What I'd have preferred for 5.1 Samurai

[Liam_Harper]

Yes... but you should still be able to get the Kenki for the full duration, which is what Meditate will be used for mostly. Even if you go into downtime with or without stacks, you're only going to have 1 Shoha available by the end either way.

But if you go into the downtime phase with 2 stacks, you only "gain" 1 from Meditate. Whereas if the fight timing favored Sam and you'd just used Shoha and went in with 0, you'd gain 3 and another Shoha as you come out. Which means we're at the mercy of how Shoha lines with downtime unless I'm missing something?

If (example) Meditate gained 3 stacks for a full duration but had a cap of 5, we could bank the excess 2 and lose nothing regardless.

[Shurrikhan]

But if you go into the downtime phase with 2 stacks, you only "gain" 1 from Meditate. Whereas if the fight timing favored Sam and you'd just used Shoha and went in with 0, you'd gain 3 and another Shoha as you come out. Which means we're at the mercy of how Shoha lines with downtime unless I'm missing something?

If (example) Meditate gained 3 stacks for a full duration but had a cap of 5, we could bank the excess 2 and lose nothing regardless.

From the wording, it might have been reduced to giving one stack regardless, a hard nerf to Meditate, but avoiding that particular issue. Guess we'll see.