[@AlternateMan] Ranged classes such as gunslinger don't participate in hand to hand combat as that would impede on other melee classes, especially monk. If you're stuck on how your character should fight, you can look at other gun classes in FF!

[@Vertigo] Gunblades are kinda their standalone thing in this setting, think of Thancred from FFXIV or Squall from FFXIII ^^ But I like your ideas~

Also guys, please considerate of the gender ratio! We don't want all females or all males.  Also, discuss what kind of character you might go going for.  Remember that classes marked with * are rarer than usual!