Hey i wanted to ask for a while, cause i dont play that much nowadays, is out there any stucked matck focused summoner using reapers? I tried searching in youtube but i found some early God videos only :/ . Is this even worth anymore if your char is finished with top items? Or epic raid farming and farming generally is more worth? Or pvp dps based is better with that wit and not that bursty more of a setup?
All summon damages were changed to physical, including reapers, so even if you use reapers, you have to gear yourself for p.atk. The only differences basically are ranged vs melee attack, and AoE vs single-target skills. But all of those are all p.atk based.
I think they're still enchantable. I wonder how they compare to the Physical Ranged pets in AoE when you have them enchanted to +10 and use appropriate buffs/equipment. Anyone know?
Other than that they have very few uses outside of doing Cemetary, where they put the physical pets to shame only because of the MOBs being punishing towards physical servitors (Mage leveling area).
I believe the reapers aoe has a slightly shorter cooldown. However unless the mob is weak to magic this point is moot. Dps is what really matters, reapers don't Crit on normal attack which is physical based, where as soulless(or whatever yours are) actually have decent Crit stats which are further boosted with spectral rage. I know that this doesn't take into consideration your aoe usage but if you go to mobs that aren't in the cemetery and round 4 or 5 up and use the reapers and the soulless in the same matter I bet you kill all 5 much faster with the soulless.
Also building a stacked physical build versus a stack M Atk build, the physical build will be beastly in comparison not to mention probably cheaper.
Tauti 2h axe, items to max your Crit rate, and a few augments.
Reapers have lower cooldown and can crit their AoEs.
Having great ST damage is less relevant in AoE when you have 10+ hard MOBs on the tank. The Reapers still have potential, given the right setup to outdamage the Seraphim due to their AoE damage on the group of MOBs as a Unit, which matters more in that situation. A lot of the multipliers and stats that boost the physical pets' melee damage do not apply to their AoEs (namely, P.Critical and P.Crit Damage).
Of course the Summoner will also do more damage itself in a Mage-oriented setup, which should be considered as well.
Which is why my curiosity is piqued.
Cause I tried them on some MOBs in HB and they were killing about as fast as the Seraphims if I had my Nostromo spamming both their nukes... With Warrior Harmony on them (while taking noticeably less damage from the MOBs).