Reaper needs additional buffs.

[Serpent1ng]

RPR used to be the undisputed #1 melee job.

They then proceeded to buff literally every other melee job past it because Arcane Crest utility is a lot better than DPS log junkies want to admit.

They buffed RPR when it became apparent it was falling behind the rest of the melee (scaling issues maybe?), but they seem to be fine with RPR's current DPS standing. Buffing RPR again at this point means that they also have to buff all the ranged jobs again and create powercreep issues.

I'm pretty sure the buffs to RPR's 123 combo was purely a result of the Crit changes inherently buffing every other melee class. Reaper and Ninja are the only two melee classes that don't have an auto crit ability, and so they are the two that don't get buffed with the new change. Ninja was already doing super well, so it didn't need to have any buffs, but if they didn't give that slight buff to RPR, the class would have been much more noticeably behind the rest.

As for the utility of arcane crest, I believe it is severely overblown, especially after it got nerfed in potency. There has never been a time where I found the healing from the crest was actually necessary, since it almost always occurs following raidwides, where the healers are healing already.

[remiff]

I'm pretty sure the buffs to RPR's 123 combo was purely a result of the Crit changes inherently buffing every other melee class. Reaper and Ninja are the only two melee classes that don't have an auto crit ability, and so they are the two that don't get buffed with the new change. Ninja was already doing super well, so it didn't need to have any buffs, but if they didn't give that slight buff to RPR, the class would have been much more noticeably behind the rest.

As for the utility of arcane crest, I believe it is severely overblown, especially after it got nerfed in potency. There has never been a time where I found the healing from the crest was actually necessary, since it almost always occurs following raidwides, where the healers are healing already.

Regen effects on dps anyway aren't that strong compared to mitigation spells, because yes healers can already heal a entire team in 2s, so for me regen on dps is not so effective that it is, the real use of arcane crest is more for personal survival with the shield,
the spell would be much more useful if it was an area shield, but people tend to overestimate healing effects on dps, the summoner also has a regen even if he doesn't choose it which overheals 99% of the time, the reaper's regen is more useful since it triggers after damage taken,
but honestly I don't think regen effects on dps job are reason enough to have such dps differences with others melee, and healers shouldn't rely on a dps job to heal, they are already green dps,
aid to healers should be more in the form of mitigation, it's a fact mitigation are really stronger than everything else.