The Mystery Gun Job

[Eidin205]

Hey Everyone!!

Is anyone else hoping that this mystery gun class that was discussed is basically Gun Mage like from FFX-2? Honestly I loved the way that class worked and I figure it kills two birds with one stone getting blue magic AND a gun class out of the way.

[Lucke]

There are rifles lying around in LL and other Maelstrom areas. So I'm hoping for a rifle class/job along with the double barreled pistols.

[xagarelic]

I'm hoping for a double rifle class/job along with the double barreled pistols.

Much better

[Lucke]

I wonder if we will have transferable traits in the future. When NIN or whatever the dual wield class is, gets released, I hope the dual wield trait is transferable. Dual wield pistols, yup yup!

/initiates ESP at Yoshi-P: Make it happy Yoshi ohmmmmmmmm.

[RxRai]

Apparently the gun class "isn't what players are expecting it to be" so...maybe a healer class? Shoot heals at you lol.

[Torunya]

I'm actually expecting it to be a long-range tanking class. Considering it's not going to be what we're expecting. Haha.

[ErnestoGiovanni]

Gun, chemist I was thinking it would be support, corsiar/engineer debuffs anddmg or like a gun chemist in ffta would shoot salves at you or ranged buffs.

[OmegaNovaios]

http://www.psu.com/a023154/New-Jobs-...er-PvP-details
"The guns, meanwhile, could be a reference to the Chemist, a Final Fantasy Tactics class that used guns to deal elemental damage. It could also be a modified Gunner, as seen in Final Fantasy X-2. Either way, we may get some surprises: Yoshida apparently said that the gun class isn't what people are expecting it to be. It may materialize as the first "Support" role, a promised addition that will co-exist with traditional Tank, Healer, and DPS roles."

I really think the class and job stemming from this will still be what people expected which are Musketeer and Corsair respectively. It may not behave the way "most" people expect but I believe the names won't be a surprise at all.

In FFXI Corsair did use both physical ranged DPS (guns) and magical ranged DPS (elemental infused playing cards which were thrown). Corsair was also a very heavy support role, rolling dice for buffs taking a gamble on how effective the buffs would be. Now if FFXIV follows a similar path for Corsair then it won't be a surprise for the job itself but the class may not perform how you would expect with that particular build since it will have to be that way to setup for Corsair as 5-6 job actions are to few to implement EVERYTHING.

However, this isn't FFXI so I can't guarantee it will be exactly that and it may not even be something similar (IE Bard using a bow with LIMITED support and Summoner being more like a Warlock from WoW w/o Demon Form). If it does follow this path it may simply be an alternative/compliment to BRD or it may actually be a true support job.

Either way I doubt it will fill a "hybrid" role more suited for jobs like RDM, BLU, or DNC. You could argue that support + DPS is a hybrid but support isn't 100% necessary for the average party to succeed any given battle (thus far).

[Spyrit]

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Don't think it terms of what a level 75 Corsair had, but what a level 50 Corsair had. So it would stand within reason that 6 or 7 job rolls would be reasonable.

[Zophar]

I think honestly it will be streamlined like the way brds are with their songs. Brds got 3 songs so far (4 if you wanna count swiftsong), each with their own specific time and situation to be used, an exclusive DPS ability, and an ability to enhance the potency of their songs. I would really expect corsair (if it even gets added) to work the same way. 2-3 support abilities, ones that serve different functions from those of brd, an exclusive DPS move or two, and maybe even a "roll booster."