I've seen the math based on these changes in the Balance discord's SAM lounge, but a big part of why I enjoyed the class is gone now. It did suck to not get that crit / dh during a Devilment buff, but boy it was extremely enjoyable to see that 100k+ Namikiri when it did.

I could understand them wanting to change crit buffs and variance as a whole, but why only one class and right before an Ultimate drop? Not to mention how arbitrary the changes are, such as how Higanbana got compensated but the other Kaiten'd abilities did not. SAMs essentially have to relearn their class right before Ultimate or pick a different melee. I will say that this is the patch that would've made me unsub permanently, but I have an obligation to my static since I'm locked in as their melee for the aforementioned Ultimate. Hopefully, based on the responses that Yoshi-P made to negative feedback in chat during the live letter reading, I have a feeling this change will be reverted or more buffs will come (but we will see).