Guild Wars 2

Let’s get hyped together.

Absolutely. Minor things could be improved for quality of life, but I do love feeling like a true reaper. I’m anticipating a bunch of flame from the elitists, but oh well – who gives a kitten what they think? Reaper is incredibly fun and is worth buying HoT for that reason alone

Matt Stacey.7415:

Absolutely. Minor things could be improved for quality of life, but I do love feeling like a true reaper. I’m anticipating a bunch of flame from the elitists, but oh well – who gives a kitten what they think? Reaper is incredibly fun and is worth buying HoT for that reason alone

It’s the reason I preordered.

Lahmia.2193:

Matt Stacey.7415:

Absolutely. Minor things could be improved for quality of life, but I do love feeling like a true reaper. I’m anticipating a bunch of flame from the elitists, but oh well – who gives a kitten what they think? Reaper is incredibly fun and is worth buying HoT for that reason alone

It’s the reason I preordered.

Same here.

Meh DS is much better than silly rapper shroud.

Junkpile.7439:

rapper shroud.

kitten da police comin straight from the underworld, young reaper got it bad cause I’m dead

Zalavaaris.5329:

Junkpile.7439:

rapper shroud.

kitten da police comin straight from the underworld, young reaper got it bad cause I’m dead

and not the other classes, so Anet thinks, they have the authority to make nerfs a priority!

Love it

/15 characters

It’s amazing! It blows my mind how many builds work with it, power, tanky, condi, MM it fits perfectly in with the rest of the Necro.
Right now i’m using a MM build that didn’t even think would work but it’s fun as hell and kicking kitten .

I love Reaper so much, ran a dungeon last night, AC, up to my neck in gravelings, last alive in my group, only went down when I got CC’d by an elite. Long as I was AA in RS I was just not giving a crap and my Lifeforce was barely going down thanks to the amount of enemies and shambling horrid I had.

Reaper is finally everything I wanted, it’s not boring like I find the warrior. I feel like an actual monster and a threat. now if base necro can et the tweaks and fixes it needs, we’ll e in business.

Praise the GEE!

It’s actually one of the few reasons why I bought this expansion lol. Really fun to play.

Give Gee a raise, really.

Yes Reapers are amazing. They’ve made solo roaming fun for me. Also Reaper combat is a lot more engaging and exciting than baseline necro. Reapers aren’t perfect yet, but it’s getting good, and hopefully will get better after this beta weekend.

I’m gonna stress a word I used during the previous beta weekends. One word that defines Reapers to me is fun. I just find the spec very fun to play, even when I die or lose.

I only started playing this WE but I already love my chillomancer! So much fun in PvP and even in dungeons.

Playing Reaper has been so much fun this weekend that I don’t know if I can make it the 3 weeks to release

Berengar.6951:

Playing Reaper has been so much fun this weekend that I don’t know if I can make it the 3 weeks to release

I feel the exact same way!

It’s definitely a lot of fun, but it’s still over tuned

hackks.3687:

It’s definitely a lot of fun, but it’s still over tuned

Over tuned? Reaper isn’t at all overtuned, the only even questionable point is the amount of sustain some builds can get, but that is necessary if we’re going to never receive active defenses.

If you think stacking 20+ might freely with only a single adept trait (Reaper’s Might) isn’t over tuned then I can’t help you

Defense is not a problem I’ve been having with Reaper

Lahmia.2193:

Matt Stacey.7415:

Absolutely. Minor things could be improved for quality of life, but I do love feeling like a true reaper. I’m anticipating a bunch of flame from the elitists, but oh well – who gives a kitten what they think? Reaper is incredibly fun and is worth buying HoT for that reason alone

It’s the reason I preordered.

Wait for the nerfs.. they will arrive as sure as night becomes day.

I also wonder if Entering and Exiting Death Shroud shouldn’t interrupt skill casts – same with Reaper Shroud #3’s second skill activation. My opinion is the game play would feel better if it didn’t. We’re already inhibited enough by long cast times. Canceling a cast because of using a class mechanic seems counterintuitive and clunky.

