Samurai Melee DPS thoughts

[Ultimatecalibur]

Remember when NIN came out? It's going to be like that.
But worse. Infinitely worse.

No, it isn't. Ninja came out at a time when a fair number of players had capped all other classes leading to the majority of players leveling the same class at the same time. Samurai and Red Mage will be coming out when 13 other classes need to be leveled.

[Kit-Kat]

Remember when NIN came out? It's going to be like that.
But worse. Infinitely worse.

Like I said in another thread. Tank and healer mains will still want to lvl up to 70 asap and they'll queue normally. NIN was a problem because it came out on 2.4, way late into the 2.0 "expansion", and everyone already was lv50 (except newbies duh) with nothing to lvl up but ONE new job.

[Belhi]

Like I said in another thread. Tank and healer mains will still want to lvl up to 70 asap and they'll queue normally. NIN was a problem because it came out on 2.4, way late into the 2.0 "expansion", and everyone already was lv50 (except newbies duh) with nothing to lvl up but ONE new job.

Your assuming that no Healers or Tank players won't swap because the themes of the new classes appeal to them. If they do anything to majorly change the existing tanks or healers could make this more likely if they notably change the feeling of the Jobs.

When Heavensward launched DPS was the Adventurer in need and had almost instant queues for almost a month. What makes you assume the opposite won't happen here?

[Kit-Kat]

Your assuming that no Healers or Tank players won't swap because the themes of the new classes appeal to them. If they do anything to majorly change the existing tanks or healers could make this more likely if they notably change the feeling of the Jobs.

When Heavensward launched DPS was the Adventurer in need and had almost instant queues for almost a month. What makes you assume the opposite won't happen here?

No, I'm just assuming that not EVERY tank and healer will swap, only a small portion of people wanting to still try new classes. But majority of them will first lvl their main classes so when raids and primals come out, they're ready to go. MMO expansion experience 101. Also personally, when HW came out, I instantly rerolled AST because I was a healer main back in 2.x and wanted a healer to lvl up to 60 first, I leveled from 30 to 50 in less than a day and caught up the 50-60 train quite fast and it was also a new job so it was a win-win, and most of my queues were people leveling their 50 classes through roulettes, not drk/mch.

[Belhi]

No, I'm just assuming that not EVERY tank and healer will swap, only a small portion of people wanting to still try new classes. But majority of them will first lvl their main classes so when raids and primals come out, they're ready to go. MMO expansion experience 101. Also personally, when HW came out, I instantly rerolled AST because I was a healer main back in 2.x and wanted a healer to lvl up to 60 first, I leveled from 30 to 50 in less than a day and caught up the 50-60 train quite fast and it was also a new job so it was a win-win, and most of my queues were people leveling their 50 classes through roulettes, not drk/mch.

If only 15% of current Healers and Tanks make the switch, even temporarily it will make a substancial difference to queues. I know healers and tanks who have said they are going to be levelling the SAM or RDM first regardless of what role they are. As I pointed out before, just look at what happened in HW with dps queues becoming instant. If it happened one way it very likely will happen the other as well.

[Renius]

Remember when NIN came out? It's going to be like that.
But worse. Infinitely worse.

So what. Stay as tank and healer get in queues faster, wait for all the hubub to die down enjoy the new content faster by keeping your tank and healer polished and looking good. When the big push dies down get into RDM or SAM.

[BreyVoreas93]

God that was awful I really freakin hope not.

[Xairos]

And then the environment will correct itself when people want to play the roles they want to play. Like those of us who like Tanking and Healing. It'll be fine.

[Xlantaa]

Well, prepare your anus to see 99% of player base as Samurai. I think Devs just spit to Tanks/healers face. Not a single class for us. I hope the DPS who asked only fpr DPS classes can eat their queues and don't come here to complain because are too long.

[Xau]

Well, prepare your anus to see 99% of player base as Samurai. I think Devs just spit to Tanks/healers face. Not a single class for us. I hope the DPS who asked only fpr DPS classes can eat their queues and don't come here to complain because are too long.

there is potd, that place literally does not need of healers or tanks(tho it needs smart dps).... and the queues are rather fast