I wish Gunbreaker would be a DPS class.

[linay]

I wonder if Gunbreaker will be able to apply slashing debuff. Maybe that would shake up the meta.

It won't, it would just make SAM's only utility even more redundant.

[Bright-Flower]

It won't, it would just make SAM's only utility even more redundant.

Isn't SAM supposed to be a 'selfish dps' anyway lacking utility but with high personal dps?

[linay]

Isn't SAM supposed to be a 'selfish dps' anyway lacking utility but with high personal dps?

Sure, so either way, a slashing debuff from gunbreaker won't do anything to the meta (by itself).

Which is already redundant to WAR and NIN anyway...

Hence more redundant.

[Seraphor]

Sure, so either way, a slashing debuff from gunbreaker won't do anything to the meta (by itself).

There’s currently a 33% chance that your tanks won’t have the ability to apply any slashing debuff (PLD/DRK) that makes having a NIN or a SAM more important.
Now that half of our tanks will be able to apply a slashing debuff (WAR and GUN) that NIN and SAM will be less essential.
While this might be a mark down for the somewhat neglected SAM, it’s a bonus against the essential inclusion of NIN.

[linay]

There’s currently a 33% chance that your tanks won’t have the ability to apply any slashing debuff (PLD/DRK) that makes having a NIN or a SAM more important.
Now that half of our tanks will be able to apply a slashing debuff (WAR and GUN) that NIN and SAM will be less essential.
While this might be a mark down for the somewhat neglected SAM, it’s a bonus against the essential inclusion of NIN.

I was under the impression that current meta includes WAR.

[Seraphor]

I was under the impression that current meta includes WAR.

"The Meta" goes further than one precise load out, or it wouldn't be that big of a problem. The problem is that people try to replicate it to some extent in content that it isn't necessary to do so.

[Seraphor]

It won't, it would just make SAM's only utility even more redundant.

Which is already redundant to WAR and NIN anyway...