Possible Gunblade Job teacher?

[Rasler_Heios]

At the irony of it all, the Shadowhunter can be the mentor, though placing him in a permanent area for job quests might be difficult storywise

[ObsidianFire]

Maxima might be an option.

[Bright-Flower]

Maxima might be an option.

Did he use a gunblade at all though in the Burn fight? I forget if he actually fought/is even a combatant.

I'm guessing it'll be a new character. Job story characters usually don't have roles in the msq, at least not during the same expansion, at least not in big roles. Estinien had a small presence in the SB msq but you don't actually run into him during it, and he was absent from the HW dragoon quests. And I hear Hilda was in the SB MCH quests, but not in the HW ones where she had a msq role.

I wouldn't expect anyone who has a big role in Shadowbringers msq to be a major job quest npc.

[Rayo]

If the job is similar to RDM and SAM in that we just need to reach level 50 and beat ARR, the teacher could be another Garlean defector who works in Ironworks, possibly a former military instructor or weapon designer. Might even poke fun at the Garlean's habit of putting guns on everything

if the job requires us to have beaten Stormblood, could be a Populares member who joined Maxima to retreating to Ala Mihgo, spreading Garlean culture and knowledge to those willing (us) would seem like Populares MO

[RicaRuin]

Well, in theory - the Domans that had to serve in the Garlean military returned by 4.3, right? So we could have one of the Domans that learnt the use of a Gunblade during his military time.

[SannaR]

It would be funny if it was Nero and yes his weapon of choice was a gun hammer. Yet didn't he use a gunblade in the first part of Omega?

[RicaRuin]

It would be funny if it was Nero and yes his weapon of choice was a gun hammer. Yet didn't he use a gunblade in the first part of Omega?

Iirc, he uses the hammer only when in his armour and the Gunblade for the more casual attire.

[Lambdafish]

Iirc, he uses the hammer only when in his armour and the Gunblade for the more casual attire.

If thats the case, then it would seem that the gunblade is an extremely common weapon of choice. Meaning that the closer we get to garlemald, the more options we have. My thinking is that it will be a brand new character as well. I can't think of a single new job taught by existing NPCs. The reason for this is that it limits them in terms of MSQ. Yugiri was made out to be the NIN trainer, but she had nothing to do with that questline, same with gosetsu and SAM, and Alisae with RDM.

[Bright-Flower]

If thats the case, then it would seem that the gunblade is an extremely common weapon of choice. Meaning that the closer we get to garlemald, the more options we have. My thinking is that it will be a brand new character as well. I can't think of a single new job taught by existing NPCs. The reason for this is that it limits them in terms of MSQ. Yugiri was made out to be the NIN trainer, but she had nothing to do with that questline, same with gosetsu and SAM, and Alisae with RDM.

Yeah. Estinine got 'promoted' to MSQ character in HW and as then gone for HW's dragoon story, but then returned for SB's dragoon story when his msq story was greatly reduced in SB.

I'm kind of surprised the monk npc was never mentioned in the SB msq, I thought he might be as the technical heir to the throne, but since he doesn't want to rule and nobody wants another monarchy there I guess it makes sense to leave him out.

[Zohar_Lahar]

The best candidates besides a new character:

• Cid: In theory, Garlond Ironworks would be the simplest avenue. However, I don't recall seeing Cid, Biggs, or Wedge use a gunblade, and Jessie might be a long shot. Plus, it'd be weird if they're only just now in 5.0 teaching Eorzeans how to gunblade and not earlier like when Cid first showed up in 1.xx.
• Nero: An easier choice, not only because he uses gunblades but also would be available after Praetorium. The only problem is both the Crystal Tower and Omega storylines have segments where Nero is out of commission, which would make Job quests potentially awkward.
• Shadowhunter: The good news is he's also available right after Praetorium. The bad news is it would clash with Stormblood's late reveal.