A Request for when you add Musketeer

[Tanama]

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Looking further into Final Fantasy's history of gunners it could possibly become

• Gunner
• Hunter
• Sniper
• Ranger
• Corsair
• Machinist
• Engineer
• Gun Mage
• Cannoneer
• Fusilier
• Flintlock

SE need to be really careful with the introduction of this and a Gunblade class.
Everyone, myself included wants to see these appear, but there's the problem - The ratio of DD's to Healers and Tanks is already an issue, adding another DD class that literally everyone wants to rock is going to make it even more difficult for people to group.

One could hope SE has another tank and healer up their sleeve when they introduce Musketeer.

[Kazamoto]

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Ranger from a SE MMO uses a bow primarily. (can use gun)

We mention long guns, such as rifles. That would not fit with corsair.

Most of the others could work tho.

Gunblades for a tank class. I'd support it. Ranged stance for kiting, melee for spank and tank, damage mitigate and bonuses to parry.

[LlenCoram]

Still dying for this class. It's been three bloody years SE. Give me my gun back.

[Gamemako]

Maybe one job will get handguns, and another one will get rifles?

Ftfy. Makes more sense to focus on limited animation differences with two jobs and the same weapons than to create two entire skillsets with similar roles.

Item Lv.100 - Gunblade

That, on the other hand, would probably need to be a different class -- melee attacks would require an entirely different ability and animation set. I mean, you could have people just use it as a gun, but how unsatisfying would that be?

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• Gunner
• Hunter
• Sniper
• Ranger
• Corsair
• Machinist
• Engineer
• Gun Mage
• Cannoneer
• Fusilier
• Flintlock

Worth noting that almost all of these are one-offs or are classes not defined by guns. Among them, "Gunner" could encompass Gunner, Corsair, and Fusilier at the very least, since they're all the basic gun-user classes for their respective games. Engineer/Machinist only uses guns in the Ivalice setting. Gun Mage is a one-off Blue Mage, where Blue Mages always use random weapons (like cutlery). Ranger, of which Hunter and Sniper are game-specific variants, is defined by bows rather than guns.

[Seriat]

[*]Gun Mage

[NeonC]

It will be one or the other, one is a two handed weapon, one is a one handed weapon. I doubt they will go the GLD/CNJ route with it and allow off hand/single or two hand. If anything the Rifle would be the job branching from the class...imo

[Firefly]

I think a pistol could end up with higher attack rate, lower damage, lower range, and the rifle could end up with lower attack rate, higher damage, higher range. Might make for different strategies on different bosses. On Titan, for example, you wouldn't want to be on the edge shooting with a rifle, but you could be mid-range shooting with either rifle or pistol.

[Tanama]

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Ranger from a SE MMO uses a bow primarily. (can use gun)

Actually, rangers have two primary skills in FFXI which are Archery and Marksmanship. Their ultimate weapons consisted of bows, guns and a crossbow.

Still dying for this class. It's been three bloody years SE. Give me my gun back.

In the Alpha build, did Musketeer have a full set of class traits and abilities?

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You make valid points.

[LlenCoram]

Actually, rangers have two primary skills in FFXI which are Archery and Marksmanship. Their ultimate weapons consisted of bows, guns and a crossbow.


In the Alpha build, did Musketeer have a full set of class traits and abilities?


You make valid points.

I wish it was available in alpha. I meant that for people who started in Limsa, one of the story cutscenes involves giving you a gun. You aim it, then have it taken away 5 seconds later.

It's where my sig is from.

[Anayrie]

I don't think I could be anymore excited for a class/job than I am for this one.

I've stopped leveling classes until this one comes out. I can just imagine all the fates now looking like a firing squad though.