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I agree with OP on this one.

The difference between 89% hp and 90% hp with scholar runes is a 10% damage buff- if you use your class mechanic for a dps burst at 89% hp and can't be healed then your burst is nerfed.

It's not about going into shroud with obviously low health. Sometimes all it takes is one hit to knock you below 90% and then you have the choice to hold going into shroud whilst you wait for a heal or just using your sub-optimal burst anyway- in either case your barely decent dps is tumbling anyway.

The comparison with berserker stance is spot-on; i don't imagine many warriors would be happy if they couldn't be healed during zerk stance and had to make the same choice.

The final component is experience, both with the class and the encounter. Many fresh 80's will look to fractals as a starting point to endgame content and starting fracs as a power reaper is already dicey (given that they played through enough HoT to unlock reaper) as it's an undesired class for that content.

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@Funky.4861 said:I agree with OP on this one.

The difference between 89% hp and 90% hp with scholar runes is a 10% damage buff- if you use your class mechanic for a dps burst at 89% hp and can't be healed then your burst is nerfed.

Simple solution: don't go into shroud sub 90% life.

@Funky.4861 said:It's not about going into shroud with obviously low health. Sometimes all it takes is one hit to knock you below 90% and then you have the choice to hold going into shroud whilst you wait for a heal or just using your sub-optimal burst anyway- in either case your barely decent dps is tumbling anyway.

Any other class which gets hit is sub 90% life, Reapers enjoy the ability to go into shroud and take a hit and still have the benefit of the rune. It's a trade-off. As mentioned, good players would not be facing this issue to begin with, so all this is asking for weaker players to get more of a freebee.

@Funky.4861 said:The comparison with berserker stance is spot-on; i don't imagine many warriors would be happy if they couldn't be healed during zerk stance and had to make the same choice.

Warriors in zerker stance also don't get a second lifebar. I'm sure they would love that too.

@Funky.4861 said:The final component is experience, both with the class and the encounter. Many fresh 80's will look to fractals as a starting point to endgame content and starting fracs as a power reaper is already dicey (given that they played through enough HoT to unlock reaper) as it's an undesired class for that content.

Power Reaper is probably one of, if not the easiest class to get into fractal content (and by far the most forgiving). The last time Reaper was undesired was over 6 months ago (and even then was fine given the 32k benchmark and its bursty damage). Even CM groups have no issue with it as long as you can put out the required damage (which Reaper can). So I'm not sure what you are talking about.

Unless you want to talk top 1%, which are unlikely to PUG. Those players wouldn't be using Reaper no matter if this last change stays or not.

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@Cyninja.2954 said:

@Funky.4861 said:The comparison with berserker stance is spot-on; i don't imagine many warriors would be happy if they couldn't be healed during zerk stance and had to make the same choice.

Warriors in zerker stance also don't get a second lifebar. I'm sure they would love that too.Wow, and another one that wants to keep the stigma alive ... Reaper shroud is NOT a 2nd health bar, unless you're a REALLY bad Reaper player.You're DPS is already on the bottom of the list ... and you want to use your biggest burst as a 2nd health bar .... Wow, just wow

@Funky.4861 said:The final component is experience, both with the class and the encounter. Many fresh 80's will look to fractals as a starting point to endgame content and starting fracs as a power reaper is already dicey (given that they played through enough HoT to unlock reaper) as it's an undesired class for that content.

Power Reaper is probably one of, if not the easiest class to get into fractal content (and by far the most forgiving). The last time Reaper was undesired was over 6 months ago (and even then was fine given the 32k benchmark and its bursty damage). Even CM groups have no issue with it as long as you can put out the required damage (which Reaper can). So I'm not sure what you are talking about.I just commented this in another thread as well:May I ask how you compared the easiness of playing the reaper in the PvE endgame compared to other classes, have you played all other classes in T4 fractals (and raids) or is it just from hearsay? Cause I have played all of them in raids and T4, and I know words like easy, hard, etc. are subjective terms, but in my experience none in general is really that much easier or harder than the other.Because in the end it's all about knowing your encounters: Imo, ANet actually did quite a good job leaving a lot of RNG out of their PvE endgame. So once you're experienced enough in those encounters, you'll figure out that any class is easy enough to get near to its own top-DPS (not the golem benchmarks of course, but what's considered average top-dps per raid/fractal). And once you get to that point, I'm afraid it all boils down to what every class is capped to, and the Necro has for some kind of reason - which I still really don't understand - always (pretty much since launch) been at the bottom of the barrel, with all other classes having at least several different DPS builds (Power AND Condi) available outperforming the Power Reaper's DPS ceiling .... and mostly even bringing more support/utility to the squad/party as well (banners, blocks, stances, etc.), next to their significantly higher (up to 20% more) DPS af course.

