Square Enix has revealed during a keynote at ꦿFan Festival in London that the newest job coming to Dawntrail is a duel-wieldi🎐ng class called Viper.
Final Fantasy 14 is currently holding its latest Fan Festival in London, allowing fans of the game to meet up and celebrate the series with one another. As great as the chance to meet other players is, the highlight of the Fan Festivals for everyone stuck at home is the keynote, which always has a bunch of new announcements for FF14. London's Fan Festival is no different, as it was just revealed that the next job being added to the game is a dual-wielding class named Viper that's completely original to Finﷺal Fantasy 14.
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During the keynote, a new trailer was showcased that showed Meteor wearing a new ღhooded outfit that is very pirate-esque and w♈ielding two swords at once. As they slash away with the blades, it's revealed that the two swords can combine in the middle to make a longer, double-sided blade.
The footage shown of the Viper class highlights that its two blades are focused on hitting enemies with fasꦗt attac൲ks, and that stronger hits are dealt with the combined blade. We also see the Viper class power up to deliver some attacks that are so fast they look like Meteor is teleporting, making quick work of the poor Malboro that he's fighting.
Over on Twitter, that confirms the gameplay style of the Vip🃏er class, n꧒oting that they "dual wield twin blades to pressure enemies with swift strikes and deal mighty blows with their joined blades!".
What's especially interesting about the Viper✱ class is that it's completely original to Final Fantasy 14, unlike most of the other jobs in the game, which are based on roles introduced in꧒ other Final Fantasy games. The only other two jobs that are nearly original are Astrologion and Reaper, although they're based on the Astrologer class and enemy type respectively.
The reveal of the Viper class does sadly deconfirm some of the theories that fans had about Green Mageꩵs joining the game in Dawntrail. After the release of Patch 6.5, fans thought that the focus on a green clover and mentions of "the golden land" (wh𝓡ich is a clear hint towards Dawntrail) were signs that a Green Mage class would be added in the expansion, but it seems to have been a red herring as the Viper job doesn't line up with those hints.