Meanwhile in ele’s forums :P Or any other for that matter

Guess it helps to be THE first designed advanced class

Wintermute.5408:

Meanwhile in ele’s forums :P Or any other for that matter

Guess it helps to be THE first designed advanced class

Worst to first, right?

hackks.3687:

If you think stacking 20+ might freely with only a single adept trait (Reaper’s Might) isn’t over tuned then I can’t help you

Defense is not a problem I’ve been having with Reaper

“Freely”, yeah all you have to do is be allowed to auto attack 20 times in a row during a limited form.

Bhawb.7408:

hackks.3687:

If you think stacking 20+ might freely with only a single adept trait (Reaper’s Might) isn’t over tuned then I can’t help you

Defense is not a problem I’ve been having with Reaper

“Freely”, yeah all you have to do is be allowed to auto attack 20 times in a row during a limited form.

You’re telling me you don’t often find yourself AAing enemies uninterrupted for 10 seconds straight in pvp?

hackks.3687:

It’s definitely a lot of fun, but it’s still over tuned

I think you misclicked the Chronomancer forum.

Gerrark.9870:

Bhawb.7408:

hackks.3687:

If you think stacking 20+ might freely with only a single adept trait (Reaper’s Might) isn’t over tuned then I can’t help you

Defense is not a problem I’ve been having with Reaper

“Freely”, yeah all you have to do is be allowed to auto attack 20 times in a row during a limited form.

You’re telling me you don’t often find yourself AAing enemies uninterrupted for 10 seconds straight in pvp?

I sure don’t.

Of course, if I did, I’d be using dagger auto instead. Or Lich Form.

Actually takes 28 seconds of auto attacking, which is impossible without Vital Persistence (which still requires you to take less than 44% of your LF in damage over that time period), for Death Shroud, and around 17s for Reaper’s Shroud. Which just doesn’t happen, you need to use other abilities for utility, you lose LF, etc.

Bhawb.7408:

Actually takes 28 seconds of auto attacking, which is impossible without Vital Persistence (which still requires you to take less than 44% of your LF in damage over that time period), for Death Shroud, and around 17s for Reaper’s Shroud. Which just doesn’t happen, you need to use other abilities for utility, you lose LF, etc.

And this is why I ended up swapping in Traveler runes instead of Strength runes. Because You still get decent uptime for might from the extra boon duration, and speed increase and slight condi duration bump is nice as well. Yeah, 5% extra damage is nice, but Traveler just gives more utility. Still plenty of might, too

Vydahr.4285:

Bhawb.7408:

Actually takes 28 seconds of auto attacking, which is impossible without Vital Persistence (which still requires you to take less than 44% of your LF in damage over that time period), for Death Shroud, and around 17s for Reaper’s Shroud. Which just doesn’t happen, you need to use other abilities for utility, you lose LF, etc.

And this is why I ended up swapping in Traveler runes instead of Strength runes. Because You still get decent uptime for might from the extra boon duration, and speed increase and slight condi duration bump is nice as well. Yeah, 5% extra damage is nice, but Traveler just gives more utility. Still plenty of might, too

And that’s why you know it’s OP. Because on it’s own it keeps up with Might stacking builds that invest far more than a single trait.

Just unbelievable that you plebs are so self serving that you’re actually arguing for some kind of entitlement to have an overpowered mechanic in play to carry your kitten.

hackks.3687:

Vydahr.4285:

Bhawb.7408:

Actually takes 28 seconds of auto attacking, which is impossible without Vital Persistence (which still requires you to take less than 44% of your LF in damage over that time period), for Death Shroud, and around 17s for Reaper’s Shroud. Which just doesn’t happen, you need to use other abilities for utility, you lose LF, etc.

And this is why I ended up swapping in Traveler runes instead of Strength runes. Because You still get decent uptime for might from the extra boon duration, and speed increase and slight condi duration bump is nice as well. Yeah, 5% extra damage is nice, but Traveler just gives more utility. Still plenty of might, too

And that’s why you know it’s OP. Because on it’s own it keeps up with Might stacking builds that invest far more than a single trait.

Just unbelievable that you plebs are so self serving that you’re actually arguing for some kind of entitlement to have an overpowered mechanic in play to carry your kitten.

Because we’re not idiots and recognize that Might Stacking for the sole purpose of Might stacking has a very significant cost associated with it and you will never get to 25 Might purely from Reaper’s Might in actual combat anyway? Consider that even with Vital Persistance, the Reaper is effectively sacrificing 6k health (Maurader’s Amulet) to stack that way. If you aren’t using Vital Persistance, it’s effectively spending 12k health to get that Might stack.

