Gunbreaker and Dancer Job Icons

https://i.redd.it/jtykkqgpt2z21.jpg

Someone posted this over on Reddit, figured I share it with you all, so you can see your new class's job icons will look like.

Gotta say, not crazy about that gunblade icon.

Am I Zorro now? I thought that was BLU or RDM.

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Originally Posted by Ekimmak

Gotta say, not crazy about that gunblade icon.

Am I Zorro now? I thought that was BLU or RDM.

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Pretty sure it's supposed to be like a crosshair with a slash through it.

Oh wow, I hope these are legit, because they are great ! I really like the dancer one :)

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Originally Posted by Rollout

Pretty sure it's supposed to be like a crosshair with a slash through it.

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Well, if that's what it's supposed to be, they need to take it back to the drawing board.

The more I look at it, the less I see it as related to gunblades.

I mean, I don't expect one player's whinging to change things, but... I'd rather whinge and make sure everyone knows I don't like it.

It's important to note that the guy who made these, has supposedly said that he only saw colourless versions and made two mock-ups with alternating colours.
A lot of people believe, who at least that I have seen, that this is the wrong way round and that the Heart shape is for Gunbreaker (due to Squall Leonheart and Hrothgar connections) and Dancer is supposedly a Chakram

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Originally Posted by Ekimmak

Well, if that's what it's supposed to be, they need to take it back to the drawing board.

The more I look at it, the less I see it as related to gunblades.

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It could be worse.

It could be Monk/Summoner

I have no idea how either of those jobs are supposed to be represented by their icons.

https://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/lds/...xf3h5iujp4.png

Ahh yes, three lines. Since we all know Monks are all about 3 lines.

https://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/lds/...KbgXKnj6BU.png

Of course, triangle thing, no Summoner is complete without Triangle thing!

Though, from the looks of the 2 icons shown...

The heart one makes the least sense to me. I can't figure out its relation to Dancer/Gunbreaker at all, outside of a "Lionheart" reference, which is a bit of a reach for the icon for the job (Especially so given that Squall isn't canon in this universe...)

The other one, could be taken as a Chakram or slice through a crosshair (The latter being a bit weird due to its actual design) which makes some sense for either job.

Monk is referencing their weapons, and Summoner is the Summoner Dong Summoner Horn from the Artifact Armour that's been a well-known element of most FF Summoner Designs.

Gunbreaker's doesn't look bad to me. Can't be any worse than Monk's. Lol

The symbols are those but the actual icon is made up by someone based on a picture taken of a stickers sheet with DNC and GNB. This means the final one could be slight different.

The GNB is not a Z but probably the slash in the middle is the blade and the round parts are the barrel of the gun part. Like if you were to look at the gunblade from the top.

The DNC one is hard to understand but behind the DNC artwork there's that heartshaped symbol as well. No idea what it is.

we have the reverse version too so it can be anything or nothing at all.

https://i.imgur.com/6L9JVTY.png

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Originally Posted by AngelhunterUK

It's important to note that the guy who made these, has supposedly said that he only saw colourless versions and made two mock-ups with alternating colours.
A lot of people believe, who at least that I have seen, that this is the wrong way round and that the Heart shape is for Gunbreaker (due to Squall Leonheart and Hrothgar connections) and Dancer is supposedly a Chakram

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The heart symbol is visible behind the Viera dancer artwork, though. And dancers use throwing weapons, not specifically chakram, so it wouldn't make sense for them to make their icon one specific weapon.

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Originally Posted by Kalise

It could be worse.

It could be Monk/Summoner

I have no idea how either of those jobs are supposed to be represented by their icons.

https://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/lds/...xf3h5iujp4.png

Ahh yes, three lines. Since we all know Monks are all about 3 lines.

https://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/lds/...KbgXKnj6BU.png

Of course, triangle thing, no Summoner is complete without Triangle thing!

Though, from the looks of the 2 icons shown...

The heart one makes the least sense to me. I can't figure out its relation to Dancer/Gunbreaker at all, outside of a "Lionheart" reference, which is a bit of a reach for the icon for the job (Especially so given that Squall isn't canon in this universe...)

The other one, could be taken as a Chakram or slice through a crosshair (The latter being a bit weird due to its actual design) which makes some sense for either job.

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So while I'll aggree that the monk icon is silly, the SMN one is a summoners horn (the thing they wear on their head) which is actually a pretty iconic part of summoner so it makes some sense

If you want to know the real reasoning behind the job icons, sometimes you need to add a bit of colour.

https://i.imgur.com/TX0ZhkZs.jpg

It's only natural for rabbit tanks to have their own symbol.

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Originally Posted by Ekimmak

Well, if that's what it's supposed to be, they need to take it back to the drawing board.

The more I look at it, the less I see it as related to gunblades.

I mean, I don't expect one player's whinging to change things, but... I'd rather whinge and make sure everyone knows I don't like it.

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Looks like a barrel getting cleaved to me.

