Quote Originally Posted by baklava151 View Post
That's true but even then some jobs like SAM will still meld some SkS to a certain point depending on what they want, and even though the fastest tier is a slight damage loss it's still very viable. Not that I take SAM into high-difficulty content but I still like going fast as possible so it's nice when the option is there.
The difference is that for every other class it's just "SpS/ SkS to comfortable tier or for better alignment". There is some wiggle room but let's not pretend all classes have the same freedom as BLM there.
And the reason is simply being a good chunk of other classes' dps coming from oGCDs. Yes, there are some tier but if you take DRG for example, it's not "anywhere between this and this GCD works" - you have specific GCD tiers and you can pick one which suits you best. SAM has the most freedom of the melees which is why it's not a good example to bring.

I never said you cannot meld any SpS/ SkS EVER.
I just said that it quickly loses value over crit - and that is a simple fact and why we have this "crit > all" meta when it comes to melding, BLM being the exception.