Final Fantasy XIV: DAWNTRAIL Reveals 1st New Job: Viper
Square Enix revealed today at London Fanfest the 1st new playable class in Final Fantasy XIV's DAWNTRAIL expansion. The class is "Viper" and they're a dual wielding melee DPS.
Check out the Viper class in-game below:
The "Viper" class is the first of "multiple new jobs" which will be included in DAWNTRAIL when it launches Summer 2024. The game also teased a new "Limited Job" (the 2nd such job after Blue Mage) which releases in the second half of the DAWNTRAIL's lifecycle. Expect to hear more about these new classes as they're revealed in the coming months.
Square Enix also revealed a new Alliance Raid series planned for 7.x called "Echoes of Vana'diel", which is a crossover with Final Fantasy XI.
They also released 2 additional in-game videos showing off some of new areas in DAWNTRAIL which can be seen below:
In related Final Fantasy XIV news, the game is launching its 6.51 patch on October 31st which introduces the Fall Guys inspired Gold Saucer games as well as a Final Fantasy XVI crossover questline titled "The Path Infernal".
Personally, I'm looking forward to trying the Fall Guys game in the Gold Saucer.
An open beta for the XBox version of FInal Fantasy XIV runs between the middle of January - February 2024 and officially launches in the Spring.
Expect further big Final Fantasy XIV announcements at Tokyo Fan Festival on January 7th, 2024.
Further Reading: Official Final Fantasy XIV Lodestone News
