Quote Originally Posted by Hank_Hotspur View Post
A recent interview with Yoshi P has shed some light on the job development process (and is interesting in general, worth a read)

https://www.impulsegamer.com/naoki-y...vs-lore-story/

The pertinent part is right here



So jobs are decided upon from a gameplay perspective first and then are back-filled to fit the lore and story of the game (which explains why no Gunbreakers besides players and Thancred show up on The First). So for speculation, "story-sense" is low on the totem pole of consideration.
Unless I'm misunderstanding you here..

The reason there is no gunbreakers on the first is due to the lack of Allegans and Garlians.. they pushed the revolution on tech so fast on the source, with guns being very common over in illsibard that the Hrothgar made their gunblades.. Thancred even mentioned before he was called that he learned a new trick in Galamuld.. he was most likely going to show us his gunblade skills..

Now on the first no such tech advancements were made.. looking at the guards most are either casters or melee.. even the mighty Rokan empire never made it much further then melee an casting.. they never learned summoning as shown by the ink mages during Heroes Guantlet.. summoning is exclusive to the source..