Machinist class is dead

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

It's not about damage, it's about class identity. They removed a core ability of Samurai and what did they gained in exchange? Damage neutrality if they don't play with certain jobs. If they play with jobs that give crit buffs, those changes were a nerf. It's not about being a drama queen. I don't even have Samurai to 90 and I feel bad for them. Summoner got a braindead buff. They don't need to think about swiftcast now on Ifrit. It was already braindead. I can already see people say; "That's a mobility buff." :clowns:

I duuno, I maimed Sam for 4 years and I never thought kaiten was core to the job.

The iaijutsu were core. But never kaiten.

Switched to DRG this expansion because Sam felt too busy. May switch back with kaiten being gone.

[Kolsykol]

I duuno, I maimed Sam for 4 years and I never thought kaiten was core to the job.

The iaijutsu were core. But never kaiten.

Switched to DRG this expansion because Sam felt too busy. May switch back with kaiten being gone.

Considering that Kaiten was tied to Iaijutsus and the only other Kenki skill that actually added some variety and depth to it, yeah I'd say it was core to the Job...

Edit: Also DRG only had like 1 APM lower than SAM...
And way clunkier weaving ( altho it got better this patch, I'd say this patch did significantly more to make DRG smoother ).