Samurai changes are unacceptable in the current iteration

[AndreasSolaria]

Yare yare daze...ok i'm main samurai for 3 years, and spend my time and effort even to teach some new players how to play.
In endwalker i love the changes both fuka e fugetsu, aoes grants buff even miekyo too and oki namikiri is so badass, well on 6.0 samurai was fun as hell hit big numbers ect
After the live letter about 6.1 i was concerned about removing kaiten when 6.1 is on i feel desmotivated you know..
First remove kaiten was terrible ideia, aoe like tenkka gouken is nerfed.
Even this 100% critc doesnt feel good yesterday i played some eden and my damage is low..
Ok instead to imerge some skills like shoha 1 and shoha 2, or guren with seinen, ikkishouten and ogi namikiri they remove a core skill..
Now kenki became shinten spam and this so Boring right now.
I'm really sad even desmotivated to play ff xiv i hate so much this changes and now we must sit and wait "future uptades" now i dunno if gonna play as dragoon or reaper
#bringback kaiten

[Amh_Wilzuun]

Hello Devs.

Sam still feel bad.

Revert the changes ASAP.

Yours truly,

Amh (Now a Monk Main)

[Ziggurat8]

Hello Devs.

Sam still feel bad.

Revert the changes ASAP.

Yours truly,

Amh (Now a Monk Main)

How's Monk feel these days? Was thinking about leveling it. I need something since Sam plays so weirdly now.

[cjbeagle]

How's Monk feel these days? Was thinking about leveling it. I need something since Sam plays so weirdly now.

For me, the 6.0 changes actually made monk worse. OGCDs are rare outside of Brotherhood since Whirlwind Kick and Elixir Field got removed as OGCD cooldowns and repurposed as (GCD) Blitz finishers, so now monks basically do something cool once every 40s, and the time between those 40s windows is mind-numbing - and "something cool" is extremely subjective - personally I find their blitz finishers pretty underwhelming. Post-6.0, monk has become my least favorite melee - might be my least favorite job overall, depending on how summoner ends up (my summoner is only like 55 or something, but so far I hate it).

EDIT: I just realized I responded to a response to someone else - apologies for the unsolicited opinions. x_x

[Ziggurat8]

For me, the 6.0 changes actually made monk worse. OGCDs are rare outside of Brotherhood since Whirlwind Kick and Elixir Field got removed as OGCD cooldowns and repurposed as (GCD) Blitz finishers, so now monks basically do something cool once every 40s, and the time between those 40s windows is mind-numbing - and "something cool" is extremely subjective - personally I find their blitz finishers pretty underwhelming. Post-6.0, monk has become my least favorite melee - might be my least favorite job overall, depending on how summoner ends up (my summoner is only like 55 or something, but so far I hate it).

EDIT: I just realized I responded to a response to someone else - apologies for the unsolicited opinions. x_x

No apology necessary. All opinions are welcome.

[Haru-Wells]

Hi everyone. Just a random caster reporting from a midcore Dragonsong ultimate progression.

It's truly sad too see Samurai underperform a Summoner in raw damage against Thordan/Nidhogg and CO. in the new Ultimate content. Normally I would not care as a caster main but seeing this job and my static Samurai being so good in 6.08 and witness what it is now is very heartbreaking on high endgame content. Just bring Kaiten back or remove the fixed low crit damage. At least make it good again Square Enix. It sucks in Dragonsong's Reprise Ultimate. No it's not a player skill issue. It's just factual numbers from the ingame battlelog next to the General tab.

[Amh_Wilzuun]

How's Monk feel these days? Was thinking about leveling it. I need something since Sam plays so weirdly now.

Pros:

- The blitz moves have high potency and will satisfy a sam refugee's need for big hits. Phantom Rush can reach above 60k like Ogi once did...

- Busy and fun burst phase that isn't always the same

- More than one rotation to choose from (double solar vs optimal drift, both feel a bit different and are better depending on the fight)

- Great glamour

- high performing damage but still has party buffs, including one of the only party utility buffs from a dps (mantra)

- Riddle of earth is broken for self sustain. You can mitigate just about every bit of unavoidable damage with 3 charges and it lasts 3 GCDs, making it longer than third eye and has 20% mit.

- FAST gcd.

- Thunderclap is the coolest and most useful gap closer besides en avante.

- Perfect blitz plus shadow of the destroyers makes monk a mob grinder for dungeon AOE. Way more fun than the gimped sam AOE

- SSS is a cool alternative to a ranged attack imo and it's fun when you can use it properly


Cons:

- Downtime outside of burst can be boring

- Some animations on the base GCDs need to be updated, like bootshine and true strike

- Riddle of wind is an odd skill

- Only two positionals now like the other melees.

I don't have much else for cons, I am happy with the job overall although I would be even happier with old SAM back

[Karious]

My sub runs out Monday. Not Really sure if I want to resub or not. Samurai still sucks.

[Ceridwen]

I was away for a few days. Time heals all wounds.

Except this - the Samurai still feels empty, hollow, & sad.

[WorldPeacElbow]

Im going to play ninja until they fix Sam. I can't play this watered down version of samurai any longer. It stinks and everyone knows it except yoshi p