New to reaper, could use some pointers

[Drunkendex]

Mainly, I'm interested in what are general changes in mob strength (PRR/MRR/power boosts, etc).

So far I got familiar with different types of reapers, and on how to tackle them (unless game lags out), but I noticed that even on R1 I do noticeably less damage to mobs than on elite.

As they say, preparation is the key to success.

[Discpsycho]

This is going to depend pretty heavily on your build(s) and the levels at which you're playing. There is some general, anecdotal advice I can give beyond the obvious "things do less damage" math (link (http://www.ddovault.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1487261759/0#0))

"Offspec" or "bonus" self-heals are less useful
Some examples are Ravager and Frenzied Berserker T5s, Spellsinger's Sustaining Song (except at absolute endgame), Artificer Admixtures (I can't speak to the RMM T5). Self-healing is nerfed to 40% in R1 and an additional 4% per skull. In my experience, this boils down to "you have to make a concerted effort to heal yourself" - cure / repair / negative energy spells will do the job, but you might have to pause between combats. For what it's worth, this largely isn't an issue in Epics because Rejuv Cocoon or Renewal are readily available options

HP and mitigation quickly surpass periodic boosts
This kind of ties into the above point. You need to worry a lot more about your ability to survive burst damage - whether a Polar Ray, Disintegrate, or a couple of beefy champs, your health can drop REALLY quickly. My last life as a 18 Bard I really appreciated the temp HP from Warchanter Core #4, but at a certain skull value (roughly R3, 'cause I'm a noob) it wasn't useful any longer because mooks were hitting for twice as much as my temp hp. Things like Displacement kept this viable in R1 / R2, as it provided a scale factor for my temp hp. For the same reason, tactics became much more important, both the playstyle and CC

[Drunkendex]

This is going to depend pretty heavily on your build(s) and the levels at which you're playing. There is some general, anecdotal advice I can give beyond the obvious "things do less damage" math (link (http://www.ddovault.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1487261759/0#0))

"Offspec" or "bonus" self-heals are less useful
Some examples are Ravager and Frenzied Berserker T5s, Spellsinger's Sustaining Song (except at absolute endgame), Artificer Admixtures (I can't speak to the RMM T5). Self-healing is nerfed to 40% in R1 and an additional 4% per skull. In my experience, this boils down to "you have to make a concerted effort to heal yourself" - cure / repair / negative energy spells will do the job, but you might have to pause between combats. For what it's worth, this largely isn't an issue in Epics because Rejuv Cocoon or Renewal are readily available options


I use hires for this, park him/her, try to survive fight and call when needed.



HP and mitigation quickly surpass periodic boosts
This kind of ties into the above point. You need to worry a lot more about your ability to survive burst damage - whether a Polar Ray, Disintegrate, or a couple of beefy champs, your health can drop REALLY quickly. My last life as a 18 Bard I really appreciated the temp HP from Warchanter Core #4, but at a certain skull value (roughly R3, 'cause I'm a noob) it wasn't useful any longer because mooks were hitting for twice as much as my temp hp. Things like Displacement kept this viable in R1 / R2, as it provided a scale factor for my temp hp. For the same reason, tactics became much more important, both the playstyle and CC

My greatest issue (besides carnage reapers, 150+ latency FTW) is actually regular mob groups, and not bosses, they chip me way fatter than I'm used to, that's why I asked what Reaper changes in melee/ranged/spell power.
I'm gonna need to see what options in PRR/MRR I have at current level (7), because I only have 25 PRR 16 MRR ATM, not nearly enough to tackle reaper. (just checked, and via CC i can increase both by 6)

[voxson5]

http://www.ddovault.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1487261759/0#0

[Drunkendex]

http://www.ddovault.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1487261759/0#0

Nice, this is exactly what I wanted to know.