Quote Originally Posted by Mecia View Post
Hello 'tis i, someone who started leveling it after 7.05. Why is babbys first melee job allowed to deal SAM/BLM levels of damage?

Also, Viper has to be the worst playing job below 90. Its a lv50 job at its starting level.
It's not only horrible to play pre-90, I also wonder how much of the early criticism of the job stems from people trying it out and getting a bad first impression. Speaking for myself, I initially thought the job was annoying and even disappointing to play since it felt like it was pure positional spam. Of course people would complain about positionals and busyness when your only gameplay is constantly shifting around for Combo enders and Dreadwinder positionals all while managing a debuff at the same time that, for many players, is probably still going to be all the way on top of the screen under the enemy's HP, and let's not forget reacting to mechanics.

Reawaken and the Uncoiled combo do wonders to the general pace of the job, giving you time to readjust and it's criminal that Viper starts without these. I'd be very curious about the Job's reception if it started with Reawaken and Dreadwinder was the late unlock.