Quote Originally Posted by RyuuZero View Post
imagine you have an add next to you that explodes on hit, now would you stop using you Kenki Burst Skills and lose dps until the add is taken care of or you just press your skills and wipe? there is a reason why we have skills for those 2 situations and not understanding this is what brought us here, the removal of Kaiten is wrong!
I prefer, instead of imagining, working within reality...

Imagine being able to move a little bit so you don't actually hit this imaginary add. Imagine all of the other jobs that have abilities the way I described the changes they could make to SAM and how they could easily handle this imaginary add. "Knowing when to hit the single target vs AE ability" isn't some major tactical knowledge as you're making it out to be and isn't something that is needed. 2 different versions of the same skill are not needed even within your imaginary scenario, they've done this with a ton of other skills already, this isn't a new idea:

PAL:
Confiteor combo

WAR:
Primal Rend

DRK:
Shadowbringer
Living Shadow

GNB:
Double Down

WHM:
Afflatus Misery

SGE:
Phlegma


MNK:
Elixir Field
Rising Phoenix
Celestial Revolution
Phantom Rush

DRG:
Wyrmwind Thrust
Stardiver
Geirskogul/ Nastrond
Dragonfire Dive

NIN:
Phantom Kamaitachi

SAM:
Ogi Namikiri
Kaeshi: Namikiri

RPR:
Communio
Harvest Moon/ Plentiful Harvest

BRD:
Blast Arrow
Apex Arrow

MCH:
Chainsaw
Ricochet

DNC:
Starfall Dance
Fan abilities

I think I'm running out of characters, so I'll stop there because I think my point has been made. Almost every class has some ability as a part of their single target rotation that cleaves. So, then your question to me in your imaginary scenario becomes

"Now would you stop using you Kenki Burst Skills and Ogi Namikiri and Kaeshi Namikiri and lose dps like every other class would that needs to hold their cleave abilities that are a part of their single target burst rotations until the add is taken care of (how does one "take care" of an add that wipes the party by having damage dealt to it?) or you just press your skills and wipe?
The answer is, everyone holds those abilities.