New Job: Viper

[Duskane]

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

man a stance dancing melee would be pretty cool

[Mayhemmer]

man a stance dancing melee would be pretty cool

I think so, too! I'm trying not to head-canon how it'll actually play, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't theorycrafting.

[WiccaP]

Like why do some of you all still play even? There are so many ppl on here, that all they do is complain and say how bad the game is or has become. If you hate it or disappointed that much, find a new game. Does the name Viper seem overly simplistic? yes. Is the reveal trailer amazing? No. But then none of the previous ones have been all that exciting. Is any job just horrible and no fun to play? No, they are all enjoyable to some extent. So how about we wait till we actually play the job or see more than 60 secs of it before passing judgement.

[Axxion]

looks interesting but like how other have mentioned seems stiff.

[Turtledeluxe]

It looks clean. Now the cons:

- Feels too much like reaper. Maybe how it plays will change this but it gave me major reaper vibes.

- They can call a self buff just because? Seriously? I find that so disappointing given the location. I assumed it would have something to do with the location but it's a generic blue aura because soul crystal uhh...it feels like reaper but without the voidsent lore.

[Iscah]

It really does feel like an odd choice for the second scouting job to be another dual-sword-wielding job, especially when ninja's daggers have gotten so big that there's little apparent difference except for stance.

Talking of stance, it seems oddly stiff. I don't know if it's still a work in progress but it feels off. I think it might have worked better with the dual blade as their default stance and then sometimes split it into separate blades for attacks. They could still stow it as two blades and then assemble it with the unsheathe animation.

It also seems odd that it's described as a Turali discipline and yet the job gear is very pirate-looking.

Beyond that, I'm mostly withholding judgement until we actually see it in the game.

[Mayhemmer]

It also seems odd that it's described as a Turali discipline and yet the job gear is very pirate-looking.

Maybe it's a Turali Hrothgar art? Might explain why it's so out of place right now, as we haven't seen anything Hrothgar related in the Dawntrail stuff yet, though we know there are settlements there. Maybe the instructor will be a FemGar, who knows.

[Raikai]

Maybe it's a Turali Hrothgar art? Might explain why it's so out of place right now, as we haven't seen anything Hrothgar related in the Dawntrail stuff yet, though we know there are settlements there. Maybe the instructor will be a FemGar, who knows.

If I could bet my money, the origins are the 'not-Texas' zone they showed, with the vintage Old West vibe - it would match the Artifact Set visuals.

[Mayhemmer]

If I could bet my money, the origins are the 'not-Texas' zone they showed, with the vintage Old West vibe - it would match the Artifact Set visuals.

Ah yeah, maybe. How quickly I forget about Fantasy Arizona. I do really hope we get more than just an initial job quest line worth of lore. If there's one thing that also went away with the unique job quests, it was easily consumable extensions of lore, and I do miss that.

[Ravenblade1979]

*inserted Randy Orton meme*