Is Samurai a difficult class to play?

[Lauront]

In my Opinion Samurai is the easiest of all Melees But still harder than most Range DPS (Blackmage and Machinist are a pain atm)

Its a "Easy to learn, hard to Master" thingy.

SMN is harder too, if you are actually playing it properly and making optimal use of its many CDs.

I gave up playing BLM because the lag levels I get on an NA server just aren't fun, whereas they're not as punishing on SAM. I don't really like the style or aesthetic of the other melee jobs.