Please think of better ways to lessen class skill gaps than removing abilities.

[Fhaerron]

Threads like this are always full of hyperbole.

SAM has close to 36 buttons, 1 is removed, everyone: omg in a year we'll have one button to press, sky is falling!

It's not about the fact that one button was removed. It more has to do with which one that got removed.
The other changes weren't good for same either like always crit and reduced potency on the 'finishers'.

There where other ways to adres this and other buttons to remove and/or combine, etc.