Summoner Early Post-Launch Feedback at level 80

[Rika007]

But what allowed NIN and especially SAM to receive potency buffs while SMN received basically nothing in 5.08?

You could argue for NIN buffs, but there is no reason SAM needed potency buffs.

If they received those buffs to "tide them over" until the rework of 5.1, then why didn't SMN receive them too? The difference between MNK and SAM is non-existent compared to the difference between BLM and SMN.

Lets not be disingenuous, SAM absolutely needed buffs. It's a greedy DPS job that doesn't output greedy DPS numbers. Jobs with far superior party utility, DRG and MNK were also bringing better damage then SAM to the table as well as their buffs.