I am reading a lot of (fill in class) is USELESS.....(stuff stuff stuff) I keep dying, I never used to die like this before ?!?!

Your dying because (back then) your were running elite, not Reaper 10 skull ---- Not the Same, not even close.

Reaper 10 skull are not cannon, are not balanced (never will be) are designed for power gamers with very select builds.

It has absolutely nothing to do with 'normal' play.

DO NOT judge classes and builds based on if you are effective on Reaper skull 5-10 only 3 to 4 builds do that.

Reapers levels were add to satisfy the thirst POWERGAMERS for extremely hard content where only very specialized characters
in twink gear can make it. And...yes it does that, but it breaks the game to do it.
It turns DDO into something that has absolutely nothing to do with D+D

It turns DDO into Duke nukem on extreme mode.
DDO and D+D try to suspend your disbelief and make you feel like an adventuring hero in a story.
Reapers...destroys any pretext of a 'story'.

Do I like mass damage zerg running games, no. Even if I did, other games do it better.

peace