Buffing usually means increasing damage to me. Updating is keeping his core functionality but allowing him to survive at least one second longer the moment he joins the fight.
I wouldn’t want them to increase his damage output. I would rather they just fix Shadow Step or remove it entirely; replace it with maybe a shorter CD on wraith. 
Buffing isn’t always about increasing damage. I mean with the huge support buff, that didn’t change anyone’s damage, it just increased utility and put more supports into the picture
Reaper isn’t actually that far off. He is pretty strong on a few maps where close range fights are forced (blizz world first for example). He is a little overshadowed by hanzo and now torb at midrange.
Honestly, if they updated interactions between reaper and armor as well as added consistent spread pattern. Reaper would prolly be a solid A/B tier hero.
meanwhile hes going to continue to be ftier trash
Hog is in a much worse position, I feel that reaper just needs his role defined and a better E, then he will be better off.
as trash as hog is, he still isn’t worse then reaper and other then recently, hogs been wayyyyyyyyyy better then reaper since the start of the game
Well Hog is already confirmed to be getting some upcoming changes soon, which is why people have stopped complaining about him since people are expecting his changes soon.
Yea I know, but part of it is that hog becoming better means reaper is also better, cause they really are tank and dps variations of each-other.
Edit: I mean in terms of counter play, I re-read it and realized I didn’t specify.
Hog’s changes will probably make Reaper worse since Hog is one of the tanks Reaper is supposed to counter and hog’s buffs will most likely help against that.
killing reaper as hog isn’t difficult, its almost funny
His guns, while powerful, are ridiculous.
You can click on a 200 hp targets head from melee range and he/she can survive.
At least rework his guns.
Give it a tight spread (something like Doomfist’s) with a big fall off (like 90%) after 5-6 meter. So at least he is more skillbased and consistent.
It 100% depends on the changes, if they make hook better, its worse for reaper, if they make hog’s right clicks and ult better, its better for reaper.
True, Hog’s spread is pretty random but the spread never misses his head since his head hitbox is the size of a whole country.
For me my problem is usually a reaper will drop down on me and cause hook is garbage I shoot reapers crotch and he gets a headshot.
Why would that be better for Reaper?
Cause his 1v1 engagements are almost no differen’t, unless he attacks outside of the right click range, which he shouldn’t do now.
Nah, Brigitte already taken that job.
He is about at the same tier Junkrat, Soldier, and Phara are at. He has his niche, and when it is met he is really good. He isnt in THAT bad of a spot.
uh no if he was decent at his niche he might have actually been picked during any of the times multiple tanks were meta, which unsurprisingly he wasn’t my guy, the dude is underpowered trash
There’s no reason to choose Reaper when you have Doomfist. Crazy mobility, CC on every ability, tank buster, shield for every ability landed, a more reliable ult, and ignores shields entirely.