Reaper speculation thread

[Jandor]

You want the melee to hardcast rez?

If I recall correctly when they announced the role quests they said they'd be for melee physical, ranged physical and magic DPS. Currently though, the DPS sub-roles are called melee DPS, physical ranged DPS and magic ranged DPS.
It could be nothing, likely is, but adding that physical qualifier to the melee and dropping the ranged one from magic while adding a voidsent summoning melee job.

I wouldn't say I'm set on the theory yet, but maybe Reaper will be classed as a Magic DPS, and get Magic role actions like swiftcast as a result.

Alternatively maybe I'm reading too much into how they phrased the role quest confirmation and nothing changes DPS sub-role wise. They could just give it a rez that works differently though, no real reason it couldn't be an instant or quick cast on a long cooldown for example.

[Seraphor]

If I recall correctly when they announced the role quests they said they'd be for melee physical, ranged physical and magic DPS. Currently though, the DPS sub-roles are called melee DPS, physical ranged DPS and magic ranged DPS.
It could be nothing, likely is, but adding that physical qualifier to the melee and dropping the ranged one from magic while adding a voidsent summoning melee job.

I wouldn't say I'm set on the theory yet, but maybe Reaper will be classed as a Magic DPS, and get Magic role actions like swiftcast as a result.

Alternatively maybe I'm reading too much into how they phrased the role quest confirmation and nothing changes DPS sub-role wise. They could just give it a rez that works differently though, no real reason it couldn't be an instant or quick cast on a long cooldown for example.

You're reading the emphasis wrong.
It's Melee Physical and Ranged Physical. Two different Physical roles.
Reaper is going to be sharing gear with Dragoon, it's not going to be a different role to it.

[Jandor]

You're reading the emphasis wrong.
It's Melee Physical and Ranged Physical. Two different Physical roles.
Reaper is going to be sharing gear with Dragoon, it's not going to be a different role to it.

It's new emphasis, they've never specified physical for melee before. Dividing the physical damage dealers into melee and ranged is a change from dividing the ranged damage dealers into physical and magical.

[Seraphor]

It's new emphasis, they've never specified physical for melee before. Dividing the physical damage dealers into melee and ranged is a change from dividing the ranged damage dealers into physical and magical.

In Shadowbringers, the role quests were for Physical and Magical. Phys ranged were grouped with Melee.
This is talking about role quests, so the distinction makes sense.

[Jandor]

In Shadowbringers, the role quests were for Physical and Magical. Phys ranged were grouped with Melee.
This is talking about role quests, so the distinction makes sense.

Meh, I just thought it was an interesting phrasing and something fun to speculate on. I'm not that invested though so whatever, maybe I'll get to act smug in 6 months, maybe not.