Reaper Megathread

[MagiusNecros]

Use this topic for open discussion regarding the new Job Class Reaper whether it be Lore, Stats/Melds, thoughts and impressions and what you hope to see come out of the Job class.

[Drkdays]

The class I've always been waiting for, before I even knew it existed.

[Recon1o6]

It seems like the child of dragoon and 3.0 drk

So all the disillusioned drk players if they haven't gone to other tanks will probably make up a not insignificant portion of the reaper players

[Zegreiart]

It seems like the child of dragoon and 3.0 drk

So all the disillusioned drk players if they haven't gone to other tanks will probably make up a not insignificant portion of the reaper players

Can confirm. Been a DRK since HW and played basically nothing else until the end of Shadowbringers (swapped once we got the job action trailer for GNB and then dropped tanking for RPR)

[MagiusNecros]

DRK refugees are a given. I suspect a lot will be moving to Reaper if they drop tanking.

[Hazama999]

DRK refugees are a given. I suspect a lot will be moving to Reaper if they drop tanking.

Yes, hello. Tis I, disillusioned DRK player.

I actually mained DNC throughout the entirety of ShB because DRK felt a bit too bland and after watching the various EW presentations, it became clear to me that the job would never quite feel the same as it did back in HW... which is when I enjoyed it the most.

Now, I mained WHM during ARR and, although I dabbled in healing via leveling SCH and AST in subsequent expansions, I never went in it as in-depth as I did when I mained the job. Part of me reaaaaaally wants to go back to healing with SGE but the part of me that loved DRK also finds RPR very, very appealing... I think that, ultimately, what I'll do is unlock both and take em into Bozja to get a feel for them. Historically, I've always stuck with jobs that just feel good to play, so it might sound silly to say but... if it "speaks" to me, then that's likely what I'll end up maining.

[Maxilor]

A bit too edgy for me. But i'll def try it out at some point.

[Kahnom]

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.

[Arkdra]

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.

Huh? It has the fewest ogcd's by far, it's not even close.

-blood stalk/unveiled gibbet/unveiled gallows are all the same button and all do the same thing, single target spender for 50 soul. Grim swathe is the same thing except it's aoe
-gluttony which is on a minute cooldown.
-arcane circle which is their group utility damage buff, 120 second cooldown
-enshroud to enter lemure mode
-lemurs slice and lemures scythe which are only usable when enshrouded and are st and aoe respectively.

And then there's hells ingress, hells egress, regress, and arcane crest but this is all utility stuff and not strictly part of the combat rotation. This is really meager compared to the ogcd's that sam and drg are throwing out, and also current monk. Rpr is very much a gcd centric job.

[Kahnom]

Huh? It has the fewest ogcd's by far, it's not even close.

-blood stalk/unveiled gibbet/unveiled gallows are all the same button and all do the same thing, single target spender for 50 soul. Grim swathe is the same thing except it's aoe
-gluttony which is on a minute cooldown.
-arcane circle which is their group utility damage buff, 120 second cooldown
-enshroud to enter lemure mode
-lemurs slice and lemures scythe which are only usable when enshrouded and are st and aoe respectively.

And then there's hells ingress, hells egress, regress, and arcane crest but this is all utility stuff and not strictly part of the combat rotation. This is really meager compared to the ogcd's that sam and drg are throwing out, and also current monk. Rpr is very much a gcd centric job.

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.
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.