Quote Originally Posted by YukikoKurosawa View Post
I've never used and will never use Meikyo Shisui or Hagakure because I just have never seen the point of them, as far as I'm concerned they're just redundant and or useless. Yes I've watched guides, I still don't understand the point of those two abilities, they just don't make sense to me at all. They're not even on my bars since EW forced me to make more space.

Those seem to be the major reasons for my lower parses. Beyond that, some weaving mistakes. Probaly a few instances I got disrupted from my rotation for one reason or another.

Also it's knocking off points for me using LB3. The logs are severely knocking my performance down for a few issues that didn't affect how well I actually performed in the fight overall. I really just don't care. A few rotational issues aside, I didn't die, didn't fail any mechanics, and the boss died quickly. I don't have the energy to care about anything beyond that. I just don't care. I've never cared so little about anything in my entire life.
If you aren’t utilizing your full toolkit, it doesn’t matter that you didn’t die or executed mechanics flawlessly. You’re failing at the one true job a SAM has: dealing damage. Meikyo usage is fundamental—it isn’t even min-max levels of optimization.

You’re within your rights not to care about your performance—but don’t be irritated if someone happens to point it out. The absence of Meikyo usage doesn’t even require a log to see: someone could simply watch your buff bar during combat.