Unfortunately, yes - the job was basically gutted. Samurai used to be my favorite job, but after smacking a training dummy for a bit after 6.1 dropped, I haven't touched it in PVE content.

There's a lot of repeat info in the various threads, but there's also many unique, valid complaints to be had, so even if each talking point was consolidated into a single thread, you'd still have a bunch of threads.


Here's a quick summary:

- The redistribution of potency and the removal of Kaiten severely undermined Iaijutsu and Ogi Namikiri - our "big hits" are now critting for roughly half of what they used to.

- The removal of Kaiten removed the active preparation for Iaijutsu and Ogi Namikiri - this might seem trivial, but it's actually fairly important in terms of how they feel to use.

- The removal of Kaiten removed the choice for kenki spending in terms of how to spend it - spending kenki is just Shinten spam now.

- The removal of Kaiten removed kenki's relevance to the rotation.

- Since kenki is no longer relevant to the rotation, there's no longer a need to pool it for Iaijutsu, which removes the need for kenki management entirely.

- Since kenki is no longer relevant to the rotation, the choice for kenki spending in terms of when to spend it is now irrelevant - timing no longer matters.

- Tenka Goken becoming circular removed any need for movement from our AOE combo.

- Tenka Goken becoming circular necessitates hard-casting Iaijutsu in the middle of the enemy pack where hostile AOE is much more of a concern.


The sum of these changes is that they make the job more mindless, more monotonous, and less satisfying with its payoffs.