Guild Wars 2

A Reaper has the same issues like the Necro before. Why should the Reaper now meta? He isnt the best zerker, or even the best condi … supporter, tank whatever, just like the Necro. He is just in a semi-good spot

In zerker i even feel not a great upgrade compared to necro. Dagger still hurts, and dont forget that a simple DS 1 can still hit for like 12k at distance ( good for Raid atm i think ). Okay the Reaper got cleave and a gravedigger.

Condition almost the same, he got some nice things like chill dmg, a finisher in shroud and a quicker shroudburn, but thats it. Most of the condi-dmg still comes from scepter and old traitlines.

I can understand that the Reaper feels in many situation better. But i cant realy see the jump from “almost last choise”-necro to “meta”-Reaper.

edit: ah we`re talking about PvP? Okay xD

I feel a bit out of place.

The moment i realzied that other Professions like the Tempest does so much more Zerker DPS than me. He hits like AoE 6k 2-3 times in a freaking second. Condition the same. Engineers does maybe the same bleed/poison dmg … + freaking +8k burning. okay he hasnt torment or chill … but thats only 1k anyway.

I hope the second boss literally require Reapers chill. Otherwise i see no reason to pick a Reaper … And Necros seems dead anyaways …

GS doesnt feel great.

D/WH feels way better. Dmg ist roundabout the same ( big numbers =/= DPS ), utility even more … i Just use Reaper for Reapershroud … sometimes i go complety back to Necro ( fractals … )

I think some people maybe misunderstand my problem.

My problem isnt that the Reaper maybe isnt good. I know that he even fits our greatest weakness. My Problem is realy simple -> We are the only profession ( + dragonhunter maybe ) who is gonna lose something ( important ) to trade with the Elite. Even if we just want to use greatsword, shouds or even just traits -> our Shroud gets automaticly replaced

We could have anything, the Reaper could be OP like kitten … But thats not my point. Every Elite have to trade a Traidline, thats okay and fair. But we are gonna lose 5 skills and our best period range damage too. It would be okay if thats the Case ( Elite should be an other playstyle, not the only playstyle ). But all other elite ( except maybe the dragonhunter ) doesnt have to lose something too …

Why can a Daredevil still use “steal”? Why does have a Chono still F1-4? Why has a tempest still 4 attunments etc? And our F1 got replaced automaticly.

lemone.5867:

We It is just in other spot.

this is exactly what i mean. We HAVE TO Play different, other elite CAN play different. We are the only profession who gonna lose something important ( 5 skills including range ) completly automatic and its replaced with something completly different. our playstyle will be replaced without exception. no other class have to sacrifice so much for a new elite.

Other elite dont have to. you can play your berserker like your warrior, with banner, greatsword maybe even phalanx. Maybe finaly some good F1 skills -> completly worth -> update. You can still play your mesmer, with your weapons, skills, maybe even PU + some good traits and a new F5-> update. And then there is the Reaper, trade 5 skills with 5 other skills and lose the ability of 10k range cris -> worth? maybe, maybe not.

i dont say that the reaper isnt good, thats a completly different topic. I just feel there are some designissures compared to other speccs. Other classes are a win/win situation, Reaper is a win/lose situation.

Some elites just got more stuff for free ( Chrono → F5, Tempest this overload thing, Daredevil this endurance thing … ). Other mechanics got reworked, right … but its almost always better. Every F-ability of the dragonhunter is like the old guardianstuff … just better. Berserker the same … nobody used the adrenalineskills, so the new berserkerskills are nice to have anyway.

I can understand that we lose something for a new gamestyle, but i cant understand why other speccs dont have to ( so much as we do ). Why cant a Chrono lose the ability to create clones ( because now he can travel in time ). Or a Daredevil loses the ability to steal ( cause he isnt a thief anymore ). Just like we lose the ability to range ( cause we are a kittening pyramidhead! ).

I know, i know the Reaper is in some situation a huge update for every Necro … But on the other hand we are maybe the only Elite who is gonna lose something -> Death Shroud.

Other elite just have to trade a Traitline and its already worth ( buffed F-skills, traits, weapons etc. ), you can play your new elite like your old Class, just with some Buffs.
- You can play your Daredevil just like your old Thief, with 3 dodges ( and even more ) …
- you can just play your Dragonhunter like your Guardian just with buffed F-Skills ( and even more )
- You can play your Chrono like a Mesmer, with an OP F5 Skills ( and you know … )

We can play Reaper, and lose for example our only worth period rangeddamage ( Shroud 1 ) … automaticly. It feels like we are the only Elite where something is completly replaced … its okay because i think this should be the thing ( old classes shouldnt just be worthless/replaced ) … But compared to all other elite it feels … not fair

sorry for bad english <2+1