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    Dzian's Avatar
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    Scarlett Dzian
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    Sargatanas
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    Bard Lv 76
    Quote Originally Posted by whiteblade89 View Post
    It'd be nice if they took off the kenki cost of the gap-closer and gap-creator (how would you say that?). That's my take for now. I think it'd be a good start because samurai is all about up-time, but in most situations (from what I've heard) you want to avoid using those abilities to conserve kenki for Shinten or abilities. It would be a nice QoL change. Just keep the cooldowns they have but take away the kenki cost.
    They're not that bad. Shintenis a 300 potency ogcd. But if you use the disengage plus gap closer and enhanced enpi it's 500 potency in a single gcd.

    As long as you don't break your combo using enpi its not to bad. But the enhanced enpi buff is 15 seconds so plenty of time to use the gap closer finish your combo and squeeze an enpi in before your next combo.
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    Shurrikhan's Avatar
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    Tani Shirai
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    Cactuar
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    Monk Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Dzian View Post
    They're not that bad. Shintenis a 300 potency ogcd. But if you use the disengage plus gap closer and enhanced enpi it's 500 potency in a single gcd.

    As long as you don't break your combo using enpi its not to bad. But the enhanced enpi buff is 15 seconds so plenty of time to use the gap closer finish your combo and squeeze an enpi in before your next combo.
    This. If, say, Yaten provided a double-Empi instead of a triple-damage Empi, you could fill out an overclocked GCD from your rotation with a 400-potency GCD at zero Kenki cost. Yaten out at 100 potency for 10 Kenki, Empix2 for 20 Kenki and 200 potency, Gyoten back for 100 potency for 10 Kenki, and you'd arrive at the same Kenki value you started at.

    As Shinten gives 300 potency for just 25 Kenki, that 10 Kenki spared is worth at least more 20% than the 100 potency.

    Now, maybe for the sake of fluidity that minor buff could be warranted, but all I mean to point out here is that Yaten's already decently strong for its expense, and it wouldn't take much to make it a use-on-CD ability, which I think most would rather avoid.
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    Last edited by Shurrikhan; 02-18-2018 at 11:03 AM.