Patch 6.48 PvP Balance Changes

[AnnRam]

...pay attention to Chiten? Skill issue tbh, if I see a Samurai and don't see them having used Chiten recently or using Chiten right now, I avoid them.

If anything the one-shot mechanic is genuinely not worth the job pick.

Care to upload a youtube video of how you can perfectly track 4-5 Sam players moving in-out with chiten and not accidentally hitting them with one of your AOE's meanwhile you're focusing another player without dropping your combo/aoe.
Because that's nearly impossible.

[Post]

I mean, even if it were impossible to crack that nut (it's not), the jobs are balanced around a 5v5 mode where you can see their and their allies' LB, HP, MP and buff bars.

Against a perfect team, you could have 24 DNC all Contradance an entire team forever after 90 seconds into a match. That seems way less fair than a one attack that requires a counter and can be mitigated against with the numerous shields that exist in the mode.

Frankly I think the worst cases are ones like SGE when you can't really to tell if it's your party or an allied one's and it won't give you and benefit to stand in until you wait and see the buff doesn't appear.

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

Care to upload a youtube video of how you can perfectly track 4-5 Sam players moving in-out with chiten and not accidentally hitting them with one of your AOE's meanwhile you're focusing another player without dropping your combo/aoe.
Because that's nearly impossible.

For starters, as Post said, Zantetsuken is balanced around 5v5. Your issue fundamentally is playing Frontlines.

Somehow 4-5 Sam players move in and out after each other and have the coordination to do so yet it is impossible to expect to keep an eye out on "SAM" over someone's head and try to not hit them? Or seeing the animation for Chiten unfold which is very noticable?

Four solutions.
1.) Keep your eyes peeled for job templates above people's heads. Possibly mark them with as many Bind or Ignore marks as needed.
2.) Only use your AOE skills when you are 100% certain there is no Samurai mixed in a bunch.
3.) Play jobs that can provide AOE protection or HP shields and support your team with it. SGE LB and SCH LB are good for this.
4.) Deal with the fact that you play Frontlines. Or don't. Your choice.