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.
No, by the end of the expansion it performed within less than a percent of those jobs, so long as it was played in its optimal comp, which was just as much a concern for SMN, MNK, DRG, BRD, MCH, and arguably BLM.

I can agree with you that, now that Hagakure is no longer a trap and Tsubame-Gaeshi has been smoothed out, current SAM is better than Stormblood's, but rDPS balance in top-tier play at at the end of Stormblood was some of the tightest, likely, in MMO history. Its only issue was that they each fit only into certain comps for optimal play.