Guild Wars 2

This beta weekend was great and fun but the reaper still has issues. Here’s a list of issues I came across.

-RS2 sometimes sends me in a random direction on use. I have to stop then use it for it to work when I don’t have a target.

-IDK if this is intentional or not but stomping with reapers ounslaught equiped makes stomping 15% faster which doesn’t stop them from using their downed skill but does stop them from being rezzed that last little bit just a bit faster.

-GS5 barely closes gaps in most fights and its because it’s hard to aim and it doesnt have the range to hit with. this should be ground targeted like gaurdian LB3 or warrior GS3 and increase to 900 range IMO.

-all the abilities are easy to evade but if you do hit it hits like a truck which may prevent arena net from doing much about that.

-the sustain is weak to the point where we arent really pyramid head and more like alien. yeah we hit like a nuke but as soon as we are hit we gotta bale or die.

-CD too long on elite shout for what it does. (90 secs plz or even 70 secs)

-shouts are weak and dont incentivise use. I ran them for a bit and the offense is there but its just better for me to use other thing so I stay alive. I need a reason to use them like if rise summoned minions that didnt kill themselves that would be great (with no 40 seconds CD bs). or if the flat damage was higher on the shouts then I would use them.

- we need more approach options. The whole you can’t escape thing doesnt work because every class has way too many options to escape us. We either need stronger cc or stronger approach. (the cc is currently pretty good so I dont see that getting buffed.

At the end of the day id like GS to get a slight damage buff in pvp or a slight increase in staying in your face and the tools to stay in your face alive. at this point I love reaper its fun but in pvp I think the viability is just out of reach. IMO if we could use our utilities in reaper shroud all my problems would be solved but I’m sure many people disagree with many of my opinions already so. This is my reaper report on BWE2. now to the revenant forums!