I partially agree, but rather I think the issue is less with Kaeshi and more with how Kaeshi (and Meikyo) have two charges and Ikishoten/Ogi are on a two minute CD. This necessitates putting as much of our power into a two minute burst window, creating the very spike in damage that SE is trying to "smooth" out. Removing charges would force SAM back into a 60s cycle, which means instead of up 7 raid buffed GCD's (2x Midare, 2x Kaeshi, Ogi+Kaeshi and Higanbana) we'd only have 4. That right there cuts the potential spike damage by quite a bit. SAM would now have a lesser burst cycle every 60s with the big burst coming with the two minute buffs. This would re-balance damage away from the larger spike into a smaller one without appreciably changing how SAM plays. No skill removals, no potency nerfs, no auto-crit bullshit.