Servant of Dhuum
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I fought a bunch of thieves 1v1 and won as many as I lost against them. You just have to out play them.
yea i agree completely, patience if u dont first ladn a big hitter is key.
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so many ppl kitten by info about hitting NPC’s ina game that has no challenging PvE-content whatsoever baffles me, but atleast it meens the game is very much alive after 3y.
I enjoy Nemesis and his Vidz tho, think they are well done and with humor aswell but Forum-Warriors and DnT defenders are pathetic.
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´Havent lost a single dual vs Thieves during BWE2 and have encountered what u mentioned. Patience + Staff then wait and use GS and RS at right time. But as long as the Thief aint Condi-Range I didnt find any problems. They lack the CC of Eles,Warr and Engis.
I did encounter the Range issue vs LB Rangers tho and vs those I had to use terrain, Sp.Walk and hope they got impatient (worked 50/50) Maybe there is just so many bad Thieves out there since its a popular roaming class but yea thats my honest impression.
Worst class to fight Rangers for sure. And still Warrior with stances is painful specially ince opposite to DS now RS is purely offensive tool, cant rely on its defence at all imho… just drains to fast in combat… specially in 1v1 (kinda the reverse to DS)
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Sorry for the shameful bump u_u
ALSO: If anyone is taking blighter’s boon it is HIGHLY recommended to take A STRENGTH sigil. Lotta might boons = lotta LF / health ( ?° ?? ?°)
Yep works like a charm, ran Str + Hydro mostly during weekend. Great Vid Hollts as I tought u would bring us. Keep them comming.
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I WvW sometimes when u dont have a Target and wanna “leap away” it actually leps u wrong way, its very buggy and in situations as I described its suicide to use it. I hope/think this is a bug tho and will get fixed.
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Yea I like the Reaper and have some hope for the Necro after lost all for the Necro over 3y. There are some things that could be better but overall Reaper feels solid.
Greatsword
The AA could still need more LF-Gain due to the fact that landing it is just very random with such a slow cast time. Graspinig Darkness is buggy but you know that so I just say 600 feels abit short, maybe try 900.
I love the “new” GS feels like a Weapon for me and I can even use with suceess in both PvP and in 1v1 situation.
Reaper Shroud
I would say AA is issue here aswell, maybe a slight increase in dmg ? I just feel like u cant afford to NOT take Blighters Boon so Reapers Onslaught never really gets traited and as Power Reaper u downto 1 GM trait by default. Deaths Charge is buggy but rest of RS Skills feels good for me now.
Biggest Issue with RS and entire Reaper is RS drains to fast, just way to fast for it to be a reliable mechanic. Plz look into this.
Shouts
I use the Elite most of the weekend and plz reduce the CD 120s is not viable, it just isnt in any game-mode situation. I know u want a “game-changer” but at 120s its not. I find myself NOT useing any of the other shouts much in PVP and sadly where they can be best used in say WvW I always goes for Wells instead.In a 1v1 situation I felt vs some classes Nothing can Save You works but thats about it.
Traits
I always take Relentless Pursuit over the other traits in adept, its just to good imho. I like all of the Master traits but if u want more to take Soul Eater you need to increase its Value. Already staited that in Power Build Blighters Boon is a must due still poor LF-Gain on GS I feel I cant be without this GM Trait and Reapers Onslaught then never really gets used.
Tnx Robert and Devs
Reaper made Necro fun to play again, truly
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Love greatsword, at this point it is easily the most enjoyable weapon we have.
Agree completly both in sPvP (suprised how much I land with it) and WvW, dont do pvE but heard good things there aswell. a fix on Grasping Darkness and we have it right.
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also dont compare a PvE hit with a sPvP or evn WvW. In WvW highest was 17k on a Siege razer and 13,6k on aPlayer for me this weekend. PvE u always max stax (mights and vun) rarely happens vs Players.
The dmg boost to GD is good imho. just fix GS#5 now and the weapon is my new main Weapon.
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I like it when it lands in a PvP or WvW fight, think its mainly not a PvE Elite tho. However as stated by so many before the CD is just to high for this kind of reward. sry Anet u did a blunder here.
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When ppl say u gimping your Dps by useing RS instead of GS Iam guessing/hopeing u talk about PvE cause in noway can u spam ANY skills on GS vs actually players that u can with RS.
RS is faster, actually lands, have much more potential and have good dmg when u fight players but u are VERY LUCKY to land even 1 Gravedigger on a player. Grave digger now has a dmg that finally makes that reward worth it tho when u actually land. But RS has the potential to stay on target like no other Necro mechanic and all it needs is abit of buff on AA and something done about its drain-ratio…
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I like it, plz Anet dont change the Scythe
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Blocks wont work due to Revs setting up Phase Traversal, I love playing Rev but I feel it this may be to strong.
