New Job: Viper

[Mecia]

Im happy i can potentially play the scouting role without NINs awful stance

[Mainasu]

I'm just gonna say it, I'm really disappointed it's not Corsair or some kind of pirate job. We're getting to the point where people were speculating we may only get one job per expansion, so I'm really not holding my breath on ever getting one now. The setting of Dawntrail, along with the outfit the WoL wore in the trailer perfectly lined up for it, so as it stands, Viper just took the wind out of my sails, pun fully intended.

[Sequora]

Not a melee player anyways, but this looks underwhelming. Corsair could have been cool. Could have been a hexagun/sword with some pseudo gamblingesque abilities and element aspected bullets.

I do agree with comments about this being an option for people who liked the rogue class in 2.4 and didn’t like the direction the job moved in when it became ninja.

[MisterNublet]

[kaynide]

I think almost everyone predicted a melee scouting job way back in like 2021, but as soon as I saw Derplander on the ship I thought "yeah ok, Assassin's Creed Black Flag?"... I never thought it'd be so spot on.

I mean I'm not against it, but it's kinda painfully obvious what this job is attempting to emulate.

I wish it had been a little bit less...generic? I guess is the word. Or more theme than "generic assassin that's not ninja".

[Yencat]

I wish it had been a little bit less...generic? I guess is the word. Or more theme than "generic assassin that's not ninja".

Like he said though, this is what a lot of people have been asking for. I remember many people over the years being kind of disappointed when the more grounded Rogue class eventually changes into Ninja rather than something like Thief.

Viper looks flashier than what you'd imagine a Thief would be, but it's still a lot closer to what some people were asking for rather than only being pigeonholed into the sort of Ninja mysticism if you want to play a dual wielding blade job.

[TaleraRistain]

I will definitely be playing this. It's straight up Zidane and I can't not play a Zidane-inspired class.

[LioJen]

I am curious about the "ancient hunters" spirits idea. That seems to be connected to the new region, especially with the snake motif, but the aesthetics of the job gear and weapons don't seem to fit either the region OR the idea of hunting. I wonder how they're going to thematically connect them.

[Mayhemmer]

This is probably really silly, but it came to mind and I couldn't help myself. Not a theory, just a silly.

[Bonoki]

This is probably really silly, but it came to mind and I couldn't help myself. Not a theory, just a silly.

I was thinking this exact same thing.