Quote Originally Posted by grinkdaboy View Post
sure but you only ever used it in in conjunction with higanbana and midare. i would consider that 'maintenance'. there was nothing particularly exciting or interesting going on when you hit kaiten. the only thing that its removal that bugs me is that using your gap closer is a dps gain but that can be resolved by simply making all gapclosers dps neutral
A maintenance buff is something you’re meant to maintain 100% uptime with, like Standard Step, Darkside, Twin Snakes, etc. Kaiten is the literal opposite of that, a single-use enhancement of another action, something more akin to Zoe which is only used for Pneuma, Barrage which is only used for Refulgent Arrow, etc. Kaiten is actually the most varied example because it was gated by a resource instead of a cooldown, giving you a lot more flexibility on its use.

If you’re disatisfied with the options you had with Kaiten, why not suggest adding more options for what to spend it on rather than request its removal? Isn’t that Yoshi P’s model of approaching changes? (Unless you’re a healer, tank, summoner, or samurai)