Lots of copying info from Wikipedia in this post. Even though I have Wizards I’m more interested in the physical classes. But here’s some info about the possible ranks mixed with some hopes of mine.
Mergen
Based off the Turkish God of wisdom knowledge and thought. Mergen is depicted with a bow and arrow. I don’t know if they plan on relating the class to the diety. But if they do they might be the only Archer rank to have a reason to stat Spr or Int. I dunno how I’d feel about that.
Hackapell (Hakkapeliitta)
Based off the Finnish light cavalrymen who excelled in sudden and savage attacks, raiding and reconnaissance. I wasn’t excited about this class until I did some research on the orgin of the name and the tactics they used. They would attack at a full gallop, fire the first pistol at twenty paces and the second at five paces, and then draw the sword. The horse itself was used like another weapon, as it was used to trample enemy infantry. It sounds pretty fun. I’m really hoping they go the route of xbow and dagger with this and provide a mixture of ranged and melee abilities.
Murmillo
Based off the Roman Gladiators. They wore very little armor usually only a helmet boots and an armguard. Their weapons commonly a sword and shield. I’m hoping they’re a dps rank. We have Peltasta as the defensive sword and shield. Rdelero is classified as a dps but feels like offensive support. We’ve already seen that short clip of the gap closer move. So hopefully Murmillo will be a highly mobile dps sword and shield user. Maybe have something like an attribute that gives a bonus to physical attack based on a % of the physical defense of their shield. Or maybe something similar to the thaumaturge reversi but working with Str and Con rather than Int and Con.
Lancer
Based off Lances(no interesting information here). I don’t want this to happen personally. We have 3 spear based ranks for swordsman in Hoplite, Cata and Dragoon. We have Dopple and Highlander are the only 2h sword ranks and Rodelero and Pelt are the only sword and shield based ranks. Corsair is the only one based around dual wielding. Barb is completely versatile. So imo no real need for more spear based ranks.