Quote Originally Posted by Enkidoh View Post
DNC was never meant to be a tank though in FFXI (and this is actually confirmed by the development team itself, like NIN never was meant to be one either) - it was actually intended to be a healer/support Job (it did have a hate-generating Provoke-like 'Flourish' ability though, but that was more meant for when the Job was subbed, making it an excellent subjob for tanks like WAR).
The entire game was essentially played outside of the devs expectations. Intentional or not, XI showed it *is* possible for a DNC tank.

GEO is literally already CNJ though (besides CNJ already being GEO gameplay wise, lore wise geomancy is literally what conjury is called in the Far East, so it's redundant).
They could still make it work. I'm fairly convinced they can spin it like "Well yeah, but since they learned it *here*, it's different because of how they approach it." Kind of like how Red Mage just kind of amalgamated existing arts.

<stuff about gunblades>
Key point here: It's a Garlean weapon. Not exactly something the WoL or anyone associated with them would be trained with.

And what form would it take? We've seen both a sword-like gunblade and the pikeish gunblade. Garleans seem to throw guns on everything.

Jobs aren't supposed to be about the weapons. They're about the abilities. And what abilities would even distinguish a gunblade user? They're not more agile than a Ninja. They're not as defensive as a Paladin. They don't have any noticeable proficiency with magic. The point that seems to be missing here is that while a gunblade looks like a "cool weapon", the abilities of people wielding something simpler can outclass them because of their skills.