Reaper needs additional buffs.

[Flashy]

RPR never was the highest job in terms of rDPS. SAM was top at launch, with BLM in second place. Even still, there were a sizable number of SAM players who complained about not having enough of a rDPS advantage over RPR to justify the difference in 'complexity' or 'utility'. Square responded by nerfing our singular utility action and by nerfing SAM and a few other jobs' "complexity". Again, the comparisons between SAM players and 4.x WAR players are most apt. It's one reason why you should never let a single job sit at the top for too long.

And yet we still see such individuals coming in here trying to drag us down. Misery truly loves company.

RPR/MNK were clearly the best melee until 6.08 or whenever all melee except RPR were buffed

Personally as a SAM player at the time, I didn't care much because I was still learning the new rotation but it was a little annoying since RPR had a raid buff and outperformed SAM even in aDPS if I recall correctly