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

[Yukiba]

the gunner class is going to be blue mage

[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.

[Zantitrach]

Cheeeeemmmiiisssssttttt. It should be Chemist!

Please oh please oh please!

[Aliquis]

the gunner class is going to be blue mage

I actually think this is a reasonable possibility.

I really disagree with Chemist. It is something that is possible in 11 but not in the simplification of 14.

Machinist/Engineer is a VERY possible out come because of Cid.

[GZH]

Yoshi P. said it would be something nobody expected, eh?
I'm calling it-

Bandolier slung around their body, cannon hanging from their back, and enough guns strapped in all the right places you would think their armor is their weapon, the gunslinger enters the fight.

I.E. a overly armed FFXIV version of Rambo.

[kyuven]

Plain to see to me that a new job HAS to involve guns. They've subtly hinted at various other jobs throughout the years, after all, and we have the following weapons used by NPCs in game with no class associated:
Guns (Merlwyb, female Garlean that we kill, a lot of Garleans period, Cid is probably capable as well)
Hammers (KINDA Nero, plus the fact that they haven't copped out and had hammer skins for MRD/WAR)
Two-handed swords
Scythes (I really hope they save this one for many years down the road, though)

My personal expectation is, since it's going to be "unexpected," the gun wielding class will be a tank class.

[ZReport]

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.

Right, and everyone is just supposed to believe your half-random ideas.

OK man, but at least I'm going off of old legitimate facts that were said by the devs themselves. It has more of a basis than your stuff.

BTW I had already mentioned the stuff I posted was old already. However it still holds a basis. Especially when you see some of their ideas come out in a cutscene in 2.2.

[Shikiseki]

Gunner branching off to Red and Blue mage
Please look forward to it (｀・ω・´)”

[Synestr]

Whatever it is the guild will be downstairs from the Coral tower, I mean, the sign is already there.

[Bluevann]

Whatever it is the guild will be downstairs from the Coral tower, I mean, the sign is already there.

Yup, and so is the Guildmaster (Rayner), and the counters for the quest-trigging NPCs. They're just currently empty.