Quote Originally Posted by fulminating View Post
Personally I think the bad path started with the removal of Seigan (that counter thingy), but most people are fine with that.
I was definitely not fine with it, I miss Seigan.
Seigan was the main draw for me for SAM because it was a mechanic unique to SAM that rewarded attentive, good gameplay with dps or could be used for an additional, albeit small, clutch heal if things went south. The rest, like combos, building big nuke-y burst was pretty whatever for me because it's basically the same basic concept across all melees: do 123 until shiny things happen and big hits go BRRR. I like the aesthetic of SAM, I think Kaiten nailed what the class is about but what really kept me interested in it and made me take it into savage at least a few times was The whole Third Eye/ Seigan mechanic.

Of all the buttons they could have merged or removed they chose the one thing that was truly unique to SAM.
Huge red flag for me and surprise, surprise, they doubled down on this path.