The frustrating thing is we literally have evidence how the viper change was not needed. People were not failing at viper, they were playing it en masse but they were not failing at it compared to other jobs. People failing at picto or black mage were far behind optimal damage output but for viper that range was just about as large as for other melees, on the smaller end even, despite being an entirely new job and despite having the largest number of people playing it.