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Iam laughing at that Thread, its painfull to read… RS is so much less tanky then DS with ALL possible Boosts its still to weak and u drain so fast. Just bad players dont know what to do when they cant break our Stab and cry
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Reaper Shroud to Tanky ? u played it at all ? Its wayyy less Tanky then Death Shroud, lmao at this Thread
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Íd say to Devs that imho this is the top3 issues with Reaper :
1. Reaper Shroud drains to fast
2. Reaper Shroud drains to fast
3. Reaper Shroud drains to fast
no matter what Gear and Build this is still the truth
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This is as Donee said an Issue
Imho Reapers worst weakness atm is its “squishy” feel to RS, I said this after BWE1 and got same response from Bhawb and others and Imho I still think I was right then. I know the fact that RS is Melee based will get you struck alot more but nah when u can properly use the mechanic the Reaper is built for it becomes an Issue.
I hope something is bugged or wrong cause this just wont do
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“But Core necro fairs much better so it’s not all bad./”
or it could be that none here are an Expert in Reaper yet… me included. Iam not saying Reaper has higher skill cap then Necro but Iam saying mastering it by now is not a reality so give it time cause seeing ppl say: “Reaper is to slow for PvP” and totally dismissing it just cause that person cant make it work is not necessarely the Reapers fault…
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yea Donee had everything setup with my 3 Asc-sets and runes , sigils and all….. put a blow in my BWE
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“Reaper Shroud also depletes too quickly and it’s hard to keep up with its autoattack unless you’re fighting a ton of enemies to land your cleave with.”
This makes RS very hard in alot of situations
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has nothing to bout looks kitten , it has to do with Runes,Sigils ,Gear for ACCURATE TESTING… whats wrong with ppl that think its about Look
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We spent hours setting up our Bank for good preperation and to get best Exp with best Feedback and its 1month old with no help at all. Ruined my BWE
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When does it start CET ?
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Dont care at all about PvE and Hardcore PvE dosent exist in Gw2 so dont get some Eliteist ppl when there really nothing to brag about. pvE needs to be harder and chellenging imho for there to be hardcore Eliteist ppl in Gw2 PvE Forum.
Killing a Boss/NPC in Gw2 sadly has never about challenge just a matter of speed, and that isnt even the slighest hardcore.
Still I always enjoyed your Vidz Nemesis and I did enjoy this build aswell, keep them comming.
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agree completely as EU player
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Well if u not gonna only use the Shroud mechanic to get Crit chance, Id say Pack for that Power and 125 precision but just my taste. I dont want to be totally plain out of Shroud.
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For me yes the Safe Stomp but also a much better chance vs what I consider the Hard Counter classes for necro: Warrior and Eles. They have alot of ways to abuse our lack of Stab and this a way to get back in the fight so to speak. And since its pulsating for those 8-11sec we have what I like to call our window of opportunity… pull of Executioner Scythe and “Spin to Win” pop-out of RS and maybe even with remaining Stab pop our CttB followed by a Gravedigger. The Infuseing terror is for me what seperates my Power build on a Reaper from that of current Necro.
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For Solo Roam in first BWE I tested Zerk and then Sinister aswell and it feels like Reaper due to it being hit alot more couldnt really take those “squishy” gear sets all that good compared to traditional Necro. I then tried both Knights and Valkyrie with some Zerk trinkets and found it much better…
The GS being so bad in first BWE and Shouts almost no use in Solo Roam except CttB it wasnt easy so changes with more base effect and GS tweaks are gonna be fun to test (tho I still think cast-time , NOT dmg is issue).
Imho in Power Builds Valkyrie (boost LF-Pool) with mixed Trinkets worked best. Celes did not work for me at all.
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anything that works in Power gear, but Id say it will be Revenant cause we are all gonna be on equal terms there and the race will be on…
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2- At least one day of Power Reaper, roaming or Spvp. (I promised i’d upload some of this)
Yes u did, I need my Power Vidz but I know u are Condi np I also have Hollts Power Vidz to look forward to. Still Keep the Vidz comming causeeven if they are Condi its always nice to see some1 who knows howto play Necro well.
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I have no problem whatsoever to kill Thieves on my Necro even in Power gear, should I go Condi its not even a challenge. On Reaper I see even less issues, maybe its cause of all the fights vs Thieves thro the years. I find actually most classes harder then Thief except maybe Engi and Guard…
I guess fighting Thieves suits me then. I even duelled very good Thieves like Sindrener and Levin.
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Wish for Reaper to come sooner and maybe your power necro can close the gap to Condi… it wont catch up but you will get closer.
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Well being kited from 900 range from A Daredevil is as unlikely as a Reaper not takeing a range weapon Option imho. First tho a Thief has range option a Darevel really is a Melee version and a Reaper who also is Melee will ofc take range option to counter those situation: Sp.Grasp will see lots of use.