Oh wait, we take half damage in shroud. Right, up those numbers to 12k and 24k.

I really LOVE Reapers.

Aside of being buffed to the degree of being a POWERFUL DPS now, the most I like is the whole THEME of the class. Always want to be a death god, holding a Scythe, tearing anyone who oppose me
The animation and art-style is awesome too!

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

hackks.3687:

Vydahr.4285:

Bhawb.7408:

Actually takes 28 seconds of auto attacking, which is impossible without Vital Persistence (which still requires you to take less than 44% of your LF in damage over that time period), for Death Shroud, and around 17s for Reaper’s Shroud. Which just doesn’t happen, you need to use other abilities for utility, you lose LF, etc.

And this is why I ended up swapping in Traveler runes instead of Strength runes. Because You still get decent uptime for might from the extra boon duration, and speed increase and slight condi duration bump is nice as well. Yeah, 5% extra damage is nice, but Traveler just gives more utility. Still plenty of might, too

And that’s why you know it’s OP. Because on it’s own it keeps up with Might stacking builds that invest far more than a single trait.

Just unbelievable that you plebs are so self serving that you’re actually arguing for some kind of entitlement to have an overpowered mechanic in play to carry your kitten.

Because we’re not idiots and recognize that Might Stacking for the sole purpose of Might stacking has a very significant cost associated with it and you will never get to 25 Might purely from Reaper’s Might in actual combat anyway? Consider that even with Vital Persistance, the Reaper is effectively sacrificing 6k health (Maurader’s Amulet) to stack that way. If you aren’t using Vital Persistance, it’s effectively spending 12k health to get that Might stack.

Oh wait, we take half damage in shroud. Right, up those numbers to 12k and 24k.

I’m getting 20+ stacks in any fight that lasts as long as a Heal CD.

Applying impractical contexts such as out of combat usage when it’s quite obviously at it’s peak potency in the middle of a fight just to suit your argument is fail. j/s

hackks.3687:

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

hackks.3687:

Vydahr.4285:

Bhawb.7408:

Actually takes 28 seconds of auto attacking, which is impossible without Vital Persistence (which still requires you to take less than 44% of your LF in damage over that time period), for Death Shroud, and around 17s for Reaper’s Shroud. Which just doesn’t happen, you need to use other abilities for utility, you lose LF, etc.

And this is why I ended up swapping in Traveler runes instead of Strength runes. Because You still get decent uptime for might from the extra boon duration, and speed increase and slight condi duration bump is nice as well. Yeah, 5% extra damage is nice, but Traveler just gives more utility. Still plenty of might, too

And that’s why you know it’s OP. Because on it’s own it keeps up with Might stacking builds that invest far more than a single trait.

Just unbelievable that you plebs are so self serving that you’re actually arguing for some kind of entitlement to have an overpowered mechanic in play to carry your kitten.

Because we’re not idiots and recognize that Might Stacking for the sole purpose of Might stacking has a very significant cost associated with it and you will never get to 25 Might purely from Reaper’s Might in actual combat anyway? Consider that even with Vital Persistance, the Reaper is effectively sacrificing 6k health (Maurader’s Amulet) to stack that way. If you aren’t using Vital Persistance, it’s effectively spending 12k health to get that Might stack.

Oh wait, we take half damage in shroud. Right, up those numbers to 12k and 24k.

I’m getting 20+ stacks in any fight that lasts as long as a Heal CD.

Applying impractical contexts such as out of combat usage when it’s quite obviously at it’s peak potency in the middle of a fight just to suit your argument is fail. j/s

The time and life force lost are the same both in and out of combat. The cost is real, plus the action cost. Yes, you’re stacking Might. You’re also letting your opponent do whatever they feel like for 17 seconds minimum.

The value of those resources varies greatly though from ‘out of combat’ to ‘in combat’.

Using an Auto Attack or 1 Skill regularly through the coarse of a fight is natural to playing the game. You don’t have enough CD skills to endlessly chain them all as they come off CD nor is it a strong way to play the game. Using your AA in a fight is just basic game play. Doing so with a strong Reaper 1 chain with a secondary HP pool active just makes sense. I have no idea what you think you’re arguing.

hackks.3687:

The value of those resources varies greatly though from ‘out of combat’ to ‘in combat’.

