Gunblade job must be a DPS.

[armandojc3]

The next class will not be gunblade, it will be magitek.

[Burningskull]

What can Soldier (Gun Blade Job) do that Samurai can't?

Look way more cooler j/k

[SturmChurro]

As redundant as yet another melee DPS. What can Soldier (Gun Blade Job) do that Samurai can't? Besides i never said it had to be a gun hammer, just a hammer. Also i meant to play up the whole smash the gizmo to make work joke.

I was meaning if gunhammer came alongside with gunblade.

A lot of stuff actually, it is a gun blade.

[Shougun]

Gunhammer could be cool, actually. A little bit redundant if there is a gunblade, though.

How about a rocket hammer? Just to give it a bit more differentiation. (Pressurized Gavel/Hammer, Magitek, etc - like Nero's but you also have Reinhardt from Overwatch).

If Gunblade is tank then rocket hammer dps, or if dps then tank. Since I imagine Gunblade tank (just because of "it's been a while" since one has been made) then the hammer could be the massive heavy swings mixed with short bursts of movement via propulsion attacks that we don't really have yet (dragoon and samurai are two handed yes but there isn't a weighty swinging dps yet).

Make it a very angry judge type job lol.

[SturmChurro]

How about a rocket hammer? Just to give it a bit more differentiation. (Pressurized Gavel/Hammer, Magitek, etc - like Nero's but you also have Reinhardt from Overwatch).

If Gunblade is tank then rocket hammer dps, or if dps then tank. Since I imagine Gunblade tank (just because of "it's been a while" since one has been made) then the hammer could be the massive heavy swings mixed with short bursts of movement via propulsion attacks that we don't really have yet (dragoon and samurai are two handed yes but there isn't a weighty swinging dps yet).

Make it a very angry judge type job lol.

Yeah, that's more how I was picturing it. Maybe explosive attacks or something.

[kikix12]

We could also go the completely different route and ask for a DPS maiming Job like Crusader. A hard hitting but slow DPS that staggers opponents and crushes enemy defenses.

(yes this is a class from Diablo 3, and i think it looks amazing)

That image is great, aesthetically speaking...but she doesn't use a hammer. It's a double-headed flail. An entirely different weapon.

As for hammers like Nero have...I'm quite sure that one of the reasons that hammers are not liked a lot is because they look ridiculous to most people. And yes, a huge head the size of the corpus of the user is exactly what a "ridiculous look" describes. It just looks really weird to have a guy pick up a hammer head that weights more than him and flair it around on a long stick.
Do you people know just how much power you would need to pick it up by the end?! The further away from the head you'd try to lift it by, the more strength it requires. Even the absurd great swords from Monster Hunter series are far more reasonable thanks to having a better weight distribution...
But hey, this is mostly my opinion and some random comments I've come across here or there.

[Mycow8me]

I dont see why it cant be a gunblade/gunhammer that transorms depending on your stance or for some skill animations. Alot of ppl have been wanting a hammer class too similar to Nero. Since MCH has no actual machinery or transformation for weapons they could give it to a magitek styled tank that uses a weapon that transforms based off of skill usages or abilities that consume magitek energy/ceruleum gauge.

[ReiMakoto]

I dont see why it cant be a gunblade/gunhammer that transorms depending on your stance or for some skill animations. Alot of ppl have been wanting a hammer class too similar to Nero. Since MCH has no actual machinery or transformation for weapons they could give it to a magitek styled tank that uses a weapon that transforms based off of skill usages or abilities that consume magitek energy/ceruleum gauge.

I was thinking something similar, where the gunhammer is like Nero in sigmascape, where you summon it for some burst then go back to the blade, kinda like a dwt or something.

If its going to be magitek as the main theme too we could further with the analogy to summoner, and have the gunhammer be like DWT and then later you can can get in a magitek armour for a bigger burst ending in a self destruct.

[Vahlnir]

As redundant as yet another melee DPS. What can Soldier (Gun Blade Job) do that Samurai can't? Besides i never said it had to be a gun hammer, just a hammer. Also i meant to play up the whole smash the gizmo to make work joke.

What can BLM do that RDM can't? Or BRD and MCH? WHM and AST? DRK or WAR? Your logic can be applied to just about every job in the game. The thing is they all have their own little gimmicks which sets them apart.

[InkstainedGwyn]

Yeah, that's more how I was picturing it. Maybe explosive attacks or something.

Ye gods, we've been blind! It's been in the game this whole time!