SAM out classing all other DPS

[Karja]

SAM specializes purely in dealing personal damage. All other dps jobs have some raid wide utility that increases the raids dps, and thus their own dps contribution. SAM being any weaker than it is means that it's the new 2.X DRG, and a significant loss to take over rather jobs, rather than a negligible loss.

Black mage is the only job without raid wide utility. SAM is a close second with Slashing debuff since two other jobs also have slashing.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

Black mage is the only job without raid wide utility. SAM is a close second with Slashing debuff since two other jobs also have slashing.

Slashing debuff is not utility you can attribute to a Samurai for the simple reason that it's required for a NIN to maximize their own damage. So to say SAM has raid utility when it's paired with something else that has said utility is worth nothing more than a laugh.

After all, unlike Samurai, NIN is in fact mandatory and has a slashing debuff with much higher effective uptime, making Samurai redundant at best and worthless at worst.

[Karja]

Slashing debuff is not utility you can attribute to a Samurai for the simple reason that it's required for a NIN to maximize their own damage. So to say SAM has raid utility when it's paired with something else that has said utility is worth nothing more than a laugh.

After all, unlike Samurai, NIN is in fact mandatory and has a slashing debuff with much higher effective uptime, making Samurai redundant at best and worthless at worst.

Doesn't change the fact that you claimed that SAM is the only job without raid wide utility which is wrong since BLM has no raid utility.