(Spoiler, Kinda) Gunblade job 'concern'

[kikix12]

Wonder how a half-ranged half-melee fighter can tank that said.

Gunblade is not a ranged weapon at all...The gun there is for an extra "omph" added to attacks. In Final Fantasy (EDIT, cause I made a typo) VIII which I believe is the first (or at least, most prominent) appearance of gunblade, hitting a trigger button would shoot the gun mid-swing to shoot at an enemy and deal higher damage. I imagine that's the concept here.

Blade skills would be the weaponskills, while gun skills would be abilities that are used "mid-swing". There will be two or three weaponskill gun skills most likely (like the lvl15 ranged hate-pull skill every tank have), but I cannot imagine it having any more focus on ranged than that because...there's really no reason for that.

[Nariel]

Gunblade is not a ranged weapon at all...The gun there is for an extra "omph" added to attacks. In Final Fantasy XIII which I believe is the first (or at least, most prominent) appearance of gunblade, hitting a trigger button would shoot the gun mid-swing to shoot at an enemy and deal higher damage. I imagine that's the concept here.

Blade skills would be the weaponskills, while gun skills would be abilities that are used "mid-swing". There will be two or three weaponskill gun skills most likely (like the lvl15 ranged hate-pull skill every tank have), but I cannot imagine it having any more focus on ranged than that because...there's really no reason for that.

FF VIII, the main hero use a gunblade. Leon wasn't a tank neither was Lightning while at it, main reason why I'd choose the DpS path. Can't see how tanky it can be from a gameplay point of view. If its melee its just a one handed paladin.

Never seens the point of having a gun in a blade. Just take a shotgun and a shied for what it does. /shrug

[Arrius]

Never seens the point of having a gun in a blade. Just take a shotgun and a shied for what it does. /shrug

In VIII, the 'shot' wasn't meant to hit the enemy, it was more meant to add vibrations to the blade and cause more damage that way.
You can see that in the opening cinematic of where squall and seifer fight against each other, and seifer pulling the trigger noticeably earlier before slashing squall's face.

[kikix12]

FF VIII, the main hero use a gunblade.

Ah, yeah. I did mean Squall from VIII. I just look up for XIV stuff so often that I habitually push the X, sorry. I didn't even play XIII so I cannot say anything bout that.

But in case of whether Squall was a tank or not...there is no such thing as a "tank" outside of MMO or at least tactical games. Just some more beafy characters. And Squall was one of the beefier in VIII (if not the most so).

VIII was the first, but even there the part of the gunblade wasn't used very much, so expect another melee tank.

It was used on every single normal attack and at least some of the limit breaks. How much more could it be exposed?!

[Ilan]

FF VIII, the main hero use a gunblade. Leon wasn't a tank neither was Lightning while at it, main reason why I'd choose the DpS path. Can't see how tanky it can be from a gameplay point of view. If its melee its just a one handed paladin.

Never seens the point of having a gun in a blade. Just take a shotgun and a shied for what it does. /shrug

There is no Leon in FF VIII the character's name is Squall Leonhart and a gunblade is a melee weapon and just because Squall, Cypher and Lightning haven't been tanks doesn't mean that tanks wouldn't use a gunblade.
Never seen the point of a gunblade? How about globe then? Its a fantasy game you know?

[Iscah]

There is no Leon in FF VIII the character's name is Squall Leonhart

He does go by the name "Leon" in Kingdom Hearts though. So it's understandable if some people are confused because of that.

[Reynhart]

So it's understandable if some people are confused because of that.

Sure, but people can make the difference. It's not like they saw the moody and edgy Cloud in Kingdom Hearts and believed it was his actual persona...oh, crap !

[alimdia]

VIII was the first, but even there the part of the gunblade wasn't used very much, so expect another melee tank.