Quote Originally Posted by Kaedan View Post
Actually, what Yoshi P said was that they had considered adding SAM as a tank, but they felt that DRK fit the HW theme better and they had just released NIN, so he didn't know if it would be a good idea to do another Eastern job right away or not. Also that Yoshi's image of a SAM is that of a lightly-armored (just a kimono) iaijutsu master (quick draw katana style) a la Roroni Kenshin.
Just thought to add to the light weight part with an old reference.. since I can't recall all the times it was put forth but I do remember a few times people had said he said (lol great way to start misinformation ), that he thought it more of a DD job.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...erview-Summary

Also: http://www.cgmagonline.com/2015/03/1...-with-yoshi-p/

And I'm fairly certain it's been said more than that (either "not sure" or "I feel like it's a DD job").

I don't mind SAM being tank (I feel the whole parry idea is a bit weird in lore comparison to other tanks but whatever, not a big deal), but at least everything I see from Yoshida either points at "not sure, tank seems more shogun" or more specifically "I want it to be DD". I see people feel really confident it'll be tank, but I'm wondering if its just their gut feeling. Since it seems Yoshida isn't confident at all on that aspect. Imo would love to see Katana in a more DD position, but I get people wanting to see the heavy armor and thinking that's got to be tank (although I think SAM would fit just fine in the same vein of armors as DRG who has heavy and light options and is DD).