Thought I should reply here and echo the majority of thoughts and opinions in this thread. I saw this in the XIV subreddit and do know that devs lurk there as well as here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...nship/i30oois/

The philosophy behind removing Kaiten does not make sense considering the devs have designed fights around synergizing raid buffs and managing said buff windows during difficult mechanics such as in the current Savage tier. As others have mentioned, there are two other prime candidates for consolidation in regards to combating button bloat: Shoha II into Shoha and Guren into Senei.

Such changes would have little to no impact on the class' core mechanic and identity in comparison to Kaiten, nor would they create anti-synergy with classes such as DNC's Devilment. Please devs, do not go through with these changes, or at the very least revert them in a hotfix once 6.1 drops.

And for those doubting that the majority of SAM players are upset about this, there are similar sentiments all throughout The Balance Discord as well as here and the subreddit. Just two cents from a SAM main.