Quote Originally Posted by ShanaShirayuki View Post
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).
Exactly... I have been a SAM main for over a year now and adored the job, I've got bis and am locked into a new ultimate static as their melee dps. I also want to unsub but I feel committed to the static.

I think I'm going to leave the empty space where Kaiten was and just keep pressing it during ultimate since it's built in to my muscle memory and was a pleasure to use and see.

Even the Guren and Goken changes to be circle aoe are distasteful and will kill the fun of positioning SAM in normal dungeons.

After ultimate my SAM will never be touched until changes are reverted, if ever, which is very upsetting.

These kind of changes are not appreciated in a patch just weeks before your most challenging content is being released. This should have been an expansion change.