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@Agrippa Oculus.3726 said:

@Funky.4861 said:The comparison with berserker stance is spot-on; i don't imagine many warriors would be happy if they couldn't be healed during zerk stance and had to make the same choice.

Warriors in zerker stance also don't get a second lifebar. I'm sure they would love that too.Wow, and another one that wants to keep the stigma alive ... Reaper shroud is NOT a 2nd health bar, unless you're a REALLY bad Reaper player.You're DPS is already on the bottom of the list ... and you want to use your biggest burst as a 2nd health bar .... Wow, just wow

I did mention that for good players this is a non issue right? Reaper shroud IS another health bar for bad players. It's not needed for good players, true. I never stated anything else.

@Agrippa Oculus.3726 said:

@Funky.4861 said:@Funky.4861 said:The final component is experience, both with the class and the encounter. Many fresh 80's will look to fractals as a starting point to endgame content and starting fracs as a power reaper is already dicey (given that they played through enough HoT to unlock reaper) as it's an undesired class for that content.

Power Reaper is probably one of, if not the easiest class to get into fractal content (and by far the most forgiving). The last time Reaper was undesired was over 6 months ago (and even then was fine given the 32k benchmark and its bursty damage). Even CM groups have no issue with it as long as you can put out the required damage (which Reaper can). So I'm not sure what you are talking about.I just commented this in another thread as well:May I ask how you compared the easiness of playing the reaper in the PvE endgame compared to other classes, have you played all other classes in T4 fractals (and raids) or is it just from hearsay? Cause I have played all of them in raids and T4, and I know words like easy, hard, etc. are subjective terms, but in my experience none in general is really that much easier or harder than the other.Because in the end it's all about knowing your encounters: Imo, ANet actually did quite a good job leaving a lot of RNG out of their PvE endgame. So once you're experienced enough in those encounters, you'll figure out that any class is easy enough to get near to its own top-DPS (not the golem benchmarks of course, but what's considered average top-dps per raid/fractal). And once you get to that point, I'm afraid it all boils down to what every class is capped to, and the Necro has for some kind of reason - which I still really don't understand - always (pretty much since launch) been at the bottom of the barrel, with all other classes having at least several different DPS builds (Power AND Condi) available outperforming the Power Reaper's DPS ceiling .... and mostly even bringing more support/utility to the squad/party as well (banners, blocks, stances, etc.), next to their significantly higher (up to 20% more) DPS af course.

I have played pretty much all classes as dps and/or support (both support and healer if available) in fractals and raids with only exception going to elementalist and engineer. (currently at 1,336 LI and 293 LD and not far off from Fractal God which I would have by now if not for breaks and having 25+ characters full with Fractal bags).

Necromancer in all its forms is BY FAR the most forgiving class survivability wise in pretty much any content. It performs good enough for good groups and not top 1% groups in pve. I was running my power Reaper for quite a while in fractals before joining a static and had no issue being top dps for normal T4s and being useful and close enough for CMs as to not have issues.

No, power reaper will not perform easily in the top 1% player bracket. That is absolutely unrelated to its ability to selfheal though. Then again I've seen even better Power Reapers than me (and I would not consider myself very good) be top dps even in PUG fractal CM groups.

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I see where you're coming from Cyn, but necro has so few damage modifiers through traits that RS isn't to be viewed as a 2nd Hp bar but as their main source of burst damage. A such, with the trait change, you have to be much more aware of ur Hp before hitting shroud and honestly i don't think most reapers are.

