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[EdwinLi]

I find it far more likely that Gaius' or Regula's sword would just be released on the Mogstation as a glamour for the Gunblades we already have, than for the devs to introduce another Gunblade-wielding job.

You have to remember by lore Garlean gunblade and Gunbreaker gunblade are considered two different weapons due to difference in functions

Gunbreaker follows the Squall style gublade being ammo is used to empower the blade and only projectile used is the Light energy Barrier rounds to create shields since the Squall Gunblade is designed to disperse magical energy released from the gunblade thus can't form solid projectiles to harm enemies, only create explosives and solid light constructs into the blade to hit a enemy. A design more fitting for tank job because how explosive it is to attract attention and how Squall is still considered a Tank of FF8

Garlean Gunblade follows more to real life gunblade design, with some fantasy adjustment, that focus on the blade and gun aspect being separate functions to combine melee for close range combat and the gun for range combat. It is more fitting for a DPS job due to the combat focus being more offensive in both melee and range combat. If anything Garlean Gunblade has potential to be even a Range DPS job if they use the Azure Flame blade slash attacks properly with the Gun function.

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There are some interesting lore covering the differences between Gunbreaker Gunblade and Garlean Gunblade but most of it goes to Gunbreaker side.

The Gunbreaker Gunblade is intended to be a pure melee weapon designed to make melee combat viable against a army of range combat enemies mostly being Guns. When Allagan Empire's army began advancing Gun technology to a point majority of their army had become more modern day soldiers with gun weapons such as AR, SMGs, and etc. The Hrothgar needed a weapon that can counter and Break the advantage Guns give to their enemies. Thus the Gunbreaker Gunblade were created designed to use Aether charged ammo to enhance their slicing power, create explosions via the blade, and create Bullet proof magic barriers on the user and their allies. This style of weaponry of course is one reason why Allagans could not fully become Gun focused army and had to still depend on sword, bows, and etc to advance anti-magic and magic infused weaponry. This lore also explains why the Gunbreaker Job became a Tank Job because it is literally a Job created to take on Gunfire and be resistant to it.

Garlean gunblade, however, is more recent as it became developed due to the conquest of Hrothgar's lands by the Empire. The design is used to be more offensive combat as the Gun and Blade acts as separate functions rather than incorporating the Blade and Gun together to infuse the Blade. Regula Gunblade design is only recently revealed to be a more recent model of the Garlean Gunblade advancement in developing their technology using a Ceruleum powered core which creates the Azure Flames when it fires the range attacks and creates the Azure flame slashes.