See, unlike the OP, I actually like the slow, methodical feel that Samurai offers.

The biggest thing with Samurai is just knowing when to use your Kenki to empower your attacks at the right moment. I also find myself rarely using the 25 Kenki attack oGCD, and prefer dumping it into the last attack of my first two chain attacks instead. I'm wondering what the output in DPS is, difference wise, between both attacks. I've read that above 45 Kenki, you should be using the attack, but I just don't feel the power behind that attack. Feels like it's a wet noodle hitting the mob. I get more oomph using it on those last two skills.

Also, whoever says that positional is not required by Samurai, is losing out on a LOT of Kenki in the rotation. Every rotation of attacks, you're effectively losing out 10 kenki Which in the spam of 24 seconds, and in a 10 minute fight like EX or boss fights, is around 25 cycles at max optimum output (Bar the times you have downtime due to characters, so let's go to 20) which equals to 200 Kenki, which is either 10 extra empowerments of your attack, or 8 of your oGCD attacks. (Still really new with SAM so the terms haven't stuck with me. Also, anything beyond normal names is beyond me to remember. You should see how often I fail at Aft and Fore and Starboard and whatever it is...)

So to say it doesn't impact you in the long term is not looking at the numbers and realizing that you can really do more damage than you are doing right now. And doing lesser content isn't an excuse that I accept for not doing it.