For the BLU lovers!

[kiraan]

My BLU friends, our dream might be real soon, there is still hope!

It might be a bit farfetched but Yoshi pretty much confirmed that we will get a gun class "soon" after 2.3 and that it won't be the one we all think about.

So i was wondering which one it could be and it became clear ( thanks to my FFX-2 Vita edition).

Yoshi said some times ago he wanted to add blue mage in a not too far future.

Both those fact leads me to believe we'll get the gun mage:
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Gun_Mage

What are you thought on this?

[Vespar]

Nothing more than speculation.

[Racht]

Completely speculation, of course. And I wouldn't want BLU to stem from a gun-based weapon class. Too weird for my tastes.

This thread details BLU completely how I'd want it to play out. It's mechanics are brilliant. Plus... a whip. A WHIP. !!

[kiraan]

Of course it is, but i mean you're not excited even a bit that maybe we'll be able to play BLU soon?

[Nalien]

I'm still going with Dancer.

Bullet Ballet please.

[File2ish]

I'm still going with Dancer.

Bullet Ballet please.

Would actually be pretty sweet for a gun dancer. I'd still prefer dancer to come off of thief though (dual dagger).

And the latter part of your comment made me think of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLjkxmwXB5o
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gel2m5Qc3kA

Because Bullet Dance.

[Melithea]

I'm still going with Dancer.

Bullet Ballet please.

Too FFX-2 and not enough FFT for my tastes.

But if that's what I have to take to get Dancer as a dps instead of a healer I guess I'd settle.

[DoubleT]

yes as a loyal blu from xi an my fav job in the tactics series, i would be really dissappointed if we dont get a traditional blu, i dont want some hybrid mix-mash monster, same goes for rdm, if it dont come from fencer i will be wtf

[Duuude007]

I see why the OP is saying this.

Musketeer, conventionally speaking, seems like it would fit the typical mod of ranged damage dealer.

If that is the conventional, and they said that the gun class/jobs would not be what we expected...

What options are there besides a ranged DD?

Tank, Healer, Hybrid

And seeing that 1: hybrids are coming and 2: there is an abundance of DD--

A likely candidate to fit such a description of their's is that of a hybrid role. One who can deal damage and simultaneously boost the party or debuff the enemy, and seeing that the party boost option is already explicitly bard, I see a debuff option more likely.

This doesn't rule out a 2-job system like arcanist, of course. One branch/job could remain a more traditional DD.

I would personally be excited if MSK branched into a dd role for one, and a gunmage/blue mage role for the other.

[Pandastirfry]

It might be a bit farfetched but Yoshi pretty much confirmed that we will get a gun class "soon" after 2.3 and that it won't be the one we all think about.

Depends on what he thinks we all think it's going to be...

Opinion seems to be very much divided on what the jobs stemming from Musketeer (I highly doubt the class is going to be something different) will be.

Many say Corsair because of where the Class will most likely originate from.
Just as Many say Ranger due to the lack of a straight physical ranged DPS.
and then there are the wild speculationists that throw out Dancer/Blue Mage/Gun Mage/Red Mage because of "clues" and out of context quote mining.

at this point, it's safer to just be happy that a Gun Class (obviously Musketeer) is finally being added and try not to read to much into what wasn't actually said, and get your self all keyed up, just to be dissapointed when it wasn't the Job you wanted/earnestly hoped it would be.

persoanally I think We're going to be getting Musketeer, Ranger and "?" but Blue Mage (or something bodged to be like it) or Red Mage I highly doubt, though if I was given to the flights of fancy that much of the speculation works off of, I would lend more credence to Red Mage as the the usual look (at least post XI) of Red Mages iconic "armor" is that of a French Rifleman/Musketeer (the only reason people think of Musketeers as fencers or swordsmen is because of "The Three Musketeers" and a swashbuckling tale doesn't do as well with "And they stood at range and shot at each other with muskets" as it does with daring sword play), and I could finally have at least one Final Fantasy Job that actually looks like what it's namesake actually was...{Rant} Dragoons were mounted infantry, They fought on foot and marched on horseback, they were named for their distinctive Carbine that had a Dragons Head decoration (as one theory goes) at the muzzle and a distinctive heavy saber but never carried a Lance or pike. LANCERS were cavalry that used pikes , saber and pistols, hence the name. dangit.{/Rant}