Reaper speculation thread

[Karl0217]

I am probably going to get some hate for this but it looks kind of meh. Like they took the Reaper class from Guild Wars 2 and gave it Bloodborne armor. A bunch of slashing attacks, the summon voidsent is nothing but an attack animation, outfit changes during the burst phase and that's about it. Another class that uses maiming gear and armed with a polearm; a Dark Knight DPS for those who don't want to tank. Nothing about it seems real original or exciting.

[Beddict]

I am probably going to get some hate for this but it looks kind of meh. Like they took the Reaper class from Guild Wars 2 and gave it Bloodborne armor. A bunch of slashing attacks, the summon voidsent is nothing but an attack animation, outfit changes during the burst phase and that's about it. Another class that uses maiming gear and armed with a polearm; a Dark Knight DPS for those who don't want to tank. Nothing about it seems real original or exciting.

I'm in agreement with all of the above, and I'll throw in some massive confusion over the whole summoning Voidsent stuff. The Voidsent have always been big ol' villains in the game given their whole "kill everything in sight and eat as much aether as possible" deal. Cloud of Darkness? Evil as hell Voidsent that wanted to destroy Eorzea, we kicked the crap outta her in the Crystal Tower series. Diabolos? Stupidly powerful Voidsent summoned by Mhach, was sealed by Amdapor because they couldn't kill him, he broke free and eventually absorbed Scathach to become Diabolos Hollow and we killed him in the Void Ark series. And those are the big ones, there have been minor Voidsent everywhere and they've always been a problem. But nah, we're just gonna channel a Voidsent and let one possess us. This Job better have some fantastic lore backing it up because it sounds equal parts stupid and dangerous. Imagine making a deal with the XIV equivalent of freaking demons and letting one possess you. Brilliant idea, Derplander.

[ChazNatlo]

I'm in agreement with all of the above, and I'll throw in some massive confusion over the whole summoning Voidsent stuff. The Voidsent have always been big ol' villains in the game given their whole "kill everything in sight and eat as much aether as possible" deal. Cloud of Darkness? Evil as hell Voidsent that wanted to destroy Eorzea, we kicked the crap outta her in the Crystal Tower series. Diabolos? Stupidly powerful Voidsent summoned by Mhach, was sealed by Amdapor because they couldn't kill him, he broke free and eventually absorbed Scathach to become Diabolos Hollow and we killed him in the Void Ark series. And those are the big ones, there have been minor Voidsent everywhere and they've always been a problem. But nah, we're just gonna channel a Voidsent and let one possess us. This Job better have some fantastic lore backing it up because it sounds equal parts stupid and dangerous. Imagine making a deal with the XIV equivalent of freaking demons and letting one possess you. Brilliant idea, Derplander.

I'm assuming it's similar to the Summoner or the Black/White mage. This stuff is bad but we're trusted enough that they believe that we won't use any more than needed. Alternatively the voidesent we partner with has gained enough of their original sense of self that they want to be helpful.

Personal opinion, It isn't the job I want (I believe I am on record desiring a Sword Mage/Mystic Knight) but in as far as they've made an edgelord with a farming implement demon summoner, it has promise. I mean, we were always going to get an edge lord scythe user eventually, it may as well be good.