Quote Originally Posted by Gabrielleblanc View Post
I would actually be okay with that, I am not against them using Naginata its just that everyone automatically associates them with Katana, hell I would still play it even if they gave it a Yumi.
They could always do a split like they did with Arcanist, Although i know they said they regret doing that. But They could have the samurai Trainer teach two differing styles, one that uses a Katana (DPS so the dps players can get a sword) and Naginata (Tank, so the tanks can get another non-sword role). Different skills for the technically different jobs.

Samurai: Katana using DPS class.
Shogun: Naginata using Tank class.

I could see that working, then everybody is happy, and everybody wins. You'll still get the tank players that dont want to use a Naginata, and vice versa, but I feel its the closest to a compromise as we can get.