Samurai Melee DPS thoughts

[dragonseth07]

Aren't we being a little dramatic?

This is the internet. Hell no!

[RaijinSupreme]

I'm not excited but I'm not disappointed either... It's kind of like Samurai was one of those jobs that people vocally wanted and we knew it would come sooner or later. I just kind of wish they gave use something we didn't expect... I'm also curious if that means we're not getting an Ala Mhigan-centered job? Maybe Red Mage but it doesn't look like anything from Ala Mhigi so far...

Monk is the Ala Mhigan job.

[Giubba]

Aren't we being a little dramatic?

"Well sorry we aren't giving you any more class because you will always be 4 losers who apparently enjoy being trash talked by the guys who actually allow us to pay the bill"

Because this is what yoshi literally said

[Greedalox]

"Well sorry we aren't giving you any more class because you will always be 4 losers who apparently enjoy being trash talked by the guys who actually allow us to pay the bill"

Because this is what yoshi literally said

So you're being dramatic.

[EdwinLi]

Define "interesting gameplay" .

Because gameplay wise any tank in any mmo worth oh his/her name will answer that the most interesting gameplay is the tank role regardless of the class.

Mechanics that focus on taking damage would be nice for a change as one.

For example, if a Tank Job loses a certain amount of HP they can access skills or they gain a increase in reduce damage the closer their HP is to 0.

A lot of mechanics for Tank Jobs currently is focused around causing damage instead of taking damage.

[Felis]

There will be still enough healers and tanks because of 0.5 sec DF queue within the first weeks. I will level AST first and one of the new jobs 2nd

Aye, a Samurai was basically a lord. They had the money to have armor. We get the anime Ronin, Iaido being it's focus, not actually used in warfare in which the Samurai mythos grew from.

inspired by Akira Kurosawas "7 Samurais", not by anime

[Alacran]

There will be still enough healers and tanks because of 0.5 sec DF queue within the first weeks. I will level AST first and one of the new jobs 2nd


inspired by Akira Kurosawas "7 Samurais", not by anime
Yoshida said that the style is based on post-edo era like the 7 Samurais fom Kurosawa

Remind me of the scene where any of the seven sliced through three bullets and cut through the attackers to slowly sheath their sword to let the action catch up with the attack. Kyūzō may have been able to do it though i don't recall him doing so, though i have only watched the film a few times. However i do not recall Kambei, Gorōbei, Shichirōji, Heihachi, Katsushirō, or Kikuchiyo being quite that skilled.

[Mimilu]

Monk is the Ala Mhigan job.

Like I had said previously, with that logic, we already had Ishgard's job, Dragoon, but still got Dark Knight and Machinist (while our version of Astrologian coming from Sharlayan), and we already have Othard's Job, Ninja.
I just wanted to see more Ala Mhigo represented a little more too (not that I'm not excited about Red Mage).

[Vexander]

I was honestly hoping for it to be a tank simply do to less people actually playing it

That is a TERRIBLE reason to want a job to be a specific role. Assuming you meant you want less people playing Samurai.

[Dualblade]

Paladin isn't my main but it is my second gear'd behind Dragoon, and is the one I'm furthest along with for relic. Having a new tank (or healer) would have been nice to try out but I'd probably just end up back on Paladin because I enjoy it. That not making a new tank job means all three tanks have a better chance of being balanced (WITHOUT nerfs to Warrior or Dark Knight please) then I'm all for it!

Like I had said previously, with that logic, we already had Ishgard's job, Dragoon, but still got Dark Knight and Machinist (while our version of Astrologian coming from Sharlayan), and we already have Othard's Job, Ninja.
I just wanted to see more Ala Mhigo represented a little more too (not that I'm not excited about Red Mage).

Its possible that Red Mage will turn out to be a Ala Mhigan job, while their Monks are most famous its not like their whole military might were just them. It could also be something like Dark Knights, being an Ala Mhigan job but also not used by many for whatever reason lore wise. Given that White/Black Mages are rare as far as lore is concered Red Mages should be too.