Suggestion Reaper Shadow of Death Overhaul

[Phrill]

Heyo,

just wanted to throw this out. The Shadow of Death and Whorl of Death skills feel kinda clunky to use only becaus ethe enemy gets a Debuff so you can deal more damage.

I think in my opinion it would feel better if the debuff gets applyed organicly with the standard combo or some other skills you use in your rotation.

This would also clear up 2 slots on the skill bar. Or even consider making it a buff for the Reaper from the base combo instead of debuffing the enemy. This would also keep the debuff list on the bosses cleaner.

tanks for reading. ^^

[Arohk]

i have already suggested some adjustments to this issue, look here:

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...nges-Requested.

and some others.

[Realfoxy]

No thanks, the Shadow of Death debuff being a separate skill on its own actually makes the rotation more interesting.

Let's not make every single job completely braindead please.

[Carighan]

Yeah this is one of the best-designed aspects about Reaper, it's bewildering there's multiple threads asking for it to be removed now. It's not complex, in fact it makes things easier that its on a separate button, meanwhile it also adds depth to the rotation as it barely makes it resource-negative, which is a huge chunk of depth compared to ~all other melee jobs (although I wish they had kept it as negative as in early Endwalker...).

[Phrill]

Sorry but I dont understand that, I cant se anything intresting about pushing a button do deal 10% more damage for 30 seconds. You can also change this button do make a Fancy nice looking attack on a 30 second cooldown wich has enough potency to be the 10% damage. But a weak stab that just gives a debuff to an enemy is totally boring to press. At least give that skill some fancy annimations than if you want to keep it.

Its just right now it feels really bad to push that button. You dont need to get rid of it just make it intresting. ^^

[AvoSturmfaust]

Sorry but I dont understand that, I cant se anything intresting about pushing a button do deal 10% more damage for 30 seconds. You can also change this button do make a Fancy nice looking attack on a 30 second cooldown wich has enough potency to be the 10% damage. But a weak stab that just gives a debuff to an enemy is totally boring to press. At least give that skill some fancy annimations than if you want to keep it.

Its just right now it feels really bad to push that button. You dont need to get rid of it just make it intresting. ^^

Because this Button is the Reason we can do Stuff like Double Shroud, without SoD this wouldnt work anymore and its completly fine how it is you press it twice in a min thats it

[Kabooa]

Because this Button is the Reason we can do Stuff like Double Shroud, without SoD this wouldnt work anymore and its completly fine how it is you press it twice in a min thats it

You can double enshroud because it's bankable.

Death's Design is the restriction that makes pulling it off an active process.

[Azurarok]

I kinda wonder if they initially designed the job to require the debuff to be up in order to gain gauge with the main combo. A button feeling weirdly disconnected from the kit seems like an adjustment the job design team would do.

[AvoSturmfaust]

You can double enshroud because it's bankable.

Death's Design is the restriction that makes pulling it off an active process.

SoD is the only Button you can press during Enshroud, the Debuff doesnt matter at all for its execution, its not about "bankable" and DD is not a restriction, without the possibility to use SoD during Enshroud double Enshroud would be not happen anymore.

[Azurarok]

SoD is the only Button you can press during Enshroud, the Debuff doesnt matter at all for its execution, its not about "bankable" and DD is not a restriction, without the possibility to use SoD during Enshroud double Enshroud would be not happen anymore.

That wouldn't be an issue if the cooldown on enshroud was also shorter.

Though really it's just giving it the 7.05 Viper treatment and I'd hate it. It's already a pretty simple job, it doesn't need to get any simpler.