(Spoiler, Kinda) Gunblade job 'concern'

[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