Quote Originally Posted by Niyuka View Post
To be frank, if MNK SAM and NIN would put out the exact same rDPS, SAM would be meta because its easiest to play and needs no positionals. As soon as you give NIN or MNK a buff to accommodate for that, they are meta and SAM is "worthless".

The theorycrafting meta community will always crown ONE King, not several. And lets not get started talking about 8-man vs 4-man vs. 24-man.
Could it be closer? Of course. But I dont see how you can have 4 melee classes all balanced with each other without the meta picking one over the rest. NIN has been an oppressive presence in the game since its release.

I am certain you can clear Savage with a NIN in your party. Or with a SAM. Or even with both! You dont just have to go BLM BLM BLM DRG to get anywhere.

But as long as not every class is exactly the same and plays the same, you can always claim one is superior.


I spit out my coffee when you said no positional needed on sam. We are punished HEAVILY more so than Monks if we don't use ours. I'm not sure you understand sam very well.