Samurai Discussion

[Whisperer]

I'm feeling very squishy whilst leveling so far. This may just be POTD, but even a bit in the open world, I seem to be eaten alive sometimes. And yes, I use Third Eye very liberally.

Also, how have you guys set up your HUDs now for SB?

Every class takes the same amount damage pretty much in PotD depending on the aetherpool armor. I never really felt like I was going to die with 99/99 aetherpool unless something dumb happened.

However, overworld mobs in SB areas hurt like hell even with ilvl 260+ gear. You definitely CANNOT fight more than one at a time even with a chocobo out.

[Tsilyi]

However, overworld mobs in SB areas hurt like hell even with ilvl 260+ gear. You definitely CANNOT fight more than one at a time even with a chocobo out.

I mean, you can but it can get scary. There was one particular area where I was doing a fate solo with 64 mobs and 66 caster mobs spawning nearby that I had to run for a moment from but that was the other one. other than that if you bloodbath and can dot more than one target assuming health lasts a long time. I took bloodbath and second wind for early leveling, then dropped second wind later on and was too lazy to put it back. There were times I missed it but I never died for want of it, even during the occasional 2-3 mob pull. Let me state for the record I never intentionally pulled more than one mob, but if it happened, it happened and you could deal with it.

[White_Wolf_X]

How much Kenki do u generate per ws from Kenki Mastery 2?

5 per weaponskill as far i have seen.


edit: any know the best stats to aim for?.

[ShaolinMike]

How much Kenki do u generate per ws from Kenki Mastery 2?

All weaponskills generate 5 kenki. Gekka and Setsu generate 10 if you hit the positional.

[Greyfrost]

How much Kenki do u generate per ws from Kenki Mastery 2?

5 kenki. 10 kenki per Gekko / Kasha (Positional required). Yukikaze gives 10 no matter where you are.

[Ryaz]

Hitting level 62 is a game changer. You will really enjoy it.

I hit 62 today and I'm loving it. Especially since I finally have a consistent Kenki spender in Shinten to use all that extra I get from Kenki Mastery II.

[AldricBranchais]

I hit 62 today and I'm loving it. Especially since I finally have a consistent Kenki spender in Shinten to use all that extra I get from Kenki Mastery II.

Just wait until Hagakure and Guren.

[Araxes]

Can someone tell me the Statpriority and Materia i should use for Sam?

[Jeckyl_Tesla]

I'm feeling squishy as fuck while leveling. Especially casters, is that just me?

[Allyrion]

I'm feeling squishy as fuck while leveling. Especially casters, is that just me?

I don't feel like this. Third Eye and Merciful Eyes are pretty weak, but they're up very often.
Second Wind is still the main melee go-to healc and I have max-potions from spamming Palace of the Dead.

Leg Sweep isn't bad for some breathing room but overall most things simply die before being a threat.
There's no reason to pull many mobs in the overworld and instances have a tank unless POTD.

POTD was no issue for me at all either and I usually end up tanking most of the time.
While leveling I've taken Bloodbath and it's really hard to die once that is up because our damage is so good already.

If anything I would say Samurai is more tanky than my previous main - MNK.
They have more tools that don't reduce damage (unlike Fist of Earth) and more burst healing from Bloodbath.

Well I have never bothered to run POTD, so I have been doing that today and my god is this a slog. I have not even leveled up once and i have ran floors 1-10 3 times this morning just to get the Aether levels up to 3. This is why I have given up leveling a new job every time and just go back to a Paladin. There really needs to be a less horrendous way to level up a new job.

Once you pass floor 50, it's basically a checkpoint. Resetting after allows you to start at Floor 1 or Floor 51, and 51-60 gives a lot more xp and you start off as level 60 (2 button spams make the lower floors really tedious).

I did it with 2 friends (separately) recently for their first times in POTD and they only needed to reset twice each to get enough to keep going. Both went all the way to 50 with just that and I don't think they were particularly lucky. Getting out of the first half is the most important thing to make POTD bearable.

Also, roulettes are still great (leveling roulette is the single most efficient exp reward). And if you really don't like POTD, fate farming is good xp. Leves aren't great but you can use them to break the monotony once in a while if you don't need them for crafting/gathering.