Will they ever add melee DPS without positional attacks?

[Ryaz]

SAM is definitely the job you want if you do not want to deal with the "melee dance" FFXIV has going on. Having played a caster, tank, and melee I always feel DPS melee have a hell of a time compared to my BLM/RDM due to having to avoid boss mechanics like cleaves, aoes, and etc.. my BLM just casts non stop till they have to avoid an aoe. SAM definitely feels superior to MNK with that powerful feel but less crack head dancing.

I wouldn't say SAM is a class you want if you want to ignore positionals. True, the easy skill floor makes the class do OK DPS just spamming Midare, but it's the use of Kenki that really brings the class up. One missed positional is 5 Kenki, which is 1/5th of a Shinten which means every missed positional is a loss equal to 60 potency.

I'm all for a melee class not relying on positionals, but SE would have to come up with another mechanic to create a skill gap, though, to keep it interesting for higher skilled players.