Reaper has some big problems

[Serpent1ng]

Not really, every other job got buffs included in their combos instead of using seperate buttons.

Arguably, a lot of the classes have their buff as a separate button, since they tend to be the final part of a combo but do less damage, meaning you want to hit them as seldom as possible.

Ninja's Huton is a whole ninjutsu, and then maintained through a different button at the end of their combo.

Warrior's Surging Tempest comes from a separate button at the end of their combo.

Monks get Disciplined Fist from Twin Snakes which is a weaker raptor form option than true strike.

Dark Knight's Darkside comes from a separate ogcd button, samurai's get their buff in the process of sticker collecting, and dragoon gets it as they proceed down one of their two combo paths. These 3 are the only ones whose maintained damage buff isn't a separate button.

The only difference with Reaper's ability is that it can be used without needing previous actions. It's still a dps loss if you're using it without it being necessary, same as the other buttons.

[Lyth]

DD is a fairly critical part of RPR's burst setup. If you don't understand why it's there, you don't understand the job, period. If you want a simpler job that you don't have to worry about burst setups and filler GCDs, SAM is a much better alternative, giving more dps for next to no effort.

[Sequora]

Caster and ranged balanced should be addressed before melee “issues” are addressed.

At least you’re not getting locked out of parties.

[MagiusNecros]

DD is a fairly critical part of RPR's burst setup.

Curious. Does Determination interact with DD at all?

[Lyth]

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I can't say that I've encountered any groups locking out caster and ranged players, given that there's a mandatory raid spot for each subrole. If anything, I've seen groups sitting waiting for a dedicated ranged slot to fill. And they are giving a global dps increase to both ranged and caster players.

All DPS jobs should have parity on rdps. There's no good reason not to, outside of players acting on their own self-interest to secure extra raid spots for themselves.

[GhostZukin]

Am I the only one who wishes Reaper could just become a selfish DPS job? Aesthetically, it always made more sense to me, and they did talk about before how they wanted Reaper to have personal damage closer to Samurai, anyway.

[MagiusNecros]

It should be the most selfish. It's the Zenos job. Buff Reaper. Gimme the Zenos damage.