Reaper needs additional buffs.

[Atmaweapon510]

Define "significant" because the average logged Reaper still seems to be around 3% below the top damage dealer and only a little more than 1% below its contemporaries, MNK and DRG. The difference in the top parses is about 5% but DRG is a bit of an outlier that relies on synergy to get that kind of parse. (Top synergy dps parses basically want a lot of selfish DPS classes to "leech" rdps from.)

Also DRG has NO utility. Utility is stuff that's NOT factored into rdps, such as party heals from Arcane circle, Mantra healing bonus, Curing Waltz, etc. DRG utility is worse than SAM because at least SAM controls when they use their damage reduction. People need to stop trying to downplay Arcane circle, it's basically a free 300 potency party heal after every other raidwide and contrary to popular belief, healers aren't robots that are able to automatically coordinate with their co healer to map out their healing in a way that lets them dps all the time.

[Ryaz]

Define "significant" because the average logged Reaper still seems to be around 3% below the top damage dealer and only a little more than 1% below its contemporaries, MNK and DRG. The difference in the top parses is about 5% but DRG is a bit of an outlier that relies on synergy to get that kind of parse. (Top synergy dps parses basically want a lot of selfish DPS classes to "leech" rdps from.)

Also DRG has NO utility. Utility is stuff that's NOT factored into rdps, such as party heals from Arcane circle, Mantra healing bonus, Curing Waltz, etc. DRG utility is worse than SAM because at least SAM controls when they use their damage reduction. People need to stop trying to downplay Arcane circle, it's basically a free 300 potency party heal after every other raidwide and contrary to popular belief, healers aren't robots that are able to automatically coordinate with their co healer to map out their healing in a way that lets them dps all the time.

Basically, what it comes down to in every MMO, if you aren't top dps, then you're the worst dps. That's always been the feeling I get from any DPS comparisons in any game. Even if it's a difference of only 1-2%%, and content is still easily cleared, people tend to get upset because their colored bar is a little shorter.