Quote Originally Posted by Keichi View Post
I played the days as a Samurai again.
I dont think, he is dead. And to kaiten did i not have much of a opinion (it was simply a 1 attack buff, without extra effect).

But, it feeled like, that the Samurai is missing something.
Just FYI, you're responding to quite a old thread from " 08-23-2022 " after Patch 6.1 release on " 4-12-2022 " when Hissatsu: Kaiten got removed.

" Something being dead " is often used figuratively, as current SAM clearly functions well enough to clear all content. SAM's activity after it's gameplay got reduced to a singular braincell, with the buffs received due to TOP performances, made even more players flock to it. So statistically its not dead no, its pretty active.

" But figuratively speaking ", the old SAM is dead.
  • Hissatsu: Seigan deleted and moved to PvP as Hissatsu: Chiten
  • Hissatsu: Kaiten is removed
  • Tenka Goken no longer a Cone
  • Hissatsu: Senei is shared with Guren
  • Hissatsu: Senei Kenki cost reduced from 50 to 25
All so many stupid PvE changes that did not improve gameplay, made it feel bland all to replace the Old with the New-Samurai which has the identity of basically spamming Shinten. Whenever I think of this Samurai? I just think of the short-video where the guy puts every shape into the Square hole... cause it's dumb. Like you said, it makes it feel like Samurai is missing something... Couldn't be Kaiten amirite ( Give it back... ) So in a sense? for many players, what they used to love the Old-Samurai pre 6.1 = Dead

Samurai however does not lack Distance attacks. We have Enpi with or without the Enhanced and our Iaijutsu is essentially a half ranged attack now after the buffs. Include Ogi Namikiri? and we're essentially adopting the definition of fake ranged... After how Square has pissed and mocked all over melee uptime in Endwalker, the last thing we need is more ranged attacks... at that point? just play a Ranged job. Mhm.