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[GoatOfWar]

I mean finicky not intuitive and annoying to optimise are exactly what makes it a difficult job

Think about it at baseline SAM is just keep banana up, do your midare loops spam shinten with kenki. Optimising it at baseline involves hagakure filler sticker dumps but it’s in the same position in the sense of it’s easy to just press everything as it lights up and do decent damage

BRD isn’t as hard to gold parse optimise as SAM but I’d certainly have it as harder than RPR, harder than NIN and around the DRG level

Well, then you also have third eye and a lot of trial and error to see what you can get away with.
With some support, you can even take some tankbusters JUST for 10 extra Kenki. That's largely why parsing as Sam is difficult. Most of us don't go that extra mile.
The job itself isn't really complex- none of the jobs in this game are. I mean, i've seen groups let the Sam pull every fight JUST for 10 Kenki after the auto attack.