positional is a remain of another age.... some people did advocate while the alpha of the 2.0 to have positional for give the melee dps more flavor. even if for some melee dps it was a strange choice, like a monk that instead to fight from the front was acting like a rogue. that why the monk had the positional soo heavy.... mostly because we didn't had rogue and people was wanting one... then the ninja did come and the fact to keep positional was less evident. with each expansion the number of positional did reduce over and over and over. until we have maybe 2 skill that recquire positional.... at this point it a wonder that we still have positional. i feel that positional is something that was kinda needed at the release of the 2.0 with what we had at this time, but now, 10 years later with all the chance of the job.... do it's still have the same purpose. for me the positional it's like when everyone had DoT.why? why not make it part of a kit for a job, that will be it's identity, while other will have them own identity.

for the viper it's fast paced job, that make it maybe a bit tedious to keep positional, for a sam you often use the skill for ignore positional with meikyo and outside this you will have maybe a few full combo with positional.... not that complicate. but for a job that can have super fast action... maybe it's not needed. maybe the identity of the viper and how make it unique it to focus on this fast paced gameplay.

i'm for a more diverse and unique experience for each melee dps, with each them identity. if one is based on positional and the other are based on something else, it will be more unique and allows them to work on new stuff... instead to try to fit everyone with positional for melee dps. that just my personal thought about it....

if tomorrow they remove positional or make it the kit of one job only, or keep the status quo we have right now, either will not bother me. i will still play mostly the same job, because i love them. and i feel that everyone feel the same...we play a job because we enjoy it. sometime they bring change that can be controversial and lucky for us, we have many job available for one character.