Quote Originally Posted by SiriusBreeze View Post
Writing this, I pine for Stormblood era Samurai. Stormblood Samurai had the most dynamic gauge (not cards! gauge) to optimize. I would have loved to see the Samurai that brought that forward... and without Tsubame-Gaeshi.

I make this post knowing full well that the dev team probably have their hands full. The housing situation is in disarray, the new crystal conflict has been a resounding success (and the people who made it deserve such an applause! This is amazing, thank you!) and balance changes are probably being worked on (or the White Mage supremacy will take over), 6.2 is probably already being worked on, other jobs are being looked at (pray for your job), and I wouldn't be surprised if there is someone trying to figure out what to do with Samurai in the meantime. I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't happening either...

I've felt a little adrift in the game, trying to find another job to click with. Was hoping I could join the edgelord gang as a Reaper, but I still find myself longing for my katana. Maybe tanking as a Gunbreaker will give me that new rush. Maybe I'll heal as a Sage and join the healer forum in protesting for a more involved dps toolkit. Maybe I need the fast GCDs as a Monk. I'm still searching for something that feels missing after I lost Samurai. But until we know the future of Samurai, I will post in protest!
I agree with most of the criticisms except that...

I hated Hagekure Samurai. Shinten spam wasn't fun for me, it's why SAM didn't catch on with me until ShB. A playstyle that is, unfortunately, returned in 6.1.

Tsubame-Gaeshi is awesome imo. Even its name is cool since it was a sword technique by Sasaki Kojiro. Ironically, Shinten would be closest to its actual movement, given it was an overhead stroke performed at a breakneck speed. Too bad I loathe Shinten's role and sound design.

On top of that, I love Senei's animation. I don't mind that we have an alternate choice for Guren- just like I don't mind Kyuten. It lets me set up two hotbars, one for AOE, one for ST and comfortably just swap buttons around.