Reap + Transplant sharing a cooldown

[Think0028]

Not a huge fan of this. I get the idea is to promote Reap as a movement skill, but the fact that Reap is only up while in Reaper Form (i.e. the point where I have a safety cushion of health) negates one of the biggest uses of movement skills for me, personally, which is using them when I realize things are going horribly wrong (Reaper form has fallen off due to me faffing around too long and I am about to die). I’d love to have Reap be my main movement skill over Transplant, but that can’t happen unless Reaper Form becomes permanent (which is something I want but IDK if the devs want.)

[Heavy]

They did implement a new way fo no sharing cooldown of transplant and reap in 0.8.3b

@Hackaloken

Reaper Form

• A shared cooldown was added between Reap and Transplant in 0.8.3. Given the strength of Transplant, this has made Reap feel redundant. These changes add more options for how to use Reap in builds. Reaper Form should have more mobility than 0.8.3, but less mobility than when using it with Transplant in 0.8.2.
• Swift Harbinger now grants Reap 30% increased cooldown recovery speed (from 17% reduced cooldown duration), and can have 3 points allocated (from 2).
• Sanguine Reaper now also grants Reap 18% increased area per point.
• Unholy Dominion no longer increases Reap Area, but now makes it no longer have a shared cooldown with transplant and gives 200% increased cooldown duration. It can now have 1 point allocated (from 2).

[Think0028]

Ah cool, that does help it be a secondary movement ability at least.

[Heavy]

Also in case you are interested, there was another discussion about this subject.

Upcoming Reap / Transplant changes

First off: I do fully understand why they did this change and it was inevitable. But i already suggested on multiple occasions that Reap also needs some alternative functionality (through skill nodes within Reaper Form) I think if they would be a ndoe in Reaper Form, that makes Reap into a pure damage ability, I my posted link the suggestign was a Spin/circle Attack, but it could also be a Cone. Think of a pimped up version of harvest with a 2-3 second cooldown with appropiate damage and m…

TL:DR for my part of that discussion:
Gives us a node that transforms Reap into a pure damage ability, similar to Harvest, maybe like a circle-swing that hit’s twice IDK.

[Think0028]

Well, glad to know that someone else is thinking along the same lines as me!