Quote Originally Posted by Thunda_Cat_SMASH View Post
And SAM wasn't present for world first kills for most statics
Sigh. I understand that people feel the need to look at world firsts and base what's good and not around that, but it's not a fair representation of anything.
Most statics originally went SAM, but saw that the damage was simply too high for their current gear, so they switched to a job that could provide extra support.
Same goes for groups taking out AST for a WHM/SCH.

In progression, you're working around your gear more than anything. If you need mantra to heal up faster? Take Monk. Is SAM suddenly bad and Monk OP because you had to do this? Absolutely not.