How is SAM not going to be bonkers OP in non raid content?

[Daralii]

They do, but the initial impression of SAM based on the potencies are that it's like MNK, but on steroids, in terms of personal damage. I also wasn't stating anything as fact, just speculating as well, since right now speculation is all we have. We know some of the raw potencies, but we won't know how it all works out in practice until a few weeks from now.

To be fair, SAM will probably be better viewed than HW monk just because they do a slashing debuff, which is infinitely more useful than blunt.

[Gamer3427]

To be fair, SAM will probably be better viewed than HW monk just because they do a slashing debuff, which is infinitely more useful than blunt.

True enough. Over all, I'm honestly just a bit cautious about SAM as it's been presented so far. It'll probably work out perfectly fine when SB hits, but the idea of a class that relies on pure damage and self-sustainability doesn't really sit well with me since I've seen it done before in a lot of games, and it almost always becomes either game breaking in single player, or a must pick in multiplayer. I do have faith in SE, but past experiences leave me with doubts......