For the BLU lovers!

[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}

[Malatyr]

I prefer claws (think similar to MNK weapons) over a whip or gun.

[Wobble]

Musketeer could still be part of it as one of the job branches, but still what class would it start from?

[Duuude007]

Musketeer could still be part of it as one of the job branches, but still what class would it start from?

Every guild in FFXIV focuses on a class, not a job. the Musketeer Guild would strongly imply the base xlass is... Musketeer, and the jobs will be using different nomenclature.

List of Final Fantasy Gunners:

You forgot Gunmage.

[Wobble]

Every guild in FFXIV focuses on a class, not a job. the Musketeer Guild would strongly imply the base xlass is... Musketeer, and the jobs will be using different nomenclature.

Unless the remove the musketeer guild or change it's name, not like they haven't changed things since 1.0 and even since 2.0.

[Duuude007]

Unless the remove the musketeer guild or change it's name, not like they haven't changed things since 1.0 and even since 2.0.

Except the 2 1.0 unused guilds never did change names from 1.0 to 2.0, those have remained consistent. Even if the look of the weapon changed at acn. Even though MRD joined MSK in the coral tower.

[Vejjiegirl]

You forgot Gunmage.

I didn't include Gunmage since it was in the OP

[Duuude007]

I didn't include Gunmage since it was in the OP

maybe you should edit your list as "other" gun jobs then, hehe. your title implied "the difinitive list"

[Vejjiegirl]

List of Final Fantasy Gunners:
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Sky_Pirate_(Job)
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Cannoneer
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Chemist_(Job)
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Gunner
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Machinist
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Flintlock
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Fusilier_(Tactics_A2)

We probably wont get this one since Yoshi-P stated that the gunner class is not what we think it is, and everyone seems to think(or want Corsair, and Musketeer)
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/C...nal_Fantasy_XI)

[Rissy]

Problem with Blue Mage is class balance and FFXIV's game mechanics. They're not going to learn ANYTHING from mobs (except maybe pretending to, in cutscenes) and they can only have mostly generic types of spells because real Blue Magic is is overpowered and gimmicky.

And more to do with this topic. I think Musketeer>Blue Mage has always been one of the louder assumptions about what Musketeer might turn into. I mean Corsair is definitely the most expected gun job but there's plenty of X-2 fanboys who've been calling for Gun Mages all this time. I can see Gun Mage as a possibility, but only if it's horribly homogenized into some lame generic support dps and I think support DPS is painfully assumed for the gun job.

I'm only going to feel that it's "not what people were expecting" if they make it a healer or tank or act ridiculous and choose something random and inappropriate like Musketeer>Time Mage