Developers, Please Address Samurai Kicking

[Jijifli]

I agree with your unpopular opinion :X I think SAM would've been so much cooler as a tank, and more in demand as well. But alas. Hopefully we get tank+healer in 5.0 to balance things out a bit.

Given how parrying with a Katana is a pretty easy way to ruin your blade, as it's really good for slashing and not for parrying, I wanna know how you'd make that work.

Plus after DRK didn't actually increase tank popuation once the hype train died by 3.1... It could have just been left dead.

[Nerfworthy]

Given how parrying with a Katana is a pretty easy way to ruin your blade, as it's really good for slashing and not for parrying, I wanna know how you'd make that work.

In a game where we ride dragons and flying horses and create magic out of thin air, and you're questioning how SAM would tank with a katana? o.0

[Jijifli]

In a game where we ride dragons and flying horses and create magic out of thin air, and you're questioning how SAM would tank with a katana? o.0

First, Ananta's Elephant would have made a better example. And we aren't making magic out of thin air, there is a resource. CNJ uses elementals to assist, THM and ACN have their own inner pools, WHM/BLM use Hydaelyn for their resource and caused their own calamity issues that forced those magics to be, lore wise, illegal to access, etc.

But I guess Square could just make some dumb excuse like the katanas are made of this very specific material that can parry anything with no punishments. It's not like the point of the Katana itself is that it's made to be super fast, which makes it bad for parrying due to the design. It should funtion like a greatsword, BLOCK THAT ROCK!

[Alacran]

Given how parrying with a Katana is a pretty easy way to ruin your blade, as it's really good for slashing and not for parrying, I wanna know how you'd make that work.

Plus after DRK didn't actually increase tank popuation once the hype train died by 3.1... It could have just been left dead.

And cutting down magi tek vehicles, stone golems, Alagan created abominations, ect... Is completely believable? As is the code of bushidio that favors attacking your opponents from behind? Funny that.

Samurai as it was given to us in StormBlood should have been called Ronin. Ronin did not have the money or influence to afford armour and weapons and as such became mercenaries to survive. Samurai had their lords favor and equipment to protect their lords lands and people. There was a difference.

Ronin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C5%8Dnin

Samurai
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai