Viper would of been better if it had a different name

[Iscah]

The difference is those names allude to the form of combat they utilise in a way that Viper does not. Gunbreaker implies gun, at least...

"Gunbreaker" implies fighting *against* someone with a gun, and indeed is the in-game etymology (probably invented to justify the name) provided to you when you take up the job.

You keep saying that these job names clearly indicate what they do because there is precedent for it in older FF titles, but I don't think that counts. There was a point in time where each of those was a fully new job with no history to it.

If red mage was brand new now, people would be complaining about how unimaginative another "colour mage" is and how it makes no sense that black+white magic = red, and they should have called it something that conveys the job better.

[Lunaxia]

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No, I said that GNB's image is clearer from the view of a fan of the franchise, as is the concept of red magic, but you can still gauge the absolute basics of what they and the other classes involve even without being acquainted with the specifics of the lore behind them. It's a given that there's inevitably some vagueness about certain jobs that familiarity with the game and its history helps explain - we're talking about RPGs, for heaven's sake - but they still do a better job of conveying an impression of the class overall than Viper does, and with more finesse and creativity. I don't think time or history is going to make it sound any less underwhelming, nor is it a title I can see working in any other FF game outside of this one.

If red mage...

I don't know if that's actually the case either, considering how excited people are for the prospect of a Green Mage job when we already have a Black, White, Red and Blue Mage in the game, and the scant presence and history it has in the series in comparison to the other jobs of its kind. Though perhaps that should be the limit, lol...