is it just me or is SAM a little too overcomplicated

[Allyrion]

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As you're saying, the skills are not named after sword forms but more romantic language. Some traditional koryu have names like these for techniques but it's not like it would help you with these techniques. It would be more helpful to know Japanese in general than memorized sword terms for this ability set.

But the animation is everything basically. Why wouldn't it be? Aero means wind but it didn't need to be a dot. The names match the animations like Midare Setsugekka is literally a combination of the 3 Sen. Names usually match the aesthetic rather than the game mechanic.


I do think people are more struggling with the terminology than the Job mechanics themselves. Not that it's a simple job, there's clearly a lot of possible min-maxing available. But the basic 50 combo system isn't rocket science, more like basic buff upkeep combos with Iaijutsu to mix it up as a finisher. Kinki adds more depth but they all seem to have their time and place so it's not overwhelming.

Maybe a bigger part is that you can see all the future skills all at once now and we're starting at a later level than we're used to (bar 51-60 POTD grinding).