If you think that a reaper deals little damage

[KRON]

then you obviously never tried soul harvest+suprerior laser sight+talon rounds combo. Crit damage of vektor rifle is pretty much double normal damage.

[Lemurian1972]

Why would I bother with that when Magazine+Repeater+Banish can kill any creature on the map, and upgraded Banish can kill that creature plus the rest of his pod?

[Gin-chan]

Originally posted by Lemurian1972:

Why would I bother with that when Magazine+Repeater+Banish can kill any creature on the map, and upgraded Banish can kill that creature plus the rest of his pod?

Yeap literally no unit except a full hp ruler can survive this combo lol. And even then the execute may proc and kill them too.

[Proxy]

Originally posted by Eleventh Doctor:

Originally posted by Lemurian1972:

Why would I bother with that when Magazine+Repeater+Banish can kill any creature on the map, and upgraded Banish can kill that creature plus the rest of his pod?

Yeap literally no unit except a full hp ruler can survive this combo lol. And even then the execute may proc and kill them too.

with this i OHK the Sniper chosen in his base because of execution lol

[Fringehunter7719]

Originally posted by KRON:

then you obviously never tried soul harvest+suprerior laser sight+talon rounds combo. Crit damage of vektor rifle is pretty much double normal damage.

It's still less, by far than when rangers or sharpshooters do the exact same thing though, and excluding banish it's still just the one shot per turn, compared to many on pretty much every other class.

As with those other classes it also doesn't work particularly well against hardened targets. Another potential pitfall is that there's a moderate chance you won't even be able to equip talon rounds on any given reaper as well.

Still, it's a solid choice when it's available and does mitigate the reaper's poor gun damage quite well.

[Fringehunter7719]

Originally posted by Lemurian1972:

Why would I bother with that when Magazine+Repeater+Banish can kill any creature on the map, and upgraded Banish can kill that creature plus the rest of his pod?

Because sometimes your units fire more than once in a mission.

[Lemurian1972]

Still not sure why I should be trying to make my Reaper a poor shotgun Ranger or Sharpshooter instead of a good Reaper, but ok.

[KRON]

Originally posted by Lemurian1972:

Why would I bother with that when Magazine+Repeater+Banish can kill any creature on the map, and upgraded Banish can kill that creature plus the rest of his pod?

I have the upgrade which enables 3rd slot for weapon mods. So, I have a laser sight, a magazine and a repeater. Besides, banish has only one charge per mission. You're not gonna use banish on the first pod you activate, are you?

[Lemurian1972]

No, nor am I going to engage with my Reaper on anything but clean up shots or Remote Start of opportunity, once I have a full squad. It's your game, do what you love I just don't see much point in trying to make them a heavy hitter when getting that result is so much easier on the classes designed for it.

In other words, once I realized Reapers weren't designed to dish out heavy damage on every shot, I didn't go out of my way to find ways to make them do that (and if you don't think relying on the 3rd slot breakthrough and the chance of getting Tactical Rigging so you can carry Talon Rounds is going out of your way, I'm sorry but you're kind of fooling yourself).

They have a job, and I try to make them as good at that job as I can. So yeah, Banish is once per mission. But having that club ready to go ASAP so I can quickly clear a Chosen or a Ruler or even just those early Gatekeepers and Sectopods, is how I choose to focus my resources.

[Yxklyx]

Do any of the armors give an extra utility slot? Is Tactical Rigging the only way the Reaper can get it?

[Tamiore]

Originally posted by Yxklyx:

Do any of the armors give an extra utility slot? Is Tactical Rigging the only way the Reaper can get it?

Reaper can not use any type of armor other than default reaper armor.
So, yes, Tactical Rigging is the only way the Reaper can get an extra slot.

[Ragic]

reapers have guns?

[talemore]

Originally posted by Ragic:

reapers have guns?

Them have rifles and guns is a common term for conventional weapons because reapers despite alien weapons and when you upgrade to plasma there will be a short notice no reaper wanted to touch the new equipment but the commander forced our reapers to use them anyway.

[Val]

You can only use Banish once per mission while a Sharpshooter can always use Fan Fire.I always bring two Gunslinger sharp to a mission that have at least 16 movespeed so I can kill 2-3 pods instantly.(Chosen's handgun+ Shadowkeep with AP)

I might try 5X sharpshooter team in the next playthrough since they're ridiculous with Fan Fire, Serial, and Faceoff

[Tiasmoon]

Originally posted by Lemurian1972:

Why would I bother with that when Magazine+Repeater+Banish can kill any creature on the map, and upgraded Banish can kill that creature plus the rest of his pod?

Well, not everyone wants to play with cheats (a Repeater in this case).

That aside, Reapers main damage comes from Remote Start.

Crit build only works with Tactical Rigging (altho Deadeye will boost damage a good ways as well), and only in the late game.

[Val]

Originally posted by Tiasmoon:

Crit build only works with Tactical Rigging (altho Deadeye will boost damage a good ways as well), and only in the late game.

Reapers suck ass late game. The hero classes seems to only be good early to mid game.