Quote Originally Posted by WeakestZenosEnjoyer View Post
This has no affect on Viper viability, it's solely about game feel. That damage (de)buff was baked into your potency and got unbaked in.
They couldve easily put the debuff on both skills that start your opener. you'd have 100% uptime at that point. instead, they removed it entirely. so there's 0 reason to bring dps other than x4 pictomancer (even with the most novice players playing the job). 0 reason.