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).

[OmegaNovaios]

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.

As much as I love BLU and like to see it released earlier rather than later I'd rather not see it incorporated as a Gun Mage. I much prefer the melee + magic setup and the great versatility to perform any role that it has that just wouldn't make much sense in certain roles (IE tanking at point blank range while carrying pistols).

I'm not opposed to Gun Mage, in fact that something I would like to see in the future as it seems interesting, but it's not how I want to be using Blue Magic.

[Yoohre_WildRiver]

some logical combinations based on previous FF jobs, just imagination , please dont take seriously ok ..
MSK 30 + THM 15 > Gun Mage (Magic Dps)
MSK 30 + ARC 15 > Sniper ( Burst physical DPS)
MSK 30 + CNJ 15 > Corsair ( buff/support)
MSK 30 + ACN 15 > Puppetmaster (pet dps) (puppetmaster could also come from pug + acn .. depends if SE whats the player to ranger or melee )