Exists as a passive trait that's completely non interactive and only makes the normal combo buttons go from single target into an aoe form.
Not only that, but we are specifically talking about the pve changes.
Yeah, samurai is super fun in pvp, no one is refuting that.
And while an explanation for why remove was given, understand nothing substantial has been done to make up for the removal. There was no equivalent exchange, only subtraction, and the only thing done since are minor potency adjustments despite the problems being mostly not potency related at all.
Yeah, aoe was weak, but the main issue with aoe is the shape of the attacks now. Why is a casted skill a circle? It can't possibly hit anything right without eating aoes ourselves. Does that sound right as a squishy dps to you?
Complain about the kaiten threads all you want, but that isn't the only thing samurai mains have been pointing at as the issue.