Samurai changes are unacceptable in the current iteration

[Ryaz]

As I play more and more lately, I've found myself gravitating away from Samurai and more into playing my Summoner and am thinking of picking up Reaper as my main melee DPS.

The problem I'm having with Samurai, a job I still love and enjoy after the Kaiten removal, is more of an overall feel thing. It goes beyond removing Kaiten, which I still don't think is a huge deal, but it does show how limited the job is.

You look at something like Reaper and how it plays. It's incredibly fun. You've got a smooth combo rotations multiple gauges to spend and a burst phase that's pure joy with the increased attack speed and beautiful animations.

Dragoon also has a smooth combo and a plethora of various buttons to weave in with unique animations.

Samurai is very static in its rotation. You do three combos, your Iai, and Shinten spam with a couple extra button presses every 2 minutes. Oh and the occasional Shoha and Third Eye woven in. The combos also aren't as smooth, requiring filler to hit burst phases. Tsubame gives us an extra button to press every minute, but it's also just a copy paste of your last Iai and doesn't add anything "new" to the job.

I honestly feel the thing that hurt Samurai the most was the changes to Hagakure. A huge part of the fun of the job was the flexibility it gave you during the rotation.

I'm fine with SE keeping Samurai as slower, more hard hitting DPS. But it needs some shine and more to do than Shinten spam between two minute burst phases with the occasional Shoha. It needs more variety, and some shine. I can deal with the Kaiten removal. But the job needs more to it. It feels stagnant.