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@Cyninja.2954 said:Warriors in zerker stance also don't get a second lifebar. I'm sure they would love that too.Warrior in zerker have close to a second lifebar with that broken heal.Sorry but no. Reaper shroud is needed for dps. Taking a hit while in shroud reduces dps because of lower uptime. Taking a hit before also removes scholar.Not entering shroud while you don't have scholar? Just take a huge dps drop.Ye good players don't take a hit and don't enter shroud because arena tick damage is dodgeable right? Or mainly because good players aren't playing reapers.Nobody took the trait in pvp anyways. I'm pretty sure the change happened because the lore team did balance again like they did it with engi.Of course it is still playable but it was a completely unnecessary pve only nerf on the worst pve class.

Also please stop with this second lifebar nonsense. It NEVER worked in pve. Blocks, dodges and invulns are always better than this tiny lifebar which is needed for damage. Try soloing champs and necro and weaver or fb. Weaver and fb have evades and blocks, necro has to facetank and the whole bar is gone in one hit most of the time.

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@Funky.4861 said:I see where you're coming from Cyn, but necro has so few damage modifiers through traits that RS isn't to be viewed as a 2nd Hp bar but as their main source of burst damage. A such, with the trait change, you have to be much more aware of ur Hp before hitting shroud and honestly i don't think most reapers are.

Going to quote myself from earlier in this thead since this is a bit of a necro:

@Cyninja.2954 said:I've been advocating for power reaper for a while now and was a fan of power reaper even before the last patch when a lot of necromancer "main" players were still whinning about how useless the class is.

The issue with necromancer is, its class mechanic makes it to tanky (which combined with some other necromancer strengths like boon corrupts make it god tier in WvW ever since vanilla). I do not like the interaction of shroud and the necromancer not getting healed, but the fact you can brain afk into just about any damage currently and still survive where other dps players would have been toast is just overkill. For anyone doubting this, maybe give elementalist a go in the current fractal meta and have fun on Sirens Reef with frailty and outflanked. (July 16th, 2019)

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@Nephalem.8921 said:

@Cyninja.2954 said:Warriors in zerker stance also don't get a second lifebar. I'm sure they would love that too.Warrior in zerker have close to a second lifebar with that broken heal.Sorry but no. Reaper shroud is needed for dps. Taking a hit while in shroud reduces dps because of lower uptime. Taking a hit before also removes scholar.

It is a second life bar for bad players. Good players have no issue with it and don't need the heal in shroud in pve. Can people please decide on which player group they are talking about since this back and forth is very taxing.

Yes, in the top 1% power reaper falls off. I've never denied that. No, the class remains the easiest to survive on for inexperienced players. No, the selfheal in shroud is not needed and was more than overpowered in pve. I was seeing Power Reapers left and right just selfsustain while pushing decent enough damage. There was no trade-off whatsoever. I was one of them, shroud on and just jump into any pack and spin to win.

If you want a high damage necromencer build for the top 1%, have a new elite specialization added which completely removes necromancers passive defences. Then we can talk. Comparing power reaper to firebrand which is also completely batshit bonkers overpowered right now is no argument (and I love my FB but man is this class op right now. Guardian in general, but let's not derail this thread).

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@Funky.4861 said:The difference between 89% hp and 90% hp with scholar runes is a 10% damage buff- if you use your class mechanic for a dps burst at 89% hp and can't be healed then your burst is nerfed.

Its not as significant since the rune change. Scholar is only 5% over 90% hp the rest is bonus ferocity.

Tx for the catch sigmoid; i forgot abt the rune change, doh!

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On topic though I wonder how people played reaper before the trait? They the mindset the trait brings of "its ok I will just heal in shroud". People would actively make sure their HP was where it needed to be.

Sometimes I feel the trait provided a crutch to allow people to be worse at the game. I also feel a lot of the people who complain are people who wouldn't have been benefiting from the bonus all that much to begin with before the patch.

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@Sigmoid.7082 said:On topic though I wonder how people played reaper before the trait?Hah, easy answer: NOT, at least not in the PvE endgame, call me crazy, but I just want to be useful to my team/squad!

Nah, all craziness aside, they're absolutely viable, but that's not because of the shroud heals though, it's because they finally dis out at least SOME DPS (benchmarking 31k now), but still not enough compared to the other classes which all have at least 2 DPS builds benchmarking higher than the Power Reaper, and again the difference is not just a few percent, but quite a lot (up to 20%). The Necro (as a whole) just needs some damage buffs, which ANet was steadily doing lately, except for this last update. But I have faith, I still have faith :). And sure if they buff the Necro's dps, a different class will be bottom of the pack, but it's about time someone else took over that hated spot, The Necro has pretty much been there since launch now!

