Why gunbreaker?

[Cabalabob]

I was just thinking about it today, gunbreaker is a really odd name. Gun obviously comes from using a gunblade, but why breaker?

It honestly makes me wonder if the name is the same in other languages or if this is another case of the localisation team trying to be creative (is it actually gunblader and they just thought that sounds stupid?).

I feel like there are much better names they could have gone with, maybe something like magitek knight, the gunblade looks like it’s going to be a magitek based weapon, much like the machinist guns, using aetherially charged cartridges to power the weapon. And one of the inspirations for the job is Seifer from ff8 who always dreamed of becoming a knight.
Or maybe mercenary, since again the job is based on Seifer and squall who were members of the mercenary group SEED.

I just don’t see how they decided on gunbreaker for the name, it’s not like it’s going to be some anti-ranged tank that goes around smashing peoples guns. I just wonder where that choice came from.

[Macleod]

They called it Gunbreaker so they can add a new DoH job in a future expansion called Gunfixer.

[Kreyd]

It's called "Revolverklinge" in german, which would translate to "Revolverblade"

[Giubba]

I was just thinking about it today, gunbreaker is a really odd name. Gun obviously comes from using a gunblade, but why breaker?

It honestly makes me wonder if the name is the same in other languages or if this is another case of the localisation team trying to be creative (is it actually gunblader and they just thought that sounds stupid?).

I feel like there are much better names they could have gone with, maybe something like magitek knight, the gunblade looks like it’s going to be a magitek based weapon, much like the machinist guns, using aetherially charged cartridges to power the weapon. And one of the inspirations for the job is Seifer from ff8 who always dreamed of becoming a knight.
Or maybe mercenary, since again the job is based on Seifer and squall who were members of the mercenary group SEED.

I just don’t see how they decided on gunbreaker for the name, it’s not like it’s going to be some anti-ranged tank that goes around smashing peoples guns. I just wonder where that choice came from.

I think it comes from the fact that the ammo in the gunblade aren't shoot like projectiles but to make the blade vibrate at the moment of impact giving the impression of "braking" the blade.

My 2 cents

[Darkpaw]

They actually explained this after it was revealed. Yoshi P felt like gunbreaker was a good name because to him it invoked the imagery of someone leading the charge and breaking through enemy lines. He felt like it was a very tank like thing to do and the gunblade as a weapon lended credence to that idea.

[Argyle_Darkheart]

It could also be an oblique reference to the Riskbreakers from Vagrant story, although GNB's abilities don't really seem to draw any inspiration from it.

[TouchandFeel]

It conceptually translates to "Gunblade" in the French and German translations.
Revolverklinge --> revolver/gun + blade/sword
Pistosabreur --> pistol/gun + sabre/blade

Japanese translation is basically "Gunbreaker"
ガンブレイカー --> ガン (gun) + ブレイ (buh-reh) + カー (kah) --> it's literally just gunbreaker in katakana

As to why "Gunbreaker", if I recall correctly Yoshi-P felt "Gunblade" was more the weapon they used and not the job itself, and he liked the idea of "Breaker" as it conveyed the sense of someone who was the vanguard that led the charge into battle and broke through the enemy lines.

[Kaedan]

It conceptually translates to "Gunblade" in the French and German translations.
Revolverklinge --> revolver/gun + blade/sword
Pistosabreur --> pistol/gun + sabre/blade

Japanese translation is basically "Gunbreaker"
ガンブレイカー --> ガン (gun) + ブレイ (buh-reh) + カー (kah) --> it's literally just gunbreaker in katakana

As to why "Gunbreaker", if I recall correctly Yoshi-P felt "Gunblade" was more the weapon they used and not the job itself, and he liked the idea of "Breaker" as it conveyed the sense of someone who was the vanguard that led the charge into battle and broke through the enemy lines.

We'll find out more with the job quests, but this is basically it. They didn't want to call it Gunblade, because that's the name of the weapon. And the job originated in Ilsabard with the Hrothgar who were the Queen's personal guard. So it probably has something to do with "breaking enemy lines" or foiling assassination attempts, etc.

[Azerhan]

It conceptually translates to "Gunblade" in the French and German translations.
Revolverklinge --> revolver/gun + blade/sword
Pistosabreur --> pistol/gun + sabre/blade

Japanese translation is basically "Gunbreaker"
ガンブレイカー --> ガン (gun) + ブレイ (buh-reh) + カー (kah) --> it's literally just gunbreaker in katakana

As to why "Gunbreaker", if I recall correctly Yoshi-P felt "Gunblade" was more the weapon they used and not the job itself, and he liked the idea of "Breaker" as it conveyed the sense of someone who was the vanguard that led the charge into battle and broke through the enemy lines.

Tbh, in french, the "-eur" would be translate to "-er" in english, for Gunblader. Or else, it would be "Pistosabre". The -eur means that the world is for the one who wields the Gunblade. So in french, the weapon's name is "Pistosabre", and the job "Pistosabreur".

[Izsha]

The jobs are all a type of person (samurai, ninja, warrior, summoner). Gun blade is just the weapon. Some of the base classes are "person who uses X weapon" names (lancer, archer, etc) which would lead to 'gunblader' which is.....yeah. but when you become a full fledged job you are more than 'person who uses this weapon'. Samurai is a class of people. A position. As is a bard, a paladin, etc. What role does a person who wields a gunblade have? Im not really sure. But gun breaker doesnt quite seem to be it.

If they wanted the front line imagery they could have gone with something like Vanguard or something. But i understand they also want to convey something unique to the class. Samurais and ninja have so much cultural knowledge you dont need to tell someone that a samurai uses a katana or a paladin is a sword n board woth holy magic. Theres nothing so universal for gunblades so they are kinda stuck using the gun as the focal point.

Im not really sure what could have been done better. But i dont particularly like what we have.