7.0 SAM Wishlist

Do I even need to say it?

Button consolidation

a dog companion that attacks along side you and lets you boop his snoot if you execute your rotation correctly!?

that all I'm after.

Wishing for or expecting anything good from these devs in regards to samurai is just opening yourself to disappointment. They made that especially clear in 6.2. In retrospect, it should have been expected considering how consistently they manage to disappoint even when one keeps their expectations nonexistent, but alas.

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Originally Posted by Mostly_Raxus

a dog companion that attacks along side you and lets you boop his snoot if you execute your rotation correctly!?

that all I'm after.

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You know what? I'm down for it. Even if it's just building up the kinky gauge and using it to summon him for a while.

Less casting abilities . But with the way things have been going they’ll probably just add another midare / Ogi.

That dog idea sounds cool .

Dog thing is growing on me

we may get a Single Target Ogi at lvl92
as for wishes.. a more integral way of Interacting with Kenki.
tbh, the lvl50 Rotation is fine. It's Fundamental yet teaches you about what's important to play the Job.. sad that's all the depth the job has to offer nowadays.
so yes, Bring Back Kaiten, make it Direct Hit and let's have fun again.

Shoha upgrades to Shoha 2 for free. Like Spirits Within does with Expacion. Adjust the potencies accordingly and make Shoha 2 deal splash damage. Also, rename it to Mumyo Shoha. Shoha 2 is a weird localization considering all of Sam's skills are in JP, and Shoha 2 is called Mumyo Shoha

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Originally Posted by Jonnycbad

Shoha upgrades to Shoha 2 for free. Like Spirits Within does with Expacion. Adjust the potencies accordingly and make Shoha 2 deal splash damage. Also, rename it to Mumyo Shoha. Shoha 2 is a weird localization considering all of Sam's skills are in JP, and Shoha 2 is called Mumyo Shoha

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yeah that Spirits Within Change is a weird PLD thing and I disagree: Samurai should have to make decision/have the freedom to utilize their Resources for either Single Target or AoE.
Basicly just use Mumyo Shoha for Trash Mobs and Shoha (the first one) for bosses^^
though from what I gathered it's only the english translation where it's called Shoha II oO

I’d like to the ShB Shoha accumulation come back where the Tsubame-gaeshi actions actions let you get Shoha stacks. If I can’t get Kaiten at least let me get more Shoha

Make Kaeshi:Hinganbana AoE we can at least use it

Also Ogi-Namikiri does have to be a separate button from Ikishoten

- [ ] Hissatsu kaiten returns
- [ ] midare/kaeshi/ogi namikiri aren’t guaranteed crits
- [ ] Tenka goken and Fuko are cones
- [ ] Shoha and Shoha II are merged.
- [ ] Shinten and Kyuten are merged.
- [ ] Senei and guren are merged.
- [ ] Third eye has a sound effect when it is consumed. Consuming third eye grants a meditation stack.
- [ ] Yukikaze cleaves and grants a meditation stack.
- [ ] Seigen is back and grants 20 kenki.
- [ ] Every six meditation stacks you consume grants a use of ogi namikiri.
- [ ] Kaeshi higanbana now applies a 20 second high potency DoT to all enemies in a cone before you.

SAM plays and feels pretty good ATM but I would like medidate changed...perhaps it grants you 3 stacks of meditation on a cool down. I would also like an aoe higanbana. Someone above mentioned making kaeshi: higanbana an aoe and I completely agree. I would also like a change to the 1,2,3 1,2,3 1,2 changed....it's a lot of gcds just for a midare and a lot of the time it just feels like a slog. I would be happy with 1,2 1,2 1,2. Who doesn't constantly have Mekio on CD? This change would also allow us to allocate buttons a bit better (speaking from a console pov).

Personally would like my " Hissatsu: Kaiten " back...

https://i.ibb.co/HHMmJ70/kaiten.pnghttps://i.ibb.co/Q67vX04/X.gifhttps://i.ibb.co/HHMmJ70/kaiten.png


On a serious note... EW Samurai is balance-wise okay ( or good enough for JP players to not complain about DPS decimals missing, again... ) Many who complain about Samurai's button Bloat? are often once that won't even play the Job more after Hissatsu: Kaiten was removed and the statistics shows that. They might not play it more? but hey at least they get to be happy. To appeal to this crowd's Wishlist? Compress/Fuse the following skills:

• Guren / Senei
• Ikishoten / Ogi Namikiri
• Shoha / Shoha II
• Shinten / Kyuten ( if you really have to )

QOL changes that could be done regardless of button compression:

• Meditate refreshes ( not generate ) Fugetsu and Fuga buff
• Shoha has no Cooldown
• Guren radius and reach is slightly increased

My personal Wishlist though vs what I believe people say they want?

• I want Hissatsu: Kaiten Back

What I really mean by saying this? Is that I want Samurai to have an inch or an ilm more depth then the shallowness that is Shinten/Kyuten. Any amount of (optional) depth to any Job? can be applied to any PvE activity in & outside of serious raiding. The monotonous Casual content that makes up 95% of our Game was a lot more Fun with a more engaging gauge management. Necessary Execution? No. Is it Fun? To me yeah. I have no Faith in Square removing anything and replacing it with more Depth. They have no track record of doing so during the time I played. Square can keep the Skill-Floor beneath the Earth's Crust for all I care, I just want players who desire optional Skill-Ceiling to be able to savour that for 7.0 DT+ and the easiest way to do that is to bring back something that exactly did that i.e " Bring back Hissatsu: Kaiten "


Now will any of the above happen? Probably not. I have so little faith, I am prepared to expect the following horrible changes:

• Iaijutsu no longer has a cast time
• Shoha III is added
• Enhanced Gyoten
• Ogi Namikiri becomes a Circular Shaped Slash
• Hagakure removed
• Meditate removed
• Higanbana dot removed
• Positionals removed
• Third Eye removed

I would not be surprised... if these changes happen be it in 7.0 or in the foreseeable future

it'd be hilarious if they removed hagakure again. in the "how can you be this incompetent" sense anyway.

