SAM casting

[Nekuroi]

I will just put my two cents here

Removing SAM's cast is removing DNC's dancing or BRD music and so on... it's what makes the feel so strong. It's the taste of the job.

I am against this, even if it changes to a "locked animation" it won't have the same impact, plus its its a fast cast you can even slidecast

[ShadowyZero]

I will just put my two cents here

Removing SAM's cast is removing DNC's dancing or BRD music and so on... it's what makes the feel so strong. It's the taste of the job.

I am against this, even if it changes to a "locked animation" it won't have the same impact, plus its its a fast cast you can even slidecast

i will re-iterate that the whole point of samurai is not to be mystifying (yes i've already addressed other comments stating this is "final fantasy" but where in the rules does it say a samurai has to be a caster? ) not even in anime styled media where they are most present do they go that hard on stand offs they just go straight into it hacking at eachother with blocking, parrying, and quick strikes/swings.
or even using some fancy sword play which results in either a stalemate or instant kill

and to your other point they've made some bosses even quicker than our "short" casts some bosses are instant casters which smacks us samurai who are mid cast or about to finish said cast hence why i feel there is a need to either further shorten casting times, to compensate our solid stance with either potency increases or giving to us a parrying or deflection boost/buff to iaijutsu an if they can't reasonable do that because of these stupid other complaints of " it will out perform my favorite melee nerf samurai!" or "muh balance!" SAM LITERALLY has no group utility so shove it! they are meant to be powerful to compensate for the lack of group support or synergy with other jobs. then maybe they need to consider just removing casts and inventing a more unique effect of showing off the skill of a samurai's technique and style.