Kitru, just thought I'd let you know, but the original depiction of Dragoons in FF, that being dragon-mounted knights, is actually VERY close to the historical Dragoon, as they were just heavy infantry that were given horses to get to the battlefield quickly. It was only when firearms were introduced that Dragoons were turned into a form of cavalry, and even then it could still be said that the FF Dragoon was still faithful to their origin. Just replace "Horse" with "Dragon" or "Wind Drake".

Now then, on topic, I'd very much like to see how SE would accomplish a Gunblade using class. As of this point, we have a few good main examples of how to accomplish a "Gunblade User", though I really hope they don't take any inspiration at all from FF8, simply because even I would have a hard time suspending my disbelief that a weapon like that is even the slightest bit believable, and I usually do a good job at disbelief suspension. Also, it's just a primitive vibroblade, and that'd be a pretty dumb class gimmick if you ask me. "Press the "Trigger" hotkey at just the right point in the attack's animation to get full damage!" Bleh...