About Reaper.

[Euphares]

Now that the job has been released for awhile, what are our thoughts?


Personally:


The Good

-Minimal positionals
-Flows really well
-Safe
-Slower
-Looks great
-Balanced
-Fun


The Bad

-Bad DPS
-Awkward Buff
-Nothing feels impactful
-Burst phase is too long to utilize most party buffs
-Debuff based damage buff



What I would do differently:

1. Would rather them take damage out of 1-2-3 and put more meat into Enshroud, supposed to be a burst phase but barely scratches other job's in that category. Communio should hit a lot harder too, even if its just a damage adjustment.

2. Revamp Arcane Circle entirely, feels like they ran out of ideas on how to make this buff different than the rest, feels kinda crappy, Plentiful Harvest should share the same button with the buff too.

3. Revamp Soul Reaver, its strange that it is a buff that stacks up to two (only after Gluttony) but you can never stack it. Strangely rigid system in a job that seems to be based on a flexible rotation.


Thoughts?

[LisSquid]

I just hate how long the GCD is. I am always chasing for my Enshroud windows to feel something.

Borrowed Time also didn't need to be nerfed. It went from a decent party utility to a personal.

[Anienai]

I enjoyed the story.

[VirusOnline]

you nailed the bad that's for sure
it only flows so well because they made it so basic that a squirrel could probably figure it out

scrap the entire thing
reaper is so incredibly boring
it doesn't even feel like a reaper

where's the necromancy ffs
besides the pet there is no sense of theme in this class

imo:
-should have been a pet class
-selfish dps
-arcane circle ? delete or make it a self buff like RoF but pet goes berserk
-rotation between bursts needs some spice to it, needs less of a burst phase and more of a consistent damage output so that the point above could be more useful

[Xirean]

you nailed the bad that's for sure
it only flows so well because they made it so basic that a squirrel could probably figure it out

scrap the entire thing
reaper is so incredibly boring
it doesn't even feel like a reaper

where's the necromancy ffs
besides the pet there is no sense of theme in this class

imo:
-should have been a pet class
-selfish dps
-arcane circle ? delete or make it a self buff like RoF but pet goes berserk
-rotation between bursts needs some spice to it, needs less of a burst phase and more of a consistent damage output so that the point above could be more useful

They've stated before that they won't make Necromancer or Thief a playable thing because they border on the bad/evil side.

[Eorzean_username]

They've stated before that they won't make Necromancer or Thief a playable thing because they border on the bad/evil side.

That is ridiculous.

[Fukuro]

They've stated before that they won't make Necromancer or Thief a playable thing because they border on the bad/evil side.

I really hope we can stop acting like we have the moral high ground in future expansions and make it a bit a grey zone. (I mean there already are some situations that border the evil side honestly) Jobs like thief would be an awesome addition!

[Vryn]

They've stated before that they won't make Necromancer or Thief a playable thing because they border on the bad/evil side.

When is reanimating a corpse or stealing an item eviler than constructing a demonic version of yourself and letting it possess your body?

[Tracewood]

When is reanimating a corpse or stealing an item eviler than constructing a demonic version of yourself and letting it possess your body?

Baffles me in FF6 Locke used to begrudgingly correct people calling him a thief with "Treasure Hunter". With a bit of creative writing they could give us THF, but call it something else like "Buccaneer" or "Scavenger" and throw a gambling theme (chucking exploding dice, conal AOE cards, etc).

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[Velvet_Lunarfang]

They've stated before that they won't make Necromancer or Thief a playable thing because they border on the bad/evil side.

Well Reaper could be borderline evil. No class is truly evil based on the user