New Job: Viper

[KageTokage]

Mostly happy I'll have something else to play using scouting gear.

The job itself doesn't seem terribly unique to me and I'm dubious about any job that has a stance or power-up mechanic because it typically ends up being "push one or two buttons until the buff wears off".

[Atelier-Bagur]

Wish it was Corsair but Ill give it a chance. The Viper glam looks cool enough imo. Especially once we dye it

[samsaraSaber]

look nice, want to see how it will play.

[LioJen]

I like dual wielding, and I like double sabers. The job looks cool enough, but it really seems like something is missing. Hopefully the trailer just didn't properly show off what the fun parts of the job are. There doesn't seem to be any... gimmick, mechanically. I will definitely try it out, but I'll keep my fingers crossed there's more to it.

My one serious complaint is that the AF gear design is just boring, like GNB before. The gear just looks like any generic leveling set, not nearly good enough for a class-defining aesthetic.

But I get the feeling the dev team has been playing other games lately
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMeFOakbNYU

[Mayhemmer]

Very glad to finally have a scouting job that isn't Ninja.

[Adeacia]

I didn't come in having any specific ideas about the new job other than what we were directly told. This is exactly why I don't try to speculate about what things are going to be. You get the results you see here, everyone complaining that it's not what they already decided it was going to be. Extremely common thing in this game. Something new gets announced, all the details aren't revealed, everyone gets their own idea of what it's going to be, then gets angry when it isn't that. How about people just wait and see? It's not hard.

Twin swords is my kind of weapon though, I will certainly be trying out this job.

[Darkstride]

I'm really disappointed by this reveal. They had a lot of other options. Another dual blade class for scouting gear... Lol, it's creatively bankrupt. The magic dps better be mind blowing or I think after eight years it might be time to cancel my sub. Possibly sad day.

I feel like it would have already been more interesting if the weapon premise was reversed.
If Viper had a Twinblade by default and then certain attacks split it into 2 smaller blades. Then again, I suppose a Scouting job should feel more light-weight so maybe that's why it is this way.

Yoshi-P stated that this job was in response to all of the requests for another dual-wielding job. Were there really that many people that wanted another double-blade job? People have been asking for Thief since the dawn of time, but I don't think that's what they meant lol.

I do hope they lean into the Twinblade aspect more, and hopefully the "ancient power" has some interesting interactions aside from just glowing blue and being stronger.

[Bonoki]

Maybe it's the thief job everyone wanted out of Rouge without being Rouge/Ninja. But in a way that makes the WoL not look villainous for being a thief.

[Payadopa]

Two blades combining into one makes me think of Zidane. (Yes, I know, his daggers and glaives were separate weapons, not combining weapons. Still.)

It's pretty much Zidane but with a pirate cowl. It's not even subtle. I like it.

[Duskane]

I think its cool
its the closest we will get to a judge(ff12) job imo