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Tbh they should just bring fb, weaver and mirage down instead of buffing reaper into that range. Fb is just completely crazy now. Golem bench is just 36k but the f1 resets in some fights bringing it into the 40k range. It has also very short duration condis mostly, means that it can be played on quite a lot of bosses.The class stacking will be quite funny in next erp. Most likely no engi will be used at all and maybe a scourge on desmina.Maybe a scourge for dhuum cm. It's just funny that pure dps specs like reaper and holo are behind support ones like Firebrand or even banner warrior.

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@Nephalem.8921 said:Tbh they should just bring fb, weaver and mirage down instead of buffing reaper into that range. Fb is just completely crazy now. Golem bench is just 36k but the f1 resets in some fights bringing it into the 40k range. It has also very short duration condis mostly, means that it can be played on quite a lot of bosses.The class stacking will be quite funny in next erp. Most likely no engi will be used at all and maybe a scourge on desmina.Maybe a scourge for dhuum cm. It's just funny that pure dps specs like reaper and holo are behind support ones like Firebrand or even banner warrior.

Ah, I almost thought you'd forgot the banner warrior (Berserker), but there it is: 2 builds, both power and condi, outdps-ing the Reaper AND bringing banners. It's absolutely crazy.Btw, try it, it's fun to play, if you really want to talk about forgiving builds (@Cyninja.2954) ...

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@Agrippa Oculus.3726 said:

@Nephalem.8921 said:Tbh they should just bring fb, weaver and mirage down instead of buffing reaper into that range. Fb is just completely crazy now. Golem bench is just 36k but the f1 resets in some fights bringing it into the 40k range. It has also very short duration condis mostly, means that it can be played on quite a lot of bosses.The class stacking will be quite funny in next erp. Most likely no engi will be used at all and maybe a scourge on desmina.Maybe a scourge for dhuum cm. It's just funny that pure dps specs like reaper and holo are behind support ones like Firebrand or even banner warrior.

Ah, I almost thought you'd forgot the banner warrior (Berserker), but there it is: 2 builds, both power and condi, outdps-ing the Reaper
AND
bringing banners. It's absolutely crazy.Btw, try it, it's fun to play, if you
really
want to talk about forgiving builds (@Cyninja.2954) ...

Condi Firebrand is no support spec and I have already conceded that FB, in almost all its builds, is overpowered.

Bannerberserker does not perform similar to benchmark in actual fights, not even close. Mostly since picking up and placing banners cuts into their damage significantly. Which you would know if you actually played the class in content.

As to playing them, I do.

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@Cyninja.2954 said:

@Nephalem.8921 said:Tbh they should just bring fb, weaver and mirage down instead of buffing reaper into that range. Fb is just completely crazy now. Golem bench is just 36k but the f1 resets in some fights bringing it into the 40k range. It has also very short duration condis mostly, means that it can be played on quite a lot of bosses.The class stacking will be quite funny in next erp. Most likely no engi will be used at all and maybe a scourge on desmina.Maybe a scourge for dhuum cm. It's just funny that pure dps specs like reaper and holo are behind support ones like Firebrand or even banner warrior.

Ah, I almost thought you'd forgot the banner warrior (Berserker), but there it is: 2 builds, both power and condi, outdps-ing the Reaper
AND
bringing banners. It's absolutely crazy.Btw, try it, it's fun to play, if you
really
want to talk about forgiving builds (@Cyninja.2954) ...

Condi Firebrand is no support spec and I have already conceded that FB, in almost all its builds, is overpowered.

Bannerberserker does not perform similar to benchmark in actual fights, not even close. Mostly since picking up and placing banners cuts into their damage significantly. Which you would know if you actually played the class in content.

As to playing them, I do.

Nothing comes close to Golem benchmarks ... but they (banner warriors) do come up with pretty sweet numbers (better than Reaper when played right), including picking up and putting down banners (in Fractals mostly only ones before boss fight, btw). But you know, because you play it!

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@Cyninja.2954 said:Bannerberserker does not perform similar to benchmark in actual fights, not even close. Mostly since picking up and placing banners cuts into their damage significantly. Which you would know if you actually played the class in content.

