Quote Originally Posted by Darsien View Post
It wasn't, though. SAM was the worst Melee DPS by a large margin. Even at the end it forever fell under the shadow of SMN, BLM, NIN, and MNK for a slot. It was only ever seriously used on O12S's door boss. It definitely needed changes and I firmly believe current SAM is better then Stormblood SAM.
It was because these other roles had utility that made them worthwhile. Sam as a class was plenty fine as a damage class just that it didnt do that substantially more damage to warrant it not having raid utility. But it was fine as a dps class in terms of dealing damage.