Samurai notes from the live letter, will remain weaker than BLM

[Vendalwind]

BLMs have to interrupt their casts to avoid mechanics, so learning the fight and knowing which mechanics to ignore or pre-position for directly impacts their DPS. SAM on the other hand can DPS while moving, and the cast times on their Iaijutsu is very rapid already (compared to BLMs longer 2.5s casts)

This mentality especially with the mobility of BLM nowadays is stupid.

Here's why:
1. Sam and any other melee has to interrupt dps for a variety of mechanics that keep us away from the boss.
2. melee dps frequently lose more uptime to an add spawn then ranged do because of tab targetting not always grabbing the target closest.
3. RDM, and SMN both have immobility nearly as much as BLM now too it feels like. The drastic difference between the 3 mobility wise has been closed quite a bit. BLM is still the biggest turret I know but this is undeniable.
4. It has been said time and time again by the Devs and the players in this forum that difficulty should not mean better dps. I disagree with this, I think classes with a higher skill cieling shoudl be slightly rewarded but more punished for mistakes. IE NIN at 90th up should do more total rdps than BLM or SAM, but at 50th shoudl do on par, and at sub 50th should do far less. But guess what? most people argue that difficulty should not be rewarded so that people can enjoy playing any class they want. BY THAT LOGIC the difficulty involved for BLMs knowing a fight and having to move should not give them an allowance for more dps.

BLM is balanced with caster, non raise, and non raid buff dps in mind.
I don't even like SAMs, but SAM shoudl absolutely be able to hit the same dps number a BLM should IMO

...Also please never forget NIN has to stand still for 6 seconds to cast his best move or he loses the entire bloody thing and has to wait another 120 seconds before he can use it can.