I'm not saying the new gun class is going to be... but its going to be...

[Aliquis]

RDM had access to guns during vanilla FFXI. Much like PLD there could use axes and great axes when zilart came out. There was something of a jobs revamp at one point, where RDM lost a lot of the stuff it started with (Flash, access to guns) and was turned into the lolenfeebler/refreshbot we know today.

^This guy obviously knows nothing about RDM today. RDM is not a refresh whore. RDM generally gets used in Delves(being in the 2nd party and the only member in the second party) where yes they enfeeble but they also nuke to remove auras and they are the only ones who rely on their Refresh II. Also RDM now gets Haste II that no other class gets but GEO who has their own version. Another spell is Frazzle and Frazzle II that boosts Range attack speed. BRD is the one who gives out the "Refresh" with x3 Ballads giving up to a 30+ mp/tick refresh where RDMs refresh II is 8/tick. EDIT: Oh cor gives refresh with Evokers rolls also

Also COR is a decent DPS with their gun. Since COR often gets brought along for their roles it is highly expected that they contribute with DMG when they are not rolling.

What you know of FFXI at all is of YESTERDAY.

Aliquis, I think your idea is cool, but you are giving out way to much bias towards what you want to see (which it's fine, you're the OP and it's essentially your thread and your ideas). It's more than likely not going to go that way, if they continue to go through with their earlier plans for Musketeer:

Live Letter III -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...SH2jkjw#t=925s

I'm not going to even bother with this guy because of this...

url - Streamed live on Sep 14, 2012

I'm pretty sure the whole speal of what we are NOT expecting is that its not going to fall along the earlier plans and details abotu musketeeer.