[VPR] I would like an option to separate my combo buttons on Viper.

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Good Evening!

I made an FF forums account just for this post. I levelled Viper first with the launch of Dawntrail, and I have to say beyond its problems with a lack of nuance and optimization (especially post-7.05), it still has two critical flaws. At first I was hoping it was a no-brainer change they would make, but seeing as we're at 7.05 I may as well be another drop in the bucket of feedback surrounding Viper. I'm sorry if other people have discussed this (fairly likely); I tried skimming through threads to see if other people have brought it up, but I have yet to see much on it.

With recent patches, the developers have mentioned some people sending in feedback with some alleged difficulty with managing Viper's combo routes.

I have (in my mind) a very simple solution to this that would make it feel more in line with other melee DPS's combo routes. I would like it to be an option to separate Viper's combo routes.

Put into illustrations, I would like to be able to turn this:



Into this (courtesy of MSPaint):



Potentially using this:



So that my hotbar can be more similar to this:


I realize how this option would barely change the job for everyone else, but I would like it to be an option without having to put Steel Fangs and Dread Reaving Fangs on my hotbar three times each.

I understand that some people like not having lots of buttons to press, so I can not stress enough that I would prefer that this potentially be an option rather than a mandatory change. Right now, I do this so I can feel like I'm pressing 123...


Also the other critical flaw with VPR is sound design; the job sounds like even more of a wet noodle than Hakaze Gyofu.