Combo Action Button

[Sandpark]

Not to mention those moments, for whatever reason, where you're short on Kenki for a Midare so you want to Haka -> Jinpu (now you have your Kenki), Kaiten -> Midare, then finish your Jinpu combo for another Sen. If the combo was consolidated you're forced to waste a Sen.

In short, it just wouldn't work well for Sam.

Sam is no more complicated than the other jobs when it comes to core combos just has more strings. Monk has two single target strings, Sam has three single target strings, aka Monk would need two dedicated combo buttons and Sam would need three.
(1)Hakaze>(2)Jinpu>(3)Gekko= String 1 Gekko Combo
(1)Hakaze>(4)Shifu>(5) Kasha= String 2 Kasha Combo
(1)Hakaze>(6)Yukikaze= String 3 Yukikaze Combo

Non-consolidated equals six dedicated buttons, consolidated equals three dedicated buttons.
Now the rotation is 1,2,3 -> 1,4,5 -> 1,6.
Consolidated would be 1,1,1-> 2,2,2 -> 3,3.

With that short on kenki scenario in a consolidated combo, you would press 1,1, do kaiten -> Midare, then finish your Jinpu combo with 1.
Meikyo Shisui completely screws that consolidated idea though. You can't consolidate into fewer buttons then be able to do them separately..

So if they did try and consolidate Sam combos the effect or description of MS would have to be changed to something else like grants a full Kenki gauge and perhaps adds easier access to Hissatsu skills.

[Nora_of_Mira]

So if they did try and consolidate Sam combos the effect or description of MS would have to be changed to something else like grants a full Kenki gauge and perhaps adds easier access to Hissatsu skills.

thats precisely why I dont think they should do this kind of consolidation. not the mention the years of muscle memory lost.