Gunblade

[Obsy]

You'll get your gunblade after you join the Garlean Empire and--through your own blood, sweat, and tears--work your way up to Legatus of the XIVth legion. No sooner.

[Andrien]

From observing other titles with gunblades, I think Mystic Knight makes a good candidate.

Look at Genesis from FFVII Crisis Core. He channels magic into his rapier, causing runic symbols to appear. Plus his copies can use Gunblades.. Or Bazookablades lol

[Valmonte]

I thought everyone knew about the secret hidden job corsair.

[Phe]

I thought everyone knew about the secret hidden job corsair.

orz stop teasing us!
me wantz now =(

but yea i was thinking of corsair job as well.
as someone else said, pirates are a good example since they were able to use guns and swords

[Valmonte]

orz stop teasing us!
me wantz now =(

but yea i was thinking of corsair job as well.
as someone else said, pirates are a good example since they were able to use guns and swords

the Real first technical Gun blade was originally designed for boarding parties, be it pirates or otherwise. it would make corsair an ideal job for gunblades as there not technically pirates there priveteers. which side of the law they fall on is entirely up to the corsair.

[Phe]

which side of the law they fall on is entirely up to the corsair.

right, i used pirate as a synonym for corsair, but the association of illegality is predominant i guess.

[DardGhalawad]

I thought everyone knew about the secret hidden job corsair.

Indeed.

Also Naoki Yoshida said many times in interviews where Samurai and/or Musketeer was brought up that FFXIV currently has too few Disciple Of Magic classes compared to Disciples Of War and before he adds anymore Disciples of War, he would add another Disciple Of Magic. Adding Arcanist as a starting class is the simplest and most balanced way to help rectify that, and free them up to add things like firearms, katana, and clubs/mace/hammer classes.


Now I suspsect that we'll also see Musketeer added at launch. I can see lore-wise how Limsa Lominsa would go all NRA after the Bahamut attack, and open up the Musketeer Guild for everyone. That way starting off, you'll have these options (remember you can no longer start as a Disciple Of Hand or Land anymore).

Limsa Lominsa:

Arcanist Guild
Marauder Guild
Musketeer Guild


Ul'dah:

Thaumaturge Guild
Gladiator Guild
Pugilist Guild


Gridania:

Conjurer Guild
Archer Guild
Lancer Guild


Holy City Of Ishgard:
Mysticist Guild
Enforcer Guild
Fencer Guild


Every starting city would have it's own Disciple Of Magic guild and 2 Disciple of War guilds. It's not a 1:1 balance, but it is a proportional balance that makes sense ... and would be extendable to new cities.

Holy City Of Ishgard:
Mysticist Guild - RDM class / BLU Job problably
Enforcer Guild - RNG class / COR Job problably
Fencer Guild - THF class / NIN Job problably

This would make more sense to me.

Corsair is gonna get the goods XD

[Cedri]

I could see the corsair job quest involving a rowdy bunch of sky pirates raiding an empire airship and you being stuck in the middle of it somehow. At the end of your test of metal, you would be accepted and recognized as a corsair.

[Phe]

I could see the corsair job quest involving a rowdy bunch of sky pirates raiding an empire airship

corsair with a sky pirate storyline and gunblades?
i'm so down with that.



any chance for a dev response regarding gunblades for a playable class?

[ShinigamiKayla]

JUDGE CLASS -flails wildly-