Reaper Megathread

[Arkdra]

You've completely missed the point, I said "buttons to press" not "the numbers of all ogcds combined".
I ain't talking about the numbers of ogcds Reaper has, I was talking about while we're in combat.

Only has 1 combo but A lots of ogcds to press, even more than DRG and SAM.

Hmm.

It's downtime, to be more specific.
More buttons to press means less downtime.
As of right now, every melees have their own down time but Reaper looks like it has the least downtime among all melees.
So you will have something to press most of the time, more than when you played DRG or SAM, that's my point but obviously I haven't played Reaper yet so I don't want to get ahead of myself so this is just pure guess.

What does this mean? Reaper has fewer buttons to push than samurai. Reaper has less to keep track of than samurai. Reaper has a less complex rotation than samurai, assuming it goes live with the abilities shown. Both jobs have the same kit in terms of things to do during forced downtime/high movement (a ranged attack and a long channel). Reaper generates soul more slowly than samurai generates kenki so samurai will do more ogcd's per *insert duration of choice here* than a reaper will. Samurai also has a speed buff so they will just straight up be pushing more gcd per minute than a rpr will.

Reaper will have a busier opener probably, but even that's a maybe.

[KaTnIs]

You can turn into a "demon thing" for few seconds... makes it already my favourite job.

[TheoEsquire]

Expect the nerf, all you fair-weather-I-purchased-my-character-at-80-and-don't-know-what-a-tank-buster-looks-like players (you know who you are)

Change my mind...

[Makeda]

Reapers are OP

Expect the nerf,

Change my mind...

No.

If you have an opinion, explain it. Don't just rando-troll.

[Rainor]

So does anyone else not like how Reaper sprints when their weapon is drawn? It looks like you got a square gait going. small gripe but still.

[AnotherPerson]

So does anyone else not like how Reaper sprints when their weapon is drawn? It looks like you got a square gait going. small gripe but still.

I actually love how Reaper sprints. Then again, my Hrothgar already has a hunched back from regular sprinting so this is actually an upgrade. Lmao

[WhyAmIHere]

So does anyone else not like how Reaper sprints when their weapon is drawn? It looks like you got a square gait going. small gripe but still.

if you hate that, you'll especially hate how the weapon drawn animation looks if you take fall damage and maintain forward movement.
you're sideways running on air for a bit.

[Brandedblade]

From the quick glance, Reaper is resources management focused job.
Only has 1 combo but A lots of ogcds to press, even more than DRG and SAM.
If you're already in love with heavy ogcds weaving like DRG or DRK, you'd probably love Reaper for sure.

I have my farmer outfit ready to go for when I get around to trying it out.

[MagiusNecros]

Reaper including utility has 8 ogcds.

Dragoon including utility has 12. So it is much lower.

It's very GCD centric and at high level you probably won't be using your standard combo that much especially in large groups where Death Design will give you souls per mob death. Along with Soul Scythe charges giving you 50 soul each as well.

It is worth noting that utilities/attacks such as Hellsgate(the warps), Harpe, Soulsow/Harvest Moon, Death's Design, Whorl of Death, Arcane Crest and role actions are all usable during Shroud.

[ItMe]

I just wish it could have gotten a Titania weapon.
A King's Scythe would have been so frickin cool </3