Gunblades

[Vyrerus]

More like the Nabaath one would be nice or the one from Bardam's Mettle

[Duskane]

red queen

[MsQi]

Shotgun Axe?

[TheMightyMollusk]

Gunbastards, like Regula van Hydrus's during the Warring Triad quests.



I'd also be shocked if we don't eventually get a standard Garlean gunblade, if only a statless one for glamour.

[MikkoAkure]

I'd also be shocked if we don't eventually get a standard Garlean gunblade, if only a statless one for glamour.

Considering how both the GNB quest NPC and Yoshi-P both go out of their way to describe how different Bozjan and Garlean gunblades are, I doubt we’ll get any Garlean ones.

[Plasma711]

Considering how both the GNB quest NPC and Yoshi-P both go out of their way to describe how different Bozjan and Garlean gunblades are, I doubt we’ll get any Garlean ones.

I think that may be where the disconnect is. People have become so accustomed to the Garlean gunblades in the game. But the gunblades we actually have work the same as FF8's. And with that most of them are also bigger gunblades as well. All of Squalls gunblades bar Revolver and Shear Trigger, were quite beefy. Then Seifers was a much more skinnier blade as well in the form of Hyperion

[Plasma711]

I will say I'm all for it, if they do add the Garlean gunblades at some point. A gunblade is a gunblade, the more the merrier.

[Espritduo]

Been farming A10s a bit recently, and Lamebrix Strikebocks's gundragonbladething would be an amazing gunblade. Put it in the gold saucer like most of the other monster-used weapons and there you go.

[wereotter]

Honestly I'd like to see a few more smaller gunblades added. Because most of them are jumbo sized, I still use the starter gunblade. The bigger they get, the less lethal they look because of how clumsily heavy they appear and most of the gunblades are comically big for a one-handed weapon.

I feel similarly about a lot of the ninja weapons that look like I'm carrying around two great swords as opposed to daggers. Honestly I feel like a lot of weapons are made unrealistically large.

[Cilia]

Part of the problem with weapon sizes is that they don't always scale well to match your character. The starter gunblade looks decently sized on a normal sized character... but on a Roegadyn or Hrothgar it's like a toothpick. Personally I don't think any are oversized, though some other weapons are (lookin' at you, NIN relics!).

I don't have a problem with them being added, but Garlean gunblades and Hrothgar gunblades are very different lorewise. The former is a "realistic" weapon (sword with gun bolted on or vice versa) while the latter is pure VIII fanservice (sword that can superheat itself to increase cutting power via triggered cartridges); they simply cannot be used the same way. (I imagine they'll add a Garlean gunblade for glamour down the line anyway lore be damned, but even so.)