New Job: Viper

[GoatOfWar]

I was actually predicting almost this concept myself. I was thinking it would be similar to Zidane and Serge from Chrono Cross and was calling it "Swallowtail" in my head.



The thing is, they said before that new jobs probably would be largely original concepts moving forward, so I'm not really sure why there's so much prediction leaning on preexisting concepts.

But the new job isn't even original.

[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.

[Godzillaxpowerrangers]

I predict a wave of "Kiritos" in the future...

I am also betting on it.

[Larirawiel]

Demo video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=295BgKlNcqM

Darth Maul without glowing swords!

I am disappointed! I want glowing swords!


Cheers

[TaleraRistain]

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

[StarRosie]

I feel like many are disliking the job just because it's not corsair.

That's exactly what it is. I remember in the lead up to Sage's reveal, the fanbase (Here, reddit, other forums, half my FC.) had all convinced themselves the healer was going to be Chemist. A potion chucking healer with a plague doctor style artifact gear. And when I say 'convinced themselves' I mean, actively spreading misinformation that yoshi-p had basically come out and vocally confirmed it'll be Chemist. And if you dared to suggest it was going to be something other then Chemist, you got shouted at, told you were on copium, all the usual jazz.

Then Sage got revealed. And all those people went DEAD. SILENT. Then slowly came out of the woodwork huffing the highest grade copium. "Oh, this is just a modernization of Chemist." "Ah, it's basically Chemist." "Just magitek Chemist." while others were basically doing what a lot of folks here are.

[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.

[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.