SAM out classing all other DPS

[Eyvhokan]

On SAM you lose potency in ways that aren't readily apparent. Same with positionals. People see that the combo potency doesn't require the positional, so they assume SAM has it easier. Untrue. It loses you Kenki. To be exact, 300 potency lost through 5 missed positionals, roughly the same level of punishment as the other Melee.

Hold on a sec.

Losing 300 potency through 5 missed positionals is only the skills Kasha and Gekko. They each feature once each in the weapon skill rotation, meaning it happens after 2.5 rotations of missing positionals.

DRG loses 310 to 350 from 4 missed positionals, and uses 6 in the whole weapon skill rotation (12348956798). This means only 0.67 rotations of missing positionals will causes a greater potency loss.

MNK has even more positional attacks than DRG, although I don't think the missed positional potency is as high per individual weaponskill on average.

Nastrond is a grand total of 4% or so of a DRG's DPS. Needs changing, but losing one set of Nastronds would set you back probably less than 1% of their total DPS.

Rather than switching away from potency and to % from the positional potency punishment mentioned, losing the nastronds (with a big enough timer) is losing 960 potency. Each Nastrond dropped from shorter timers is 320 on its own.