P/P Thieves kiteing us at 900 ? not as long as Plague Signet and CB is 1200, and just cause we are a Reaper and maybe runs GS aint nothing stopping us from havein Staff as other Weapon and yet again range is no problem…
The question tho as I saw in Title was if Darevil (Melee -no stealth Thief) is a hardcounter to Reaper (Melee -slugger) and my answer is: nope
Hardcounter will still be Warrior,Warrior and yea Warrior (stances + insane cleanses)
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I think the dmg is good enough but whatever, I think issues were mainlyin GS and Shouts and ofc current Necro base but RS I felt was solid dmg
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Iam gonna go mostly Valkyrie now, and use the Shroud Traits to buff my crit chance to yet still have higher LF-Pool, still gonna test exaclty how big deal of my Gear that will be Valkyrie.
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Well i hope the Buff to RS AA LF Gen is enough then cause tho I didnt do testing to see exactly how it depleted and i take your guys word for it. It felt much squisher in RS compared to DS even in1v1 situations. At first I tought it was frustration from poor GS lF-Gain but at the end of BWE I felt the drain in RS was to fast….
Tho I guess DS#4 and the fact that DS is range and RS is Melee is key factor here, will test and try more come BWE2, also made Ascended Valkyrie to boost my LF-Pool abit.
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@Xenesis yea I dont get this either how Anet sees us WvW-players as PvE’rs. They have a yo casual view on WvW and we dont, all from GvG,Scrims, PPT,Zergz,Smallscaleing to Solo Roaming a huge part play only or mostly WvW yet we get very little love from Devs.
And to answer some: ofc Iam not suprised we arent getting anything, yet aslong as CU isnt here I will still keep hopeing for Gw2 to give us something.
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I vote for Warrior
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Just play PvE like you have done before and you get your legendary reward. Of course it will be harder kill some raid boss than some keep lord, but you can do it if you stop staff 1 spamming.
I dont play PvE it dosent intrest me, kinda my point yet I spent over 6000h in one of Gw2 game-modes for no reward that even comes close to what PvE-players get, is that fair ?
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as always I enjoy your Vidz, very nice Donee
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I still wanna know what worries me and most other necs I play with why Reaper Shroud deplets so much faster ? cant just be the “Melee Factor” and this “DS-Bg” I dont buy either.
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so in Expansion players get:
Legendary Backpiece from sPvP and PvE (Fractals)
Legendary Weapons from PvE (Story,Masteries aso)
Legendary Armor from PvE (Raids)
WvW playes get what ? nothing but Badges that you cant use on anything worthwhile at all…. no Legendarys in sight, havent heard much about new rewards except maybe a new Skin. Seriously a new skin ? so we get from 1000-s of Hours what EVERYONE can get from TP ?
Anet stop ignoring the 3rd Game-mode and give us something real in reward, give us the chance to get Legendary something in WvW…. maybe Legendary Trinkets should come from WvW mode ?
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If Robert Gee is reading this: is there anymore Updates or Changes then the listed that we will see in BWE2 ? since its bin a few weeks since u posted.
Tnx
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I read most posts in this Thread and it feels like they differ from the “Headline” somewhat.
Is it Reaper Shroud Dmg in genral that u think is to low ? or is It as I read it in the post only the Reapers Shroud AA thats to low ?
Cause imho the genral dmg of Reaper Shroud is good, thats the feel I got from BWE and Iv never hit harder in 3y then Iv done with Exectuioner Scythe or done more AoE dmg in 1-skill then with RS#4.
just curious what exactly some ppl think is to low ?
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“We don’t do boons very well”
Biggest understatement of Gw2 History
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You guys know there is a thread in Necro Forums that says “Is Daredevil the super hard-counter to Reaper?” right.
Both sides worried ? Imho a melee Thief will have harder time vs a Reaper then a standard Necro but interupting a Repaer is easier. See a pretty even fight tbh.
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If u can test it September 4-6 and see for yourself if u feel its strong or not. Imho its better for Power Necro Builds then the current Necro is. But both Shouts and GS is underwhelming after first BWE lets see how the Buffs and adjustments works out.
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Reapers will do fine vs Daredevil and Thief in general imho, Going for relentless pursuit and good use of Infuseing Terror and he can dance around with his kitten Stick all he wants….
A traditional Condi Necro gets again a big hit, after Berserker last week seems Condi Necro gets hard countered yet again… specially with the 1s ICD Dodge removal Master trait.
All a thief needs to do is wait out your infusing terror by dodging out and resetting the fight then re-engage while your infusing terror is on cooldown. It’s not like you will catch up to a half competent thief.
3 dodge bars to avoid all your gap closers, hell you’re lucky if the thief doesn’t just whittle you down to death with shortbow kiting.
Yea we will see, in 3y I never seen a patient Thief that just Shortbow spam from a distance they always come in for the big hits, always. Iam not worried about Thief sry… What worries me is what worries me now: the stances of a Warrior
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That wiki article is not up to date.
Weakening Shroud triggers a regular Enfeebling Blood, and in addition to that you get a single target weakness on crit with icd.Also, since the specialization system was implemented, qualifications like adept/master/grandmaster are completely meaningless because you always get the full line anyway.
Yes u do and on that I agree but u still look for more out of a GM Trait and I think they getting so much Weakness is to strong. But nvm
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I dont think ours is so much better sry
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