I have been playing guild wars 2 for 2 years now (probably more) I only have one character. A Reaper. I've only really done ranked PVP and unranked led during off seasons, and only recently have jumped into story content and wvw. But this is about Ranked PVP as a Reaper. I have tried absolutely everything, every build imaginable, every combination of weapons. I got lucky once into platinum tier during placement, but I always usually end the season in silver 3 - Gold 2 and am no stranger to 10+ losing streaks. There are 3 main problems. Movement, survivability, and stability. With a 4th problem of no counter to invisibility. Blocking projectiles with noxious poison cloud does help, but the skill itself doesnt do much else taking up a spot for probably better skills just to stay alive against rangers and deadeyes who like to attack from a distance. My build, along with noxious poison cloud is Spectral grasp for pull, well of power for might, stunbreak, and a measly second of stability, and chilled to the bone for 10s of stability which can be stripped anyways. Death magic, soul reaping. And reaper. Vitality and movement, and stun break 3s stability while in shroud. There are matches where I still get tossed around like a ragdoll. And changing or removing any of these makes the eing tossing around even worse. It's so frustrating playing this games ranked pvp as a reaper. Because I often rack my brain thinking it's my fault for losing, start going through different build ideas, only to lose more and eventually realize that it's the Reaper itself and the team I am randomly stuck with. Ultimately losing hope in trying to get to platinum or ever reaching diamond is just never even a thought. Do it for the gold and have fun... well at least theres the gold. I will say that if we're going to be stuck with random teams, if 1 or 2 is afk and 1 or 2 more are new and randomly running around, at least let us survive a battle solo against 5. If I see 3, 4, or 5 opposing team members coming at me and none of my team is around I know I am dead but I still try and feel like an idiot for even doing so. Can this ever be changed? Reaper would be too OP then right? Can any class solo beat 5 enemy players? I dont want to change Reaper, I want to love it and it's a really awesome class and I want to enjoy it. But I also want a fighting chance in ranked pvp. In my first year I was banned once for cursing too much. After learning ing to play nice, I realized that maybe this isnt the game for me and searched for other pvp games, even tried eve online e which wasn't bad but the time another player spends in the game simply gives them the winning advantage and there is no skill WHEN up against so.eone who has played for a year or more and u been at it for a few months. Long story short, Reaper can be fixed. It can be made a little better by giving us some skills and abilities that help us stay alive instead of die and give us at least some hope of making it to the top instead of mo hope and just giving up and playing just for "fun" and the gold coins. I feel forced to play a new class, find a different game, or pve storyline which I am trying to make that last as long as possible because that's at least fun and new. Remember, the problems are Stability. Survivability. And movement. U may think the shroud gives us more survivability but I can assure you, it doesn't. Some are full of fear of the Reaper but don't be. Playing as a reaper, I only see people afraid of Scourges. Which I feel forced to play also. Thank you for hearing my rant. Hopefully some changes can be made with this class.
