Job Wishlist for Samurai

[Calypsx]

You're remembering a little wrong. They said Samurai as a tank didn't fit the theme for heavensward, so they decided Dark Knight would be the tank and that since Dark Knight had taken Samurais place as a tank , Samurai would in turn be a DPS.

They meant theme as in location. The theme of heavensward is dark and takes place in a corrupt Ishgard which is why Dark Knight fits more thematically.

A Samurai appearing out of nowhere in Ishgard during the dragonsong war would be strange but a European fantasy themed greatsword wielding avenger fits Ishgard perfectly.

https://youtu.be/SyqedOqkaHI?t=30m30s

"In terms of the tank role we were actually down to the wire in determining which. We had two possible choices between Dark Knight and Samurai"

When they say a statement like "two possible choices" they had to decide between the two for what would fit Heavensward more. Also such a statement like "possible choices" does mean they are considering Samurai as a tank and probably even have ideas for it. However since they only could release 3 jobs for this expansion they picked what they could for now.

If red mage is released as a dps next expansion, samurai will most likely be a tank.