Guild Wars 2

Hey guys,

I’ve been playing the Reaper for the past 24hrs and my goodness is it a force to be reckoned with. Of course there are a few things to address but for the most part, I think the Reaper is taking souls to Grenth faster than an earthquake in Lion’s Arch.

The Good:
Reaper Shroud: Absolutely amazing and well built. Sucks that the attack speed increase trait doesn’t seem to work because this Shroud would be even more amazing. Have to say, if this was bad, I would’ve written off the whole profession.

The Traits: Very well done. Each of them have their purpose and has seen some use by me. The only two that probably needs improving might be the shout trait and the GS trait because they feel so barebones but apart from that /thumbsup.

Nothing Can Save You/You are all Weaklings:
Very good in large groups and still strong in small group fights or 1v1s.

The Okay but needs tweaking:
Greatsword: Really good weapon but has a few issues. First off is sticking to your target. If a target is running away from you and you’ve got GS, there’s no gap close to help you close the distance even a slight bit. The slow moving Jason X idea will probably need to be thrown out because functionality is needed here. GS3, I think needs to change to at least a 500 range movement skill in my opinion. It currently misses often because the range is so short but the skill feels like it should move the Reaper forward a bit like a moving drill.

GS5 is also really wonky in that it shoots where you character is facing rather than where your camera is facing. And sometimes when you do a quick turn, it shoots where your character was previously facing.

Apart from that, I have been able to use GS to great effect. Very hard hitting and sometimes satisfying weapon.

THE BAD:
The rest of the Shouts: As the current shouts work, I believe their effectiveness is meant to be neutered the lower the targets you have to take out are. That doesn’t make them exempt from being called out as slightly less useful than the other good shouts. They could be made better by having a slightly higher return when you have only 1 target. For Instance: Rise gives 2 minions instead of 1 when you have 1 target. Or you could add the above functionality to the trait for Shouts in the Reaper line.

The Elite Shout takes too long to cast imo and I feel like I could do a similar thing with a working Elite Golem.

Those are my thoughts on the Reaper guys, you can check the video below for bits of gameplay and me chatting my face off about Reapers be awesome. Let me know what you think!