New Classes!

Cless · Post by **Cless** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:52 am

Can someone explain what a steam gunner is. .

Umbra · Post by **Umbra** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:41 am

There is still somebody who doesn't know what a Steam Gunner is? -_-'

A Steam Gunner uses a form of weapon that is a cross between a sword and a rifle, this allows them to attack from a distance and still fight at close quarters. Both Ovan and Kuhn are Steam Gunners.

kire12 · Post by **kire12** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:54 am

so if u play ff, its like a gunblade.

Cless · Post by **Cless** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:55 pm

Umbra wrote:There is still somebody who doesn't know what a Steam Gunner is? -_-'

A Steam Gunner uses a form of weapon that is a cross between a sword and a rifle, this allows them to attack from a distance and still fight at close quarters. Both Ovan and Kuhn are Steam Gunners.

So the Steam Gunner is mostly both a close/distant type. Like a combination of a wavemaster and Heavy Blade or Blade Master.

I'm still getting use to the changes so I only know a couple. Plus this is th best place to get this information so I can share it with the people in .Hack//Catacylsm.

Umbra · Post by **Umbra** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:36 pm

I think its slightly different, they don't cast spells or anything, we have Harvests and Warlocks doing that.

They seem to be capable of targetting and attacking a monster from a distance with their gun as well as fighting up close.

If you look through previous posts you will find lists of the ten new classes and their corresponding characters.

Cless · Post by **Cless** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:37 pm

Yeah. I found them. They were really informative but I'm still shocked about the new classes and the old version aren't in G.U.

Umbra · Post by **Umbra** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:43 pm

They do appear, in a sense, in GU...of course, they have been re-named and varied slightly.

Twin Blade = Twin Sword
Heavy Blade & Heavy Axeman = Brandish
Blademaster = Blade
Wavemaster = Harvest & Warlock
Long Arm = Partisan

The new classes may have merged the styles of older classes or split them apart, but essentially, their weapons or fighting style remain largely unaltered.

Those that are new, both in weapon and style, are Steam Gunner, Danse Macabre, and Grappler.

Cless · Post by **Cless** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:46 pm

Umbra wrote:They do appear, in a sense, in GU...of course, they have been re-named and varied slightly.

Twin Blade = Twin Sword
Heavy Blade & Heavy Axeman = Brandish
Blademaster = Blade
Wavemaster = Harvest & Warlock
Long Arm = Partisan

The new classes may have merged the styles of older classes or split them apart, but essentially, their weapons or fighting style remain largely unaltered.

Those that are new, both in weapon and style, are Steam Gunner, Danse Macabre, and Grappler.

What is the Danse Macabre and Grappler? Those are two other classes that I need information on.

Umbra · Post by **Umbra** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:51 pm

Danse Macabre use a pair of fans and fight in a sort of dancing style, the only character seen that belongs to this class is Yata.

Grapplers simply fight with their fists, using punches, kicks, etc. Similar to the Kickboxer class in LotT. Again, there is only one known character that belongs to this class and this is Pai.

Cless · Post by **Cless** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:53 pm

Umbra wrote:Danse Macabre use a pair of fans and fight in a sort of dancing style, the only character seen that belongs to this class is Yata.

Grapplers simply fight with their fists, using punches, kicks, etc. Similar to the Kickboxer class in LotT. Again, there is only one known character that belongs to this class and this is Pai.

Dancing Marabre are dancers. I wonder, was that class thought to like Twin Swords? Okay and Grapplers are like Ouka from the .Hack//Dusk. Thank you.

Umbra · Post by **Umbra** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:57 pm

Initially, many of us believed that Twin Blades had 'evolved' into the Danse Macabre and that they may just use a wider range of weapons, which explained the fans.

However, with the appearence of Negimaru and the confirmation of his class; Twin Sword, many people began to grow confused.

In The World magazine, it was confirmed that Danse Macabre fought exclusively with a pair of fans. The reason I think of them as separate is because their fighting style appears to differ from that of Twin Blades.

Cless · Post by **Cless** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:12 pm

Umbra wrote:Initially, many of us believed that Twin Blades had 'evolved' into the Danse Macabre and that they may just use a wider range of weapons, which explained the fans.

However, with the appearence of Negimaru and the confirmation of his class; Twin Sword, many people began to grow confused.

In The World magazine, it was confirmed that Danse Macabre fought exclusively with a pair of fans. The reason I think of them as separate is because their fighting style appears to differ from that of Twin Blades.

Don't worry I confused Dancing Macabra to be twin blades at first. Now, I understand a little bit better. It would be interesting if that's the reason Dancing Macabra was created to somewhat mimic Twin Blades from the old version. [/url]

kire12 · Post by **kire12** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:56 pm

it sounds like to be more successful, youre gona need any harvester or warlock. that will be cool tho.

Cless · Post by **Cless** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:35 pm

I guess. Isn't the harvester the wave master but split into two classes?

kire12 · Post by **kire12** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:38 pm

yeah, harvester and warlock are the two wavemasters

Cless · Post by **Cless** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:42 pm

Is there another class called healer. That's something I need to learn just in cause I need to update the information I gathered and put on a forum.

milliennium_fox · Post by **milliennium_fox** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:45 pm

No, Harvester's are the healers.

kire12 · Post by **kire12** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:49 pm

warlocks are the "black mages" of .hack
there should be users that can use both, but only wuldnt have the huge attaks as the otha two classes

Cless · Post by **Cless** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:56 pm

Okay. Man I'm still getting use to the changes. Anyways thanks for the correction. Did the report say that Warlock are offensive and Harvesters are Defensive?

Shinsou Wotan · Post by **Shinsou Wotan** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:18 pm

Cless wrote:Okay. Man I'm still getting use to the changes. Anyways thanks for the correction. Did the report say that Warlock are offensive and Harvesters are Defensive?

I wrote:Warlock
Spellcasters who specialize in offensive magic. Though lacking in physical strength, their powerful magic is a great asset in battle.

Harvest
The opposite of Warlocks, these spellcasters specialize in healing magic. They provide support in combat, and assist their companions.

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