Banner bs can be among the top dps in a lot of fights now if there is no broken spec like mirage present. Even in selling guilds and their dps should know how to play.At least warrior has strong dps builds now. Holo needs to use exploits to make it less clunky and reaper is just a meme, used to make fun of bad dps players.

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@Agrippa Oculus.3726 said:

@Nephalem.8921 said:Tbh they should just bring fb, weaver and mirage down instead of buffing reaper into that range. Fb is just completely crazy now. Golem bench is just 36k but the f1 resets in some fights bringing it into the 40k range. It has also very short duration condis mostly, means that it can be played on quite a lot of bosses.The class stacking will be quite funny in next erp. Most likely no engi will be used at all and maybe a scourge on desmina.Maybe a scourge for dhuum cm. It's just funny that pure dps specs like reaper and holo are behind support ones like Firebrand or even banner warrior.

Ah, I almost thought you'd forgot the banner warrior (Berserker), but there it is: 2 builds, both power and condi, outdps-ing the Reaper
AND
bringing banners. It's absolutely crazy.Btw, try it, it's fun to play, if you
really
want to talk about forgiving builds (@Cyninja.2954) ...

Condi Firebrand is no support spec and I have already conceded that FB, in almost all its builds, is overpowered.

Bannerberserker does not perform similar to benchmark in actual fights, not even close. Mostly since picking up and placing banners cuts into their damage significantly. Which you would know if you actually played the class in content.

As to playing them, I do.

Nothing
comes close to Golem benchmarks ... but they (banner warriors) do come up with pretty sweet numbers (better than Reaper when played right), including picking up and putting down banners (in Fractals mostly only ones before boss fight, btw). But
you
know, because you play it!

Except that no other build does its benchmarks with 2 skills present which do not get pressed which require interaction IN actual fights. So yes, no build comes close to benchmarks but bannerberserker actually has to use those banners repeatedly during a fight, unlike his benchmark where they are simply slotted. Less relevant for fractals since fights end in 5 - 10 seconds, which would also make most complaints about reaper shroud and the lack of healing irrelevant. More relevant for raids where fights are longer and a lot more movement happens.

Yes, because I play it...

@Nephalem.8921 said:

@Cyninja.2954 said:Bannerberserker does not perform similar to benchmark in actual fights, not even close. Mostly since picking up and placing banners cuts into their damage significantly. Which you would know if you actually played the class in content.

Banner bs can be among the top dps in a lot of fights now if there is no broken spec like mirage present. Even in selling guilds and their dps should know how to play.At least warrior has strong dps builds now. Holo needs to use exploits to make it less clunky and reaper is just a meme, used to make fun of bad dps players.

Are you talking about damage berserker or bannerberserker? Because there is a vast difference in performance between both.

Yes on the damage berserker performance. You are definately not in the top 1% if you are being outperformed by a banner warrior (on either build).

Unless you too are only referring to fractals only, where the burst is all that matters. Again, less relevant for fractals and way more relevant for raids.

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@Cyninja.2954 said:

Are you talking about damage berserker or bannerberserker? Because there is a vast difference in performance between both.Yes banner berserker. It has crazy dps as long as berserker is active. Dps build uses utilities to extend the duration which is not always needed if boss has phases.Not even 100% sure if peak performance is that big of a buff since triggering it costs time you could spend on doing another f1 burst. The difference is very small if phases are short enough which is always happening in a good group.Banner bs is just a full dps at this point. I'm ok with it since it keeps them alive in fractals even with nerfed banners, don't want to go to dh stack meta there.

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@Nephalem.8921 said:

Are you talking about damage berserker or bannerberserker? Because there is a vast difference in performance between both.Yes banner berserker. It has crazy dps as long as berserker is active. Dps build uses utilities to extend the duration which is not always needed if boss has phases.Not even 100% sure if peak performance is that big of a buff since triggering it costs time you could spend on doing another f1 burst. The difference is very small if phases are short enough which is always happening in a good group.Banner bs is just a full dps at this point. I'm ok with it since it keeps them alive in fractals even with nerfed banners, don't want to go to dh stack meta there.

Valid for fractals and some raid fights (like KC) if phased fast and for top performance groups. Which brings me back to: yes, Power Reaper drops off at the top end. Not valid for anything else which is the norm for 90% of the playerbase and many other raid fights.

