The Samurai buffs are terrible. (Preliminary Patch Notes)

[gintokiygo]

They can't even really say that'd it would be risky to just give Samurai's more damage as it's working just fine for Blackmage. The buffs fall very short and to be fair I would have been fine still being slightly behind Monk still if we were at least doing as much damage as Blackmage.

[Kabooa]

They can't even really say that'd it would be risky to just give Samurai's more damage as it's working just fine for Blackmage. The buffs fall very short and to be fair I would have been fine still being slightly behind Monk still if we were at least doing as much damage as Blackmage.

A cursory look at high percentile statistics shows a 2-3% damage gain putting Samurai past Black mage on Chadarnook, equivalent on Guardian, equivalent on Kefka, and equivalent on God Kefka.

Samurai AOE by comparison is ass and that's likely the deciding factor for Phantom Train.

[gintokiygo]

I took a look at that by those statistics it shows Samurai going past BLM on Chadarnook and Kefka. However I fail to see where you're getting the equivalent on God Kefka and Guardian Black still wins in those areas. Also agreed Samurai AOE is ass.