Everything We Know So Far About the Viper Job in FFXIV

One of many greatest highlights of Remaining Fantasy XIV’s Fanfest occasion in London thus far is, no doubt, the official announcement of the primary new job within the upcoming Dawntrail enlargement. After all, impassioned director Naoki Yoshida confirmed up in full garb for the event, simply as he did for the Reaper class earlier than Endwalker. Newly added jobs are sometimes one of many key promoting factors of a brand new enlargement in FFXIV, and from the firsthand take a look at its official gameplay, Viper might very nicely show to be an thrilling and enjoyable addition to the ever-growing job roster. Whereas we’ll undoubtedly discover out much more on the Japan Fanfest occasion early subsequent 12 months, right here is every part we all know thus far in regards to the Viper job in FFXIV.

What to Anticipate With the Viper Job in FFXIV

Viper is ready to be the most recent dual-wielding melee DPS job added to FFXIV and the primary of not less than two new jobs to anticipate within the upcoming Dawntrail enlargement. First proven within the newest prolonged teaser for Dawntrail after which in its personal gameplay phase, Viper brandishes two swords and is promising some distinctive bodily harm talents for gamers to check out. Director Yoshida additionally famous that this job is a “Remaining Fantasy 14 unique”, that means that it’s not derived from jobs utilized in different, earlier installments within the Remaining Fantasy franchise (e.g., Dragoon, Monk, Paladin, White Mage, and many others.) Some gamers, nevertheless, are nonetheless calling it a doable homage to Zidane from Remaining Fantasy 9.

Yoshida describes Viper as “particularly for Dawntrail” and a “dual-wielding job that’s completely different from Ninja” to cater to these gamers who’ve been wanting another. Nonetheless, it’s going to nonetheless use dexterity-based DPS, as Ninja does. Like different extra lately launched jobs, there’ll not be a particular pre-requisite job required to unlock and use Viper. You’ll merely must have the Dawntrail enlargement bought and downloaded and have not less than one fight class of your selecting at Degree 80 or greater. Additionally, the beginning quest for the job will likely be in Ul’dah, so that you don’t must have reached one of many new areas present in Dawntrail to entry the job.

Additional description of the job’s battle idea reveals that Viper brandishes a “close-ranged combating type handed down by Turali hunters” and “makes use of two one-handed blades that may be mixed right into a single, two-handed weapon.” Moreover, “the Viper alternates between pressuring enemies with swift strikes by their twin blades and dealing mighty blows with their joined weapon.” Lastly, the job harnesses even larger energy “by calling on the reminiscences of historic hunters contained inside their soul crystal,” and “the Viper can imbue their physique with further energy for a quick time.”

Yoshida additional signifies that Viper is a “technically demanding but extremely trendy melee job” that can permit gamers to maximize capacity uptime with a continuing weave of fast and extra devastating assaults. Whether or not that requires “positionals” and varied combo preparations much like Ninja, Monk, or Samurai stays to be seen, however with each dual-wielding and two-handed assaults in its arsenal, it’s in all probability protected to say there will likely be one thing related, or not less than a gauge of some type that would construct as much as the job’s strongest strikes.

The participant base has already been leaping at well-evidenced rumors that the opposite class, a magical DPS class, could possibly be Inexperienced Mage. Nonetheless, director Yoshida did announce throughout the keynote presentation {that a} second new “restricted class” (e.g., Blue Mage) could be coming as nicely. So, whereas we’ve since taken our own guess at what to anticipate, we’ll merely have to attend for the following stunning twist at Japan Fanfest in January.

That concludes our information for every part we all know thus far in regards to the Viper job in FFXIV. We hope you discovered this beneficial, and tell us your ideas about it thus far. Are you excited for it or skeptical, or is it not your cup of Eorzean tea?

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