Soo...is it just me or is Samurai very boring?

[Sequora]

It’s not supposed to be fast. It’s supposed to be slow and powerful.

There are several other melee DPS that fill this role.

Maybe try MNK?

[Taranok]

It’s not supposed to be fast. It’s supposed to be slow and powerful.

There are several other melee DPS that fill this role.

Maybe try MNK?

Funny, I wouldn't describe Samurai as 'slow and powerful.' The only mDPS I'd ever describe as that, is Ninja back when it had the HW rotation. Which Mudras helped inflate and made it feel faster, otherwise it was a pretty 'slow,' laid back class despite its GCD.

That said, SAM can feel awfully slow while leveling. Shoha is a silly ability and, combined with Tsubame-Gaeshi, can really make the rotation feel very, very fast just off those 2, but especially when combined with everything else. I describe SAM as the single most technical class in the game, currently, for a reason. But not the hardest. That still belongs to Black Mage.

[Naoki34]

It’s not supposed to be fast. It’s supposed to be slow and powerful.

There are several other melee DPS that fill this role.

Maybe try MNK?

I really like the SAM with a Skill Speed hard cap of 1827.

With that I still get a sufficiently high critical rate.

I am mostly faster than the SAMs who play with a soft cap of 1320.

Optimized on the right secondary stat before saying it's slow. If you only focus on Crit > Hit, it's normal that it's slow.

Plus there are plenty of non-GCD skills to fill the gap and dps more.