Guess that Gunblade Job function.

[EdwinLi]

So if a Gunblade Job is introduced into FF14 how do you think it will function as a Tank or DPS?

For me....

As a Tank I see it as a Job that may take into the design of a Gunblade. What type of Tank is a mystery since not much I can think about beyond taking advanage of the Gunblade's design of Melee and Range combat. Their Pull skill is a bit obvious being their basic Gun Shot skill. I only see gunblade more as a Tank Job due to how it shown currently in FF14. Not to mention SE and Yoshi-P seems to enjoy placing any Jobs related to Swords as Tank Jobs for some reason currently.


If it goes to a DPS Role, it may mix the combination of Melee and Range attacks for their Damage. Splitting their combo types into a Melee combo path for more focus damage and a Range combo path for their condition damage. Maybe add some special mechanics that takes into account Gunblade's Sword/Gun Nature for some of their skills or their combo attack.

(I would have made a SAM post but I'll just leave that until SE finalize SAM since originally it was going to be the Tank Job of 3.0 until they switched it to Dark knight and how Yoshi-P said he saw it more as a Melee DPS Job so what Job role it will be we will just have to wait and see the final product in a future release.)

[Balipu]

I think a gunblade job would be a DPS as people are pissed that every sword class is a tank so far.
At any rate it would be a very difficult job to create because of its mix of melee and ranged capabilities. For instance, an autoattack that adjusts itself based on the range of the enemy would be a horror to code. Unless the autoattack is a slash AND a shot.

[Slappah]

Sometimes I'm tempted to make a thread "What will Edwin Li try and guess next?"

[Imoen]

So if a Gunblade Job is introduced into FF14 how do you think it will function as a Tank or DPS?

Related to the topic I don't think there is much use speculating, with that said, if I had to guess.. dps.

I think a gunblade job...

There is one single sword wielding class. People are pissed about it? (2 if you are thinking to the future and not current state)

The scripting/code for checking distance from the monsters location for melee and ranged auto-attacks are already in the game. (Bard & everything else) I don't think it would be out of the realm of possibility to blend the two relatively easily... distance check branch > run specific animation based on bool result > run same modifiers for damage etc... (or whatever order they have it set up in) My point is the game is already making distance checks all the time. Unless they are using volume detection for it or something /ponders regardless, it is already in place and they have templates now to work off of... anyway I digress, carry on.

[Kassiekane]

It may be a while before we get a gunblade class, considering it's a melee DPS, and they have already conceived the idea of putting Samurai into the game, which would bring us to a total of 4 melee classes. We have yet to get a third castor dps, which I personally look forward to being made post expansion.

[Ramien]

There is one single sword wielding class. People are pissed about it?

Dark Knights will be using swords as well, so that makes a total of two.

[EdwinLi]

There is one single sword wielding class. People are pissed about it?
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It also the fact that Dark Knight, another Sword type Job, is getting slapped into the Tank Role as well.

SAM, also another Sword user Job, was originally considered to become another Tank Job that uses Sword but of course now SE and Yoshi-P was reconsidering it but SAM is only in the consideration zone since they did say SAM as a DPS was only a consideration and not officially confirmed a DPS Job so it may still become another Tank Job depending on their finalization of SAM.

Basically everything Sword user related right now and in 3.0 era, until a new Job is released that break the sword user = tank Job trend they have going, is just being slapped into the Tank Role.

It may be a while before we get a gunblade class, considering it's a melee DPS, and they have already conceived the idea of putting Samurai into the game, which would bring us to a total of 4 melee classes. We have yet to get a third castor dps, which I personally look forward to being made post expansion.

Maybe but they could always add some twist to new Jobs after all.

Yoshi-P did mention back in 2.0, while discussing Ninja and Gun job (before they confirmed it to be Machinist), that he wanted to introduce a Melee Mage Job which would be a type of Caster/Melee Job. That would be a interesting 3rd Caster Job.

Also, with Gunblade's nature as a Melee/Range weapon in FF14 world they could also introduce some interesting twist to it as well.

[Imoen]

It also the fact that Dark Knight, another Sword type Job, is getting slapped into the Tank Role as well.

SAM, also another Sword user Job, was originally considered to become another Tank Job that uses Sword but of course now SE and Yoshi-P was reconsidering it but SAM is only in the consideration zone since they did say SAM as a DPS was only a consideration and not officially confirmed a DPS Job so it may still become another Tank Job depending on their finalization of SAM.

Ah I see, I was unaware of this other information (I was speaking of current state), thanks for bringing it to my attention. Soooo if dark knight used a scyth people would be groovy with it?

[Reinfeld]

I think a gunblade job would be a DPS as people are pissed that every sword class is a tank so far.
At any rate it would be a very difficult job to create because of its mix of melee and ranged capabilities. For instance, an autoattack that adjusts itself based on the range of the enemy would be a horror to code. Unless the autoattack is a slash AND a shot.

If they just did it a'la FF8, I think they would just be melee with slashing attacks and the occasional point-blank shot. Then maybe they would have a single ranged GCD that would allow them to attack while getting into melee distance for their combos.

[LordLucavi]

If you are referring to FFVIII's Gunblades, they were swords that sent vibrations down the blade when the trigger was pulled. In that game, it was essentially a critical hit. That wouldn't really work in FFXIV. I know, some of the CS's show some of the imperial baddies having revolver cylinders on their weapons. Aside from the one battle with the shield guy, I don't really remember anyone actually shooting with their weapon.

If, for some insane reason, they did add the stupid things, I can see them being a mid range damage dealer, with the "shots" inflicting debuffs like bleeding, X resistance down, Paralyze, etc. Then, at least, it would halfway fit in with the Engineer job. But then, that might also be part of what the gunner job in 3.0 will be doing. Who knows, maybe they'll be a glamour for the gunner weapons.