Using an Auto Attack or 1 Skill regularly through the coarse of a fight is natural to playing the game. You don’t have enough CD skills to endlessly chain them all as they come off CD nor is it a strong way to play the game. Using your AA in a fight is just basic game play. Doing so with a strong Reaper 1 chain with a secondary HP pool active just makes sense. I have no idea what you think you’re arguing.

You’re doing nothing to stop:
Disables
Incoming damage (which ends your might stacking at a certain point)
Enemy heals.
Enemy setup (including Might stacking)
Enemy conditions
Enemy kiting (you literally have no CC while you’re building with Reaper’s Might).
Enemy stomps (unless you’re lucky and they’re low on health)

Basically, anything that matters? You’re not doing much to stop that if you’re might stacking.

Yes, Reaper’s Might gets woven into play all the time. It does not, however, provide high Might on its own while also letting you really contend in a fight. If you’re contending just fine while Might stacking, then I have a hint: you didn’t need the Might. You were going to win that one anyway.

hackks.3687:

If you think stacking 20+ might freely with only a single adept trait (Reaper’s Might) isn’t over tuned then I can’t help you

Defense is not a problem I’ve been having with Reaper

scrapper and herald are both sitting on 9-15 stacks of might before they even get into combat. Tempest can hit 12-25 fairly fast as well

the contrast between this subforum and the thief one is hilarious

I started feeling the withdrawal symptoms last night (0:00 GMT) when I put my purpose-built (for post-release Reaper use) Ascended Greatsword away in my bank because I don’t trust Anet to not get things wrong when the deduct all the Beta ‘gains’ (did anyone else have a nightmare that you finally got Dusk while playing your beta character? :-) )

I absolutely love my Reaper! (“You critically hit for 15,000 with gravedigger.” LOL!)

better then base necro but hampered by vital persistence for real build diversity

King Noob IV.3560:

the contrast between this subforum and the thief one is hilarious

I’d be kinda salty if I mained a few of the other professions for sure.

The real question is whether Reaper is the new noobie profession that new players will pick for its farming skills.

Wintermute.5408:

Meanwhile in ele’s forums :P Or any other for that matter

Trying to make a new, balanced addition attractive to those used to running the old and unbalanced has proven predictably difficult. Weird!

Reaper is the best profession I’ve ever experienced — and I main Thief.

Reaper is in a really good place right now. In raids, people will finally actually want a necro on their team as well.

style.6173:

Reaper is in a really good place right now. In raids, people will finally actually want a necro on their team as well.

There is absolutely nothing to suggest this is true so far.

Bhawb.7408:

style.6173:

Reaper is in a really good place right now. In raids, people will finally actually want a necro on their team as well.

There is absolutely nothing to suggest this is true so far.

The only thing that we’ve found so far is that Reaper could maybe find a place in raids, but so far it would only be as an “optional” spec

We figured out that it was possible to beat the easiest raid boss while having a Reaper, yes. But this isn’t any different to current content, Necromancer has always been passable as a 5th member without making your team incapable of completing content. This really isn’t anything learned, except maybe that, like many people suggested, raids (at least this first part) aren’t so finely tuned in difficulty that its impossible to complete except with ideal groups.

i’ll definitely play reaper

The thing is… I’ve crushed so many reapers during beta event that im a little unsure of their capabilities.

I’ll just have to try it for myself.

TheDevice.2751:

i’ll definitely play reaper

The thing is… I’ve crushed so many reapers during beta event that im a little unsure of their capabilities.

I’ll just have to try it for myself.

I pounded out some reapers on my necro as well, but cele signet reapers were crushing people. I didnt have much problem with them, prob because I play necro so much, but heralds chronos and scrappers, 3 professions people say are so great, were getting stomped by reapers.

I tried out the Reaper during this past beta weekend, and I was amazed by how awesome it was. I liked running power necro builds with wells before, and the reaper just felt like a (super)natural extension of that playstyle. In PvE, it totally destroyed mobs and I rarely died unless badly outnumbered. I’m a long-term warrior player, but sadly, the warrior specialty berserker just pales in comparison to the firepower and survival abilities of the reaper. (And no, the berserker’s bugged kill shot does not count.)