Reaper Megathread

[ThorneDynasty]

Off the top off my head 3rd boss of level 83 and 85 dungeon and first boss of 87 dungeon. Like I know it's not even every other boss, but come on, why are we pretending downtime is never a thing?

[Arkdra]

Dungeon bosses don't go untargettable long enough for charging Soulsow to be viable.

In anycase, RPR is pretty much my main job and I'm sure with all the people calling for nerfs, it'll have like a 120% damage nerf so that even healers can outdps it.

My only complaint is that I don't like that the soul/shroud AOEs require targets, but that's tolerable since the basic AOEs do not.

Reaper should probably be nerfed, and I am saying this as someone that has switched to a reaper main. From the numbers we have now they are the top dps and they absolutely should not be, since they have party utility and are also easy as hell to play unless you have difficulty with the high apm of enshroud. Sam and blm probably need to be buffed too, but I have a hard time believing rpr numbers are where they want. That said, may as well wait until after savage has been out a bit to get better data.

[MagiusNecros]

I kinda feel like Harvest Moon should be saved for Arcane Circle windows on bosses for that yummy C+HM+PH wombo combo. Harpe x3 is always a gain over HM but if it's precharged I feel it would have better value. 660 vs 990 over 7.5 seconds Harpe wins.

Precharged 660 vs 330 then HM wins.

Potencies on Reaper attacks are misleading due to Death Design buff. I'd prefer it if tooltips were updated with potencies taking into account the actual potency with the debuff applied.

[Myon88]

I'm not seeing a problem with harvest moon. It's a massive dps increase in dungeons because you get one for free between every set of mobs, and in real fights it's a ranged gcd you can hold in reserve indefinitely as a last resort, with an extra bonus if you have long enough downtime to cast soulsow again. I believe it also has niche applications in high end play for cases like bursting into damage buff windows, or as a filler gcd so you don't go into enshroud with unfinished combos and the like.

I think it's a meaningful addition to the job that provides interesting gameplay options.

[3NO]

Reaper should probably be nerfed, and I am saying this as someone that has switched to a reaper main. From the numbers we have now they are the top dps and they absolutely should not be, since they have party utility and are also easy as hell to play unless you have difficulty with the high apm of enshroud. Sam and blm probably need to be buffed too, but I have a hard time believing rpr numbers are where they want. That said, may as well wait until after savage has been out a bit to get better data.

+1 on this if you look at their base rotation 1 2 3 potency it is too high vs a pure dps job like SAM it should be around DRG level and maybe even a little bit lower (RPR has party wide buff and even good shield+HoT skill) only nerf their 1 2 3 rotation and you can keep the other bursty DPS rotation potency the same.

[baklava151]

Why name it reaper if your scythes look like stupid axes on your back

The amount of times I've confused a RPR for a WAR in raids

My only complaint of RPR so far is that it sucks getting downsynced. At level 50 you only have your combo plus one oGCD. I'd rather they give you Hell's Ingress at a much later level if it'd make room for another ability at 50 to make it less monotonous.

[Misplaced_Marbles]

I made a new character, so Reaper seemed like the perfect opportunity to jump a melee DPS to 70 while at the same time trying a new class, but after going through the starting quest, all i could think about was "was this written by the same person who wrote Dark Knight story, and did someone order them to outright copy the adorable "edgyness" to a tee? How....tiresome." Needless to say, i changed my mind. I abandoned the quest, but i might go back to it (while skipping the predictable story. I usually wouldn't, but i've had my fill of this crap. DRK story is shit, especially the 30-50 part) after i'm done leveling other classes.

[Makeda]

I made a new character, so Reaper seemed like the perfect opportunity to jump a melee DPS to 70 while at the same time trying a new class, but after going through the starting quest, all i could think about was "was this written by the same person who wrote Dark Knight story, and did someone order them to outright copy the adorable "edgyness" to a tee? How....tiresome." Needless to say, i changed my mind. I abandoned the quest, but i might go back to it (while skipping the predictable story. I usually wouldn't, but i've had my fill of this crap. DRK story is shit, especially the 30-50 part) after i'm done leveling other classes.

I also strongly disliked the DRK story. Especially after level 50 for me. From 30-50 I was fine with it, but as soon as we got the weirdos we had to escort around I'd had my fill.

That said I liked the Reaper Story. It was a bit thin on content, but it's more about tracking down and taking out a single bad guy. There's a very specific enemy to go after, and there was very little edge-lording to it. Once you get past the very start of it, you're a straight up hero in the sense of how pre-Imperial Garleans would have seen such a thing.

[Lyth]

I couldn't help but notice that a Reaper discussion has finally started up again in General Discussion, and so I thought that it would be good if we could get this going again.

I'm personally glad that the FoTM focus has shifted away to other melee jobs for a while, and it would be good to hear more from a community of people who are passionate about this job's gameplay. I'm mostly happy with the job's design, although I think the PvP burst window is a bit impractical. I'm just curious what your thoughts are at this point.

[Irisdina_Wiloh]

I'm just going to copy and paste what I posted in the thread Lyth mentioned, with some changes

I'd like to see the nerf to arcane crest not totally rolled back but maybe take the potency closer to what it used to be. Despite my constant use of it during savage, it never really felt like it was all that impactful and my healers never specifically requested me to hold it for any mechanics, which I used to do with Mantra on Monk (which also feels way more impactful).

Other than that, Reaper feels pretty damn good. It was frustrating at the start of the expac seeing people dogpile Reaper saying it was OP and now it's the lowest damaging of the melee jobs, whilst some other melee jobs have been buffed way too much. I think a small buff to Reapers rdps would be welcome as I feel that it doesn't bring a whole lot to the table compared to the other melee jobs at this point.