I find it a bit strange that everyone forgets Lightning uses a gunblade. It wasn't a major part of the iconography like ones used by Squall or Seifer, but it's there. And we can use it in FFXIV thanks to the old event.

I don't understand why everyone is so against a gunblade job. "It's a stupid weapon" seems like an outrageous excuse when FF has had many jobs and characters with ridiculous weapons ranging from paintbrushes, rackets, flutes, surfboard swords, bells, and astrometers. A slashing bayonette is a hell of a lot more grounded than people realize.