"Gunbreaker"

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Originally Posted by ReiMakoto

So while I'll aggree that the monk icon is silly, the SMN one is a summoners horn (the thing they wear on their head) which is actually a pretty iconic part of summoner so it makes some sense

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Really it's the summoner horn? I always thought it was a breath attack from Ifrit or Bahamut lol

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Originally Posted by Baxcel

Really it's the summoner horn? I always thought it was a breath attack from Ifrit or Bahamut lol

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Always made me think of the symbol of the Assassin Order from Assassin's Creed personally.

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Originally Posted by Rollout

The heart symbol is visible behind the Viera dancer artwork, though. And dancers use throwing weapons, not specifically chakram, so it wouldn't make sense for them to make their icon one specific weapon.

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Oh cool, I never put the icon and the bit behind the Dancer artwork together.
As for using a Chakram as the icon, I could see it making sense as just a symbol for throwing weapons in general, the way that Bard uses a harp even though they use Bows, Harps and Flutes. However that would make more or less sense to the individual based on familiarity with throwing weapons, which for me is limited to Chakrams and Throwing Knives.

t looks like a tilted SAM icon

What color you think the job stones would be

Im gonna guess pink for dancer and orange for GNB

The MNK one isn't great but I think it's supposed to be three slashes from a clawed fist weapon or something like that.

To me, GNB looks more like an explosion eminating from the blade when you pull the trigger.

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Originally Posted by Kalise

It could be worse.

It could be Monk/Summoner

I have no idea how either of those jobs are supposed to be represented by their icons.

https://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/lds/...xf3h5iujp4.png

Ahh yes, three lines. Since we all know Monks are all about 3 lines.

https://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/lds/...KbgXKnj6BU.png

Of course, triangle thing, no Summoner is complete without Triangle thing!

Though, from the looks of the 2 icons shown...

The heart one makes the least sense to me. I can't figure out its relation to Dancer/Gunbreaker at all, outside of a "Lionheart" reference, which is a bit of a reach for the icon for the job (Especially so given that Squall isn't canon in this universe...)

The other one, could be taken as a Chakram or slice through a crosshair (The latter being a bit weird due to its actual design) which makes some sense for either job.

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Yeah the MNK and SMN icons are a reference to their iconic weapon and headpiece. All of the job icons are a reference to something iconic to the job, whether its a weapon, skill, or attribute

Weapon: PLD, WAR, SAM, MNK, BRD, MCH, NIN, WHM, RDM (in addition to looking like a rapier, it's also a combination of the BLM and WHM icons)
Skill: BLM (all by itself)
Attribute: DRG, AST, SCH, SMN, BLU, DRK (while it does sorta resemble a greatsword, its meand to be a physical manifestation of darkness)

As for the new icons, I can see a chakrum for dancer, but I'm not sure which I'd rather have, the heart one is nice, but the other looks too similar to SAM, i was hoping for something similar to a fan i guess. For gunbreaker, I was expecting the iconic lion head with a cross.

Official DNC art with a heart symbol:
https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/m...oncept_art.jpg

DNC AF set with a heart symbol on the belt:
https://cdn.gamer-network.net/2019/u...yo-Shot-20.png

I feel like it's hard to argue that the heart is GNB/GUN's.

wouldn't it make more sense the the gunblade ico belong to Dnc? since it's round like it's weapon

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Originally Posted by illumy

wouldn't it make more sense the the gunblade ico belong to Dnc? since it's round like it's weapon

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Dancers use THROWING WEAPONS, not specifically chakram. Their weapons can be any number of shapes, which is what the dev team wanted.

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Ahh yes, three lines. Since we all know Monks are all about 3 lines.

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you silly its not 3 lines, its 3 stack, you know the grease lightning stack =P

Every job's icon represents it or its weapon in some way... except, wtf is Samurai?

I think GUNs icon makes more sense than DNCs really, as a gun barrel cleaved in half, but DNCs like SAM is just some stylized icon that doesn't really mean much.

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Originally Posted by Seraphor

Every job's icon represents it or its weapon in some way... except, wtf is Samurai?

I think GUNs icon makes more sense than DNCs really, as a gun barrel cleaved in half, but DNCs like SAM is just some stylized icon that doesn't really mean much.

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I thought SAM was showhing the Katana from above, vertically. The round is the hilt and the slim thing is the blade... At least that's how I see it haha.

SAM icon look very like a katana when you viewing it at aerial view point. Look very much like shape of the blade and the guard

SAM's icon is a tsuba.

I.e. The disc guard you see on katana's.

Which is still infinitely better than MNK's apparent iconic weapon:

https://m.xcite.com/media/catalog/pr...949_result.jpg

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20130519102538

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Originally Posted by Seraphor

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20130519102538

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https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20180828204755

If you make a fist your fingers create 3 lines

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Originally Posted by Kalise

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20180828204755

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https://d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.ne...ws-onehand.jpg

Monks are based of courel. To me those are just a courel strike. Can see the claw monk weapons too.

I main smn and i hate the icon so much... be it a horn you should design it better

Many ffxiv goods is using the icon it me sad...

(And arcanist has such a nice icon

Gunblade and dancer however has such a nice icon...