Gunblade class, Imperials only?

[Enkidoh]

Lightning's gunblade from FFXIII, the Blazefire Saber, is also in the game as a GLA/PLD weapon, but unlike the above weapon, is just treated as a sword with a non-functioning gun attachment (so really it's just a sword with a fancy fold-out blade)... (yes this is an old pic):



Really, the gunblade is probably the most overrated weapon out, especially the FFVIII version (which is literally just a sword with a rumble pack attached). Garlean gunblades seem to be a specialized weapon type that only the most elite soldiers (read: officers) wield, like Legatee (such as Gaius), and Centurions - the bulk of the Garlean Army... are just equipped with regular more primitive weapons like bows and spears. And even then it's just a pistol with a rather long bayonet added to the side of the gun's barrel.

So there's definitely a reason why there's no specific gunblade class in the game. It's a weapon type peculiar to Garlemald and even in it's native country it's regarded as being a rare weapon.

[BrokenFox]

Really, the gunblade is probably the most overrated weapon out, especially the FFVIII version (which is literally just a sword with a rumble pack attached). Garlean gunblades seem to be a specialized weapon type that only the most elite soldiers (read: officers) wield, like Legatee (such as Gaius), and Centurions - the bulk of the Garlean Army... are just equipped with regular more primitive weapons like bows and spears. And even then it's just a pistol with a rather long bayonet added to the side of the gun's barrel.

So there's definitely a reason why there's no specific gunblade class in the game. It's a weapon type peculiar to Garlemald and even in it's native country it's regarded as being a rare weapon.

Don't care

Want gunblade

[Enkidoh]

Don't care

Want gunblade

Just because you want it doesn't mean you'll get it. That's a just a fact of life.

[silentwindfr]

Just because you want it doesn't mean you'll get it. That's a just a fact of life.

Yoshida have said that we will get a gunblade jobs sooner or later, mostly when we will get closer of the empire.

[BrokenFox]

Just because you want it doesn't mean you'll get it. That's a just a fact of life.

Woah. Deep.