the heavy recoil of his Gunblade. His use of elemental cartridges makes him an expert at exploiting the weakness of his foes."

And here are a couple sketches I created. The second being essentially a mini aetheryte cannon in the guise of a transforming great sword that I've dubbed a "Heavy GunBlade." I'll feel free to dream away until ARR goes live.

http://s14.directupload.net/images/130227/7sp6b5tv.jpg

http://s14.directupload.net/images/130227/aihrlwno.jpg

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I really like the artwork ^^ good job!

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Originally Posted by Altanas

I'd rather have a Swallow, Hammer or Boomerang

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A Rinoa fan? :o
It'd be actually interesting to see a Boomerang combat mode lol... like, the weaponskill aha