We could also get into how insane Warrior dps is with somewhat simplistic rotations (both banner builds and regular damage builds), still dedicated dps will perform better even if not all classes have such a burst potential.

This isn't anymore about Power Reaper damage or self healing though. This is purely about burst damage. Where Power Reaper is sort of mid- to backfield given the insane burst DH, Berserker, Tempest/Weaver and Soulbeast have.

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@Cyninja.2954 said:

Are you talking about damage berserker or bannerberserker? Because there is a vast difference in performance between both.Yes banner berserker. It has crazy dps as long as berserker is active. Dps build uses utilities to extend the duration which is not always needed if boss has phases.Not even 100% sure if peak performance is that big of a buff since triggering it costs time you could spend on doing another f1 burst. The difference is very small if phases are short enough which is always happening in a good group.Banner bs is just a full dps at this point. I'm ok with it since it keeps them alive in fractals even with nerfed banners, don't want to go to dh stack meta there.

Valid for fractals and some raid fights (like KC) if phased fast and for top performance groups. Which brings me back to: yes, Power Reaper drops off at the top end. Not valid for anything else which is the norm for 90% of the playerbase and many other raid fights.

So, valid for all fractals and any raid bosses that phases, really (which is quite a big part of the full PvE endgame)! And I disagree that you have to be top performance to push higher numbers with banner berserker than you would with power reaper, cause that same power reaper can be played poorly as well: enough 2nd lifebar examples out there, which makes your DPS plummet far more than poor banner placement timing would! (do compare apples with apples please).

This isn't anymore about Power Reaper damage or self healing though. This is purely about burst damage. Where Power Reaper is sort of mid- to backfield given the insane burst DH, Berserker, Tempest/Weaver and Soulbeast have.

I agree, we did stray a lot from OP's topic, here. I actually even don't want shroud healing back (don't need it), I just want more competitive DPS, either for the power Reaper/Necro or even better (which in its essence is ridiculous that the Necro doesnt have one) for a condi Necro. Since the latest patches, introduced quite a few viable and even optimal condi options for ALL classes (next to the existing ones like Mirage, Ren, etc.), except again for that one class: Necro! Which, btw, thematically you (or at least I) would least expect it from! Whole different discussion, though (involving Epi, I know)!

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@Agrippa Oculus.3726 said:I just want more competitive DPS, either for the power Reaper/Necro or even better (which in its essence is ridiculous that the Necro doesnt have one) for a condi Necro.

That I agree with, I simply don't think it will be realized with the base design of necromancer. Then again, if things like current FB get to exist, who knows.

Overall necro takes probably my 4th-5th spot as played class fun wise (first goes to guardian currently, mesmer second simply because she is my main even if I don't enjoy her that much, Renegade as third due to its support nature and warrior tied for 4th with necro, mostly for the WvW I play him in).

As far as epi, I stand by this skill being the single highest damage skill in this game if utilized properly. I love the skill, but I would not be surpirsed if it is the sole reason why condi builds on necromancer are being balanced very conservative.

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@Cyninja.2954 said:As far as epi, I stand by this skill being the single highest damage skill in this game if utilized properly.Except unlike the other high damage skills, that one does exactly zero damage on its own. It is a damage multiplier, not damage creator - it requires other skills to work. You cannot spread condis if there are no condis, and epi doesn't apply any condis on its own. Which is why comparing it to other damage skills is very misleading.

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@Astralporing.1957 said:

@Cyninja.2954 said:As far as epi, I stand by this skill being the single highest damage skill in this game if utilized properly.Except unlike the other high damage skills, that one does exactly zero damage on its own. It is a damage multiplier, not damage creator - it requires other skills to work. You cannot spread condis if there are no condis, and epi doesn't apply any condis on its own. Which is why comparing it to other damage skills is very misleading.

True, but that is not really of significance because the net result matters.

The result is that 1 utility skill applies up to 25 stacks, burning, poison, confusion, torment and bleeding as well as all the control conditions on to up to 5 targets. That is still insane even at reduced duration.

The setup for this is also not that difficult. It requires 1 additional target to bounce off and condition builds. Given how most condition builds reach 20-25 stacks of their main conditions, even that limitation is easily surpassed in todays class landscape.

You are correct though, it is misleading to compare it to basically anything in this game, because there is nothing like this skill.

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