I tested the Reaper again this beta weekend. I have approximately 70 hours+ with the Reaper.
In an effort to experience more of Heart of Thorns, I also tested Dragon Hunter.
I began my Beta weekend at 3pm EST; my first test session lasted about 15 hours. I gave as much to this beta weekend as I could. More than I could.
I really believe in the Krewe that works on Guild Wars 2. I believe there is passion and a meaningful connection between the Employees of Arena Net and their costumers.
I want to start off by saying that the Dragon Hunter was a lot of fun to play and felt like it added more to the guardian class. Adding a range and ambush option on a melee support class gave me a sense of freedom and options before during and after battles. Dragon Hunter is truly impressive!
My experience with Dragon Hunter and discussion with friends and guildies has led me and others to the conclusion that Reaper is not adding enough. Shouts do not match up in depth as traps or physical skills touted by the Daredevil.
My main concern is that Arena Net feels like Reaper is very close to finish and only needs minor tweaks. And I feel strongly their needs to be more attention given to Shouts.
I don’t want to have to run soldier runes, and Augury of Death or use BB as a crutch.
A thoughtful suggestion I would like to offer is considering LF gain on shouts and shouts affecting the cooldown on Reaper’s Shroud.
Thanks for the great work, I appreciate the effort you guys are giving. You are the best gaming company in the world. Thank You for the follow through!
Stay Frosty! (watch out for traps!)
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