Dragon Nest - Assassin is a girl?

Recently on the Korean Dragon Nest website, a new piece of artwork has been released. When looking at the picture, you may think it's an outline of the assassin class, but when you download and read the file name, it reads this:

assassin_girfriend_with sword.jpg

There's a 99% chance that the picture is related to the assassin, but the file name suggests that it's only related and not the actual class. We can assume this because earlier this year (don'y know exactly when), someone from Nexon confirmed that the next class will be male since we got 2 female classes in a row. Thus, this picture was quite a surprise to most people.

However, even though we are expecting a male assassin, there's a small chance that the assassin will be female. Or perhaps we may finally be able to choose between both genders :D

 Don't worry though, because the assassin class is pretty much confirmed right now. The v157 client has information on the assassin, including job information, weapons, and skill names!

Info from http://forum.mmosite.com/thread/2/217/20130218/New_Class_Assassin_Skill_Names_Revealed-5123021a7ad98be13-1.html


Job Description:
- Hunter who inherits ancient assassination technique; good at tracking enemies and assassinate them in an instant.
- Death messenger and reaper, uses chain and darts to track and kill enemies
- Stealthy marauder who lurks in darkness, kills enemies before they even turn their head.

Sounds like a mobile high-burst damage class which can fight at numerous ranges. Being able to use a chain sounds awesome!


Weapons:
Glaive
Short Sword
Crook (曲柄杖, not sure what is the right english word for this)


I made a post about the weapons already but I didn't know that the assassin will use a Glaive and Short Sword. I'm going to assume that the Glaive will be for 1 subclass and the Sword and Crook will be for the other since the Glaive is the only 2-handed weapon unless the Crook is one as well.


Skill Names:
Forceful Kick
Dirty Tricks
Piercing Star
Fan Blade
Shadow Hand
Triple Edge
Shadow Activate
Shadow Fade
Scud Kick
Swipe
Arc Collision
Leap
Smoke
Deceitful Clock
Aerial Evasion

Leading Edge
Applaud
Rake
Rain Drop
Punishment
Terminate
Shift Strike
Mortal Strike
Camouflage
Blade Rush
Thunderous Crash
Cripple Punisher
Receive Edge
Fade
Illusion Step
Chain Burst
Annihilation
Mark of Crow
Mark of Werewolf

Umbra
Crocodile King Trap
Leading Edge EX
Applaud EX
Rake EX
Rain Drop EX

Arsonist
Cruelty
Shift Strike EX
Mortal Strike EX
Camouflage EX
Blade Rush EX

It seems like the assassin will be released with both its sublasses and specializations! There's already enough skill names for a beginner skill tree, 2 subclass trees, and 2 sets of EX skills. I'm thinking most of these skills will focus on high damage while a few skills will be debuffs or buffs to allow even more damage. Definitely looking forward to this class.

There's still no released date available but I'm going to assume it will be released in Korea in a month and in China shortly after. Once it comes to China, I'm gonna hop back onto the Chinese server and check it out :)