Gunblade class, Imperials only?

[Mycow8me]

What would a gunblade class even do? Squall and Seifer were just typical soldier archetypes with a cool weapon.

I was thinking along the lines of dissidia for abilities and attacks. Squall, Cloud, and Seifer are just refferences. Ultimately they would have to bring some new ideas to the table for implementation. Doesn't change the fact that it could be a neat class though, was never implemented in ffxi either so it would be something different.

[Felis]

gunblade, gunlance, gunaxes, gunbows, gunguns etc. are imperial only weapons.
Or your name is Hildibrand and find the gunlance from Darnus in a pumpkin field.

[Maaizr]

Augmented jobs would be kinda awesome, really. DRK/PLD + MCH = Gunblade class, WHM + BLM = RDM, BRD + NIN = Dancer and so on.

SE should look into this..

i wouldn't mind gunblades either, but i honestly don't know how the class could stand out and differentiate itself from MCH and the like without borrowing too much (or anything at all) from existing classes

[Kaiser-Ace]

It would literally be a GLD's auto attack with GLD and MCH's cross skills pluss a few of its own trademarks like maybe en-<element> spells to enhance the blade (not unlike Squall's Overdrive).

But all in all, unless it was the combo class idea Moonleg suggested, there's not much A Gunblader could do that would be diffrent from MCH and GLD and likly wouldn't be as good at melee or ranged combat as either of them.

[Gamer3427]

*how about augmented jobs? (advanced) where the MCH will become Corsair, and then he'll use the gunblades?

As a MCH main, I'm for this. Possibly have job specializations that alter a few of your skills in some way, but you have to go back to an NPC of some sort and possibly pay a fine to switch the specialization. That being said, I also wouldn't mind if they simply just changed a few skill animations based on whether we were at range or close quarters, so that guns that have blades on them would use a slashing animation. It would give me more incentive to break out my Storm Lieutenant's Musketoon as a glamour.....

[FeliAiko]

Augmented jobs would be kinda awesome, really. DRK/PLD + MCH = Gunblade class, WHM + BLM = RDM, BRD + NIN = Dancer and so on.

This was actually an idea Yoshida considered implementing once, amongst other things like existing classes getting a second job:

We then asked Yoshida whether other classes will have access to multiple jobs, much as Arcanists can dabble in Summoner skills. He said that we'll probably see more of that in the future. There will likely be existing classes made able to branch off into other jobs, and he does consider it highly important to have variety and lots of flexibility in the game's class system. Also under consideration is the possibility of combining two jobs to form a third, such as White and Black Mages combining to form a Red Mage.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/01/p...expanding-fun/

[Khalithar]

There is an equippable gunblade in the game already. It's called Blue Steel and drops in Stone Vigil normal.

[CosmicKirby]

There is an equippable gunblade in the game already. It's called Blue Steel and drops in Stone Vigil normal.

This shares a model with the PVP weapon Warwolf Knifelock. It's just colored Red.

[Enkidoh]

Lightning's gunblade from FFXIII, the Blazefire Saber, is also in the game as a GLA/PLD weapon, but unlike the above weapon, is just treated as a sword with a non-functioning gun attachment (so really it's just a sword with a fancy fold-out blade)... (yes this is an old pic):



Really, the gunblade is probably the most overrated weapon out, especially the FFVIII version (which is literally just a sword with a rumble pack attached). Garlean gunblades seem to be a specialized weapon type that only the most elite soldiers (read: officers) wield, like Legatee (such as Gaius), and Centurions - the bulk of the Garlean Army... are just equipped with regular more primitive weapons like bows and spears. And even then it's just a pistol with a rather long bayonet added to the side of the gun's barrel.

So there's definitely a reason why there's no specific gunblade class in the game. It's a weapon type peculiar to Garlemald and even in it's native country it's regarded as being a rare weapon.

[BrokenFox]

Really, the gunblade is probably the most overrated weapon out, especially the FFVIII version (which is literally just a sword with a rumble pack attached). Garlean gunblades seem to be a specialized weapon type that only the most elite soldiers (read: officers) wield, like Legatee (such as Gaius), and Centurions - the bulk of the Garlean Army... are just equipped with regular more primitive weapons like bows and spears. And even then it's just a pistol with a rather long bayonet added to the side of the gun's barrel.

So there's definitely a reason why there's no specific gunblade class in the game. It's a weapon type peculiar to Garlemald and even in it's native country it's regarded as being a rare weapon.

Don't care

Want gunblade