Quote Originally Posted by Bloodthrone View Post
I would argue the class design for RPR is somewhat poor though. They intend this class to play Tank and Dps at the same time and make both sides kind of mediocre so both sides work off each other which leads to a very tedious play style which most other classes don't go through. That's a problem in the long run and having a consistent play style would greatly improve the experience and make RPR less redundant.
I understand how some can feel that it's poor because it's not very in your face in what the job is supposed to do for the typical player. I wouldn't agree that it's mediocre at both sides, because it isn't trying to be. It is it's own thing, I say it's a mutant Tank/DPS because it's confusing if I add in Debuffer/Harasser/Passive Healer/Ranged Caster on top of that. I don't believe redundant is the correct term for it because there isn't any job that does what it does, the way it does it, with all the little parts that it has. I also disagree it's tedious because it's very complicated and engaging, it requires more decision making, but if people feel and describe that as tedious, I won't tell them they're wrong. Some people will of course describe this job in such way for being uniquely what it is.

I would agree that it lacks consistency because it depends on your teammates like a handful of other jobs do. If your team skill level or your personal skill level, or general cooperation isn't up to par, each game isn't going to go the same way at all. Consistency isn't something each job must be guaranteed because then you can't have any jobs that are dependent on such a fickle factor as teamwork. With that argument, SCH doesn't have consistency, DNC doesn't have consistency. Both jobs, like RPR, have a high skill ceiling, and maybe excluding SCH, DNC and RPR are some of the worst jobs you can have in general in your team because they're usually at the bottom of DPS and Assists in the wrong hands because people want to have their cake and eat it too, do big dick DPS/be a job that isn't supposed to be big dick DPS.

Basically the more you try to sort reaper in a category, the more you'll find it confusing, so just throw all that and all the expectations out the window. You can take off those lens and see RPR is a fine job people just don't feel like playing properly.

How to play Reaper
1. Don't die
2. Survive CC
3. Heal yourself
4. Heal team by using barrier on CD

Below is what a RPR is supposed to look like. No deaths, lots of damage taken, lots of health healed. This is a casual Match btw, Rank is dead and tbh doesn't play much different either lol.