SAM casting

[mallleable]

It'd give the role some badly needed flavor, plus the slow aim and walk feels great in PVP.

It kills me they have in fact acknowledged their PVP design is more interesting, but that they don't want to bring anything interesting into PVE because well, it might create *gasp* niches. The horror.

Really-? That's so lame. if done right it would only deepen current playstyle niches -- which are already kinda present, and not power scaling niches. Like SAM already has its nice with having to cast Iaijutsus, NIN has its niche with Mudras, DNC has its niche with its dances, and GNB has its niche with continuation. Job mechanic niches already exist.

[RinaB]

I don't have an issue with it, what have an issue with is the dmg and cooldown line ups

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

I actually like a melee not being like the others and having cast times on their main mechanic. It's not even long and fits the animation style since the Stormblood cinematic trailer.

I hope Iaijutsu retains cast times. I find it to be a fun mechanic.

[ShadowyZero]

i just want to say a HUGE thank you to the replies that have remained civil and respectful we may not agree on the topic at hand but i at least respect your manners and courtesy

[Tanathya]

i just want to say a HUGE thank you to the replies that have remained civil and respectful we may not agree on the topic at hand but i at least respect your manners and courtesy

Unlike your own, which are passive-aggressive at best towards those that disagree with your request.

[ShadowyZero]

Unlike your own, which are passive-aggressive at best towards those that disagree with your request.

you're not cool you know by being antagonizing lol on a public forum no less that less than half the overall playerbase is even aware of much less cares about in the longrun xD

call me whatever you like but i'm still keeping my opinions on samurai

[Lyth]

I think if you go back and look at most poorly received job changes, you can usually trace them back to one person forcing their pet idea on the forums without regard for the current design for the job. Looking back, there was at least one thread advocating for Kaiten's removal in the past. Perhaps history would be different if people spoke out against that suggestion back then.

If you are passionate about your job, then you do need to step in and make it clear upfront that you don't want the devs to do this. There's no point complaining after the fact.

I personally think removing the draw time on Iaijutsu is a terrible idea for SAM, because it's part of the job's personality. You can rename 'cast' to 'draw', if you like, but it's very much central to the job.

[ShadowyZero]

I think if you go back and look at most poorly received job changes, you can usually trace them back to one person forcing their pet idea on the forums without regard for the current design for the job. Looking back, there was at least one thread advocating for Kaiten's removal in the past. Perhaps history would be different if people spoke out against that suggestion back then.

If you are passionate about your job, then you do need to step in and make it clear upfront that you don't want the devs to do this. There's no point complaining after the fact.

lol i'm not your enemy or some boogie man on the forums you know xD you can disagree with me i've said just don't sit here and tell me to quit or play something else truly i really think you forum kids these days take things way too personally or too seriously i love the heck out of this job and since i started the game all those many years back ago i was disappointed it wasn't in ARR or even 1.0 i had such fond memories of it in previous final fantasy titles and even just in jrpg's in general.
i was super ecstatic when it was announced for stormblood and switched to it immediately as my main job but that doesn't mean i thought it was perfect or couldn't use some adjustments or enhancements here and there its just that way with any and all jobs we play and like is that not so?

[ninjasoldier014]

This is such a bad take I can't even put to words my disappointment in the mere suggestion of removing the cast. It's literally a part of SAM's identity.