SAM PVP: How are you supposed to play this class?

[EmilySummerstar]

I don't think you're going to be able to find a great guide on samurai. Most people just look to instant kill others with their limit break. I haven't played CC in months, but I'm pretty sure that most players are still marking samurai target to ignore every time their limit break pops up.

Majority of the things I do agree with you with. Samurai seems very weak compared to the other melees, because they're the only class that is forced to commit in the frontlines. They don't really have any escape tools at their disposal. As far as being easily shredded that's about the only thing I can confidently disagree with. Chiten is the strongest ability that samurai has. It's not a defensive tool. It's a counter-burst tool. It gains a ton of value from other people targeting them while they're on the offense. I would personally avoid using stuns and roots while Chiten is active unless you are forced to as a last ditch effort to live.

Take it with a grain of salt. I only have 3 hours of Crystal gameplay experience despite never touching Crystal at all.

I'd be in favor of them getting sustained damage and defense in exchange for insta-kill mechanics. It doesn't feel OP, just cheap. "Why won't anyone play with me?"

[Mistress_Irika]

I'd be in favor of them getting sustained damage and defense in exchange for insta-kill mechanics. It doesn't feel OP, just cheap. "Why won't anyone play with me?"

The instant kill mechanic was never needed it to begin with. I guess the devs thought that they did when creating the class back when Chiten was at 50%. I've personally never understood why samurai was allowed to profit twice off of Chiten. You're already being rewarded the reflective damage off the ability. The only thing the mechanic did was make interaction a nightmare for everyone. Samurai's looking for interaction, and no one is giving it to them except when they don't have the limit break. As you have stated: "Why won't anyone play with me?"

Definitely needs to be addressed come 7.1 (We all know there's no major pvp updates for x.0. I've seen this twice.)

[EmilySummerstar]

The instant kill mechanic was never needed it to begin with. I guess the devs thought that they did when creating the class back when Chiten was at 50%. I've personally never understood why samurai was allowed to profit twice off of Chiten. You're already being rewarded the reflective damage off the ability. The only thing the mechanic did was make interaction a nightmare for everyone. Samurai's looking for interaction, and no one is giving it to them except when they don't have the limit break. As you have stated: "Why won't anyone play with me?"

Definitely needs to be addressed come 7.1 (We all know there's no major pvp updates for x.0. I've seen this twice.)

Many of the SAMs just dive when they have it to kill and then get mobbed and die. They lose battle high if they had any. My friends call it, "One Time Use" Samurai.

Also, if I have to endure a huge aura telling everyone what shift I'm using, they should make the SAM buff more conspicuous. Every game, I lose my battle high because of AoE clipping a SAM somewhere in my vicinity. It is cheap AF.

[Mawlzy]

Many of the SAMs just dive when they have it to kill and then get mobbed and die. They lose battle high if they had any. My friends call it, "One Time Use" Samurai.

Classic kamikaze.