Samurai Job = DPS Job

[EdwinLi]

So bad news is they originally wanted SAM in 3.0 but decided to not included it because it did not suit the theme....

Good news is that SAM is planned to be a DPS Job in the future but release time is still being planned for "the right time"

Regarding Samurai
They had an idea to make Samurai a tank. However because the Heavensward (I think they call it Souten no Ishigard in Jp) theme is dark, they felt a dark knight was more fitting for the role.
Inside of YoshiP the Samurai feels more like a DPS than a tank.
Since they released the Ninja job,they didn't want another Japanese style job
They decided to skip Samurai for now but since a lot of people request it they are still examining whether to add it in the future

So how do you feel about this?

For me I'm happy SAM will be a DPS because it was one of the interesting type of Jobs to play in FF series and I do enjoy DD Roles more than Tank and healer role.

[Drako]

off-topic but what the heck, Ishgard was in the name of the expansion in JP? Why not in english? I hate when the localization team goes batty and comes up with some random name for things. It ends up sucking bad...no offense to anyone that likes the name, but it just sounds so lazy. sounds like they just asked people to think of any random name they thought sounded cool and put it in a hat to be drawn.

on topic, I guess its cool they may release sam in the future.

[Nep_Nep]

I always imagined Sam as a DPS. I saw it as a DPS that got strong when attacking from the front. (to show honor and all that.) I wonder if that could work in this game.
I wonder how it will look when it eventually gets released. Cool to know its coming in the future.

[Martumal]

Personally I like tanking more so I was hoping we'd see it as a tank. Either way, as long as it's released I'll be happy to play it. Hope they don't make us wait too long.

[Kamifubuki-Yoakesetsuri]

I'm glad my favorite job will be a DPS

[Morningstar1337]

This seems interesting:

• On the one hand Samurai/Swordmasters use counterattacks as their gimmick, making it seem to suited to a tank role
• On the other hand, since Dark Knight had become a rank there's no melee DPS that uses Swords. (Rouges don;t count. they use Knives)
• And then there will likely be the purists that will cry fowl on SAM not being a Tank becuase of the 1st point
• Of course SE is not obligated to make everything conform to precedent standards. In fact they're not even obligated to make SAM counter oriented, but instead make a new gimmick for it

[Erudain]

yeah after DKN was annouced as a tank I was expecting SAM to be a DPS...

[Cluebilly]

I always imagined Sam as a DPS. I saw it as a DPS that got strong when attacking from the front. (to show honor and all that.) I wonder if that could work in this game.
I wonder how it will look when it eventually gets released. Cool to know its coming in the future.

It maybe could, but they'd probably need to give Samurai some really good defense or defensive abilities so it could take the hits. Imagine Samurai trying to take a mountain buster to the face

[Recaldy]

Thsi is confirmed ...where?

[Laelius]

Whats the source of this?