SAM enjoyer here to do my part:

Kaiten was a beautiful piece of flavor, and while I understand that it's akin to Enochian in the sense that it's an extra button you always want to press, it added a sense of excitement to use your next Iaijutsu. It would be awesome to see it come back in a different form in the future.

However, at the moment, SAM feels like it has lost its class identity in the big hits and cool katana flair: the rotation feels flat alongside the damage. I am discouraged from playing the class, despite being a SAM player since a bit into the ARR epilogue when I subscribed to the game back in ShB 5.3. Unless news of a 6.1X patch to adjust SAM or revert the changes come to light, I will instead be levelling DRG and trying to rock that for my Savage static instead.

Thanks for reading. Nothing but love for the game and I hope to see the best for it!