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Originally Posted by Mecia

Button consolidation

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this is hands down my most wanted feature too - the job really got unwieldly as of late and so many buttons can be combined with other buttons to create an intricate rotation.
And maybe something to replace Kenki as it just ended up as Shinten spam...

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Originally Posted by CelestiCer

Personally would like my " Hissatsu: Kaiten " back...

https://i.ibb.co/HHMmJ70/kaiten.pnghttps://i.ibb.co/Q67vX04/X.gifhttps://i.ibb.co/HHMmJ70/kaiten.png

Compress/Fuse the following skills:

• Guren / Senei
• Ikishoten / Ogi Namikiri
• Shoha / Shoha II
• Shinten / Kyuten ( if you really have to )

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ehh but what's the point of having seperate rotations for Single Target&AoE then?
also:

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Originally Posted by RyuuZero

Ikishoten+Ogi Namikiri Macro =

/macroicon "Ikishoten"
/ac "Ikishoten"
/ac "Ogi Namikiri"

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try it!
but if we wanna combine skills it should be more like this:

• Shinten to Senei and Kyuten to Guren, activated by ikishoten like Ogi currently works

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Originally Posted by CelestiCer

QOL changes that could be done regardless of button compression:

• Meditate refreshes ( not generate ) Fugetsu and Fuga buff
• Shoha has no Cooldown
• Guren radius and reach is slightly increased

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I think Shoha is fine, I mean for every 3rd Iaijutsu/Ogi you get to decide single target or AoE, which is a part of being one with the battlefield

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Originally Posted by CelestiCer

My personal Wishlist though vs what I believe people say they want?

• I want Hissatsu: Kaiten Back

Bring back Hissatsu: Kaiten "

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quick question.. can you take raiding as Kaitenless Samurai even serious?..
imo serious raiding as Kaitenless Samurai is a waste of time, but I can see why you would raid like that: to play with friends. Outside of that, there is no reason

I mean I look at Hard Content and I think to myself: That is too much Shinten Spam for it to be fun...

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Originally Posted by CelestiCer

Now will any of the above happen? Probably not. I have so little faith, I am prepared to expect the following horrible changes:

• Iaijutsu no longer has a cast time
• Shoha III is added
• Enhanced Gyoten
• Ogi Namikiri becomes a Circular Shaped Slash
• Hagakure removed
• Meditate removed
• Higanbana dot removed
• Positionals removed
• Third Eye removed

I would not be surprised... if these changes happen be it in 7.0 or in the foreseeable future

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this is a funny list I wanna comment on^^

• Iaijutsu should not change
• I can see Gyoten/Yaten getting a trait that removes their Kenki Cost
• what should Shoha III do? the reason you got Shoha II is because your localizers got lazy!+ Shoha is a concluded resource
• they dare not touch Ogi Namikiri but add an Single Target Ogi at lvl92^^
• tbh it would've been consequent if they removed Hagakure alongside with Kaiten.. but we shall keep it alongside Kaiten returning
• without Meditate we would just standaround when the target becomes non targettable ._.
• I can see Higanbana becoming SAM's Trick Attack .. the new one .. but only if SE removes all dots from the game xX
• I think you're onto something here.. but that also would affect MNK/NIN/DRG/RPR but I wouldn't having no positionals aslong as I can utilize 20 Kenki to burst with my following weaponskill even harder
• I see how Third Eye triggers Merciful Eyes on hit

No My 7.0 SAM Change Expectations:

• Single Target Ogi, thus completing the Ogi Resource
• Gyoten/Yaten Trait that removes their Kenki Cost (.. wait I already wrote that...)
• Return of Kaiten! (as long as it costs 20 kenki max and boosts the following Weaponskill, we're good!)

we're in deep trouble if the Blue Buff of Viper boosts the following Weaponskill!

but if Kaiten does not return that means that we have to spam Shinten for 2 to 3 more years ._.

No need for filler GCD's and having to decide a perfect skill speed.

Currently at 3 GCD filler during my odd minute bursts and it seems clunky to do it this way.

Maybe it's a hold over from kaiten being removed? As maybe it filled that spot?

I'm kind of new to SAM but I think it's the only DPS that sort of clicked right away with me, and putting the work in to really understand the opener, cooldown, 1 min and 2 min bursts.

Reminds me of old SMN in a way. Which could also be a bad thing since they gutted old SMN for that reason....you die and you're pretty much disjointed from your rotation.

- Kaiten is brought back and as an effect also makes the next Weaponskill a guaranteed critical hit
- Consolidate Tsubame and Iaijutsu onto the same button
- Consolidate Ikishoten and Namikiri onto the same button
- Make Enpi only increase Kenki by 5 unless it's being used under Enhanced Enpi, in which case it still gives 10
- Make Third Eye give a single Meditation stack instead of 10 Kenki. Or bring back Seigan and make it show up on Third Eye's button when you get hit. Or both.
- Remove the Meditation stack given by Ogi Namikiri to balance Meditation gain

Swift cast lol