Gunblade job must be a DPS.

[shao32]

As you wrote yourself, they have never really been weapons for tanks before.
For me its ONLY about quetimes except a new tank and/or healer would be enjoyable to play. Lets just imagine every new class would be a dps, the quetimes for everyone that doesn't play tank or healer would explode because everyone would suddenly play these two new dps classes. So alone because of this we should get at least a tank or a healer, best would be both. No need to start with this "tanks and healer mains are human beeings" because thats quite obvious and has nothing to do with what i wrote.

There is no role system on other FF games, on xiii snow and fang have the protector path more advanced at the beginning but in the end everyone can follow that path when you unlock it, lightning spend the entire game trowing cures, esunas and protecs, that's mean gunblade is a healer job by default?, Since lightning spend much time casting ruin its make gunblade a caster meany?, FFxiii is not a good example in any way since the main characters and they arms are pure aesthetic more that jobs per see, and squall is not a tank nor a DPS since ffviii don't have roles.

So by you opinion we should get only tanks and healers when we have queue times problems? That's selfish you know, DD don't deserve have more priority or more jobs over tanks and healers, we are practically the 50% of the comunity and tanks and healers deserve get new jobs at a proportional rate the DD gets ones to not only for queues but for fun, for aesthetic, for have diversity, bcs we enjoying much more being tanks and healer than DD,every reason to add a new job as a DD is the same reason to add new jobs as tanks or healers and gunblade is a perfect tank since have the aesthetic and the appealing for it in this game.

[Derio]

I wouldnt be surprised if gunblade was a limited job introduced in 5.0

However I would prefer it to be a tank.

If we get 1 or 2 dps jobs in 5.0 the queue times will not change. The only real benefit to the queue when we get a new tank or healer with an expansion is the duty finder is asking for dps as the adventurer in need instead of tank. We saw this with DRK for the first 2-3 weeks of HW launch.

Whether its a dps or tank. Regardless which one it is, people will be mad.

[EdwinLi]

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Are you talking about Max level content or Leveling content because I am talking about Leveling content.

I know the change will be very minimum at max level content once people finishing leveling the new Tank and Healer Jobs because most players who jump on the new Tank and Healer Job will drop it and return to DPS role once they reach max level.

I am talking about leveling content because that is where the focus for the new Tank and Healer Job queue time will be as we should have learned back in 3.0 release of Dark Knight and Astrologian's release with Machinist. Don' t forget there were Tank players who were not use to not getting instant queue started complaining about queue times longer than 5 minutes as they were leveling Dark Knight.

Plus a slightly making fun of how certain Tank players just can't stand long queue times since most content they get instant or almost instant queue times.

[Burningskull]

Just a quick question. Would everyone be ok with the Gunblade job being a DPS if we got a Tank and Healer as well?

[Tanro]

It's most likely going to be a tank and Dancer will be heals. A bit late to ask them to change so you can hope. I think personally we got enough dps jobs in 4.0 and with Blue Mage.

Blue mage is a tank Job. It has tank stance with Mighty Guard. So Let Gunblade be called commando and be the physical dps that concentrates on hard punishing hits and the leaps out deliver finishing moves.

[InkstainedGwyn]

Blue mage is a tank Job. It has tank stance with Mighty Guard. So Let Gunblade be called commando and be the physical dps that concentrates on hard punishing hits and the leaps out deliver finishing moves.

Yes, let's "assign" Tank to the class that can't actually queue up as a tank and run dungeons in content.

[Arrius]

Just a quick question. Would everyone be ok with the Gunblade job being a DPS if we got a Tank and Healer as well?

I'd be fine with having it without any extra jobs or roles. Sure, queue times will suck but that was always the case.

[Tanro]

Why, though?

Melee DPS players (myself included) just got Samurai this last expansion. This seriously sounds like a case of "I know I just got this cool new toy, but now I want this other cool new toy because the old one's not new anymore."

If you're a DPS player you already have 9 different options for cool, interesting jobs to level covering the entire spectrum. Hell, there are 4 current melee jobs, to the 3 total tanks. And you're really trying to say that, at this point in time, we need another melee DPS?

EDIT: Aw crap, I replied to a Super Bee Brian post. You check these things before posting. Move along everybody.

Yes we need another melee dps. I am a melee player and I don't really like any of the current melee options. I've stuck with DRG because its the best of terrible options we have. Monk being stupid, ninja being annoying, and samurai being meh.

[Tanro]

Yes, let's "assign" Tank to the class that can't actually queue up as a tank and run dungeons in content.

Its got a tank stance. Sooo

[Shougun]

Just a quick question. Would everyone be ok with the Gunblade job being a DPS if we got a Tank and Healer as well?

Personally would like to see some heavy magitek armor/judge armor but I don't think it has to be Gunblade to do that. So to your question, probably - but hopefully tanks can get some thick magitek equipment (Gaius/Nael like, etc).

Most of my reason for it, or something, needing to be tank is merely because "it's about time". Gunblade is a cool weapon so it's nice to know a weapon I like could also be a role I feel needs a new friend, but that's not to say there are not other possible weapons that are cool.