Compiled SAM threads against 6.1 changes / Kaiten removal

[CelestiCer]

" Added the Following Threads to the List "

7-09-2022 - MellowMink - Will any requested Kaiten feedback actually factor into future job updates?
7-14-2022 - KurenXIV - RIP SAM - no reverts planned for 6.2
8-23-2022 - ninjasoldier014 Samurai is dead to me, thanks square (Kaiten 6.2)
8-23-2022 - Kaseladen - SAM is dead
8-25-2022 - Winefaye - Samurai just want their feedback to be aknowledged
8-25-2022 - Bunstonious - Patch Notes - Missing Change
8-26-2022 - Randommob - Just another Kaiten post


" Added the other Youtube links with Samurai negative change feedback/satire "

4-6-2022 - Misshapen Chair - I am the FFXIV Villain
8-4-2022 - Lucy Pyre - 3 FFXIV Jobs to Play if you HATE YOURSELF
8-20-2022 - Xenosys Vex - Xeno Rants About Crit & Direct Hit In Final Fantasy 14
8-25-2022 - Lucy Pyre - 3 FFXIV Jobs to Play if you HATE OTHER PEOPLE

PS: Yes all working links, it's that many

[Deithwen]

" Added the Following Threads to the List "

7-09-2022 - MellowMink - Will any requested Kaiten feedback actually factor into future job updates?
7-14-2022 - KurenXIV - RIP SAM - no reverts planned for 6.2
8-23-2022 - ninjasoldier014 Samurai is dead to me, thanks square (Kaiten 6.2)
8-23-2022 - Kaseladen - SAM is dead
8-25-2022 - Winefaye - Samurai just want their feedback to be aknowledged
8-25-2022 - Bunstonious - Patch Notes - Missing Change
8-26-2022 - Randommob - Just another Kaiten post


" Added the other Youtube links with Samurai negative change feedback/satire "

4-6-2022 - Misshapen Chair - I am the FFXIV Villain
8-4-2022 - Lucy Pyre - 3 FFXIV Jobs to Play if you HATE YOURSELF
8-20-2022 - Xenosys Vex - Xeno Rants About Crit & Direct Hit In Final Fantasy 14
8-25-2022 - Lucy Pyre - 3 FFXIV Jobs to Play if you HATE OTHER PEOPLE

PS: Yes all working links, it's that many

Please know that your work and efforts are greatly appreciated. It is really helpful to have these kind of recaps regarding Sam. Cheers to you.

[CelestiCer]

I am definitely enjoying the Island Sanctuary content

[BaconBits]

[JakkuPM]

bump
man, job design really gets worse and worse as time goes on huh.

• 3.x-4.05 great job design, good variety in playstyles (sans DRK that got worse in 4.0 and hasn't been as good as it was in HW since)
• WAR ruined in 4.1, hasn't recovered since
• 4.5 removed MNK playstyle
• 5.0 gutted healers and tanks became super homogenized and lost all aggro management
• 6.0 SMN rework boring as all hell, MNK also unimpressive
• 6.1 killed SAM

DRG looks like it's next on the chopping block. can't wait to quit when that happens.

[RyuuZero]

bump
man, job design really gets worse and worse as time goes on huh.

• 3.x-4.05 great job design, good variety in playstyles
• WAR ruined in 4.1, hasn't recovered since
• 4.5 removed MNK playstyle
• 5.0 gutted healers and tanks became super homogenized and lost all aggro management
• 6.0 SMN rework boring as all hell, MNK also unimpressive
• 6.1 killed SAM

DRG looks like it's next on the chopping block. can't wait to quit when that happens.

No doubt Life Surge will bite the dust next, it's just a Gaugeless Cool Down that can be rolled up into Potency increases and maybe one Combo Finisher getting a selfheal, if the devs are a bit merciful.. Geirskogul has the same cool down as Jump so that can be rolled up there as well.. and Mirage Dive is just a Waste anyway.. looking at Paladin.. Fight'o Flight? again gaugeless, nonsense button, rolling up into Potency Increases, done.. Req.. Cool Skill, true but so was Kaiten *Chop* just make the Casts Instant and let us build up req stacks up to 5 to use Confiteor.. the Confiteor Combo is on one button anyway.. what's next? BLM? Leylines? rolling that up to a trait.. but who am I kidding BLM will never be touched..

[Khalitas]

Please add Kaiten back. It's an amazing animation and really added flair to the job.

[RyuuZero]

Please add Kaiten back. It's an amazing animation and really added flair to the job.

Kaiten added flair because it made you able utilize Kenki to Boost your Weaponskills, it's funny to think "uhh just 20 Kenki~" but it was the point, Kaiten wasn't a free cool down (like Life Surge or Fight of Flight), it interacted with the Kenki Gauge!

Kaiten wasn't just a fancy Animation or a useful Skill, it's also the Reason why Kenki Management exists in the first place.

[xAFROx]

Kaiten added flair because it made you able utilize Kenki to Boost your Weaponskills, it's funny to think "uhh just 20 Kenki~" but it was the point, Kaiten wasn't a free cool down (like Life Surge or Fight of Flight), it interacted with the Kenki Gauge!

Kaiten wasn't just a fancy Animation or a useful Skill, it's also the Reason why Kenki Management exists in the first place.

And it properly filled the gap between the last gcd and the iaijutsu cast, taking away that awkward moment of nothing in the rotation that existed at level 50. Now that same awkward stutter is back for the whole leveling experience.

[CelestiCer]

Maybe if it was all in one place instead of spread into so many different threads, they might get a better idea of how important it is. There's so much spam about this. No one's going to sit and make a list of all the Kaiten threads and mentions in other threads.

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