What makes SAM feel unique?Follow

Hello everyone!

So, I've been leveling my brothers SAM from 75-90 and done some trials to to surprise him. Now, I've always liked SAM, liked the idea of the TP master, the looks etc, but as I was playing I started thinking. Now after the cap has been raised, what is it that makes SAM "unique" anymore?

I was wondering because as I was leveling I realized "everyone" was using meditate, sekkanoki, hasso, third eye etc. I started looking and I realized, hey... basically everything a SAM gets that is useful (as far as JA goes) aside from 1 is attainable from /sam, and mostly even without the JAs being affected much.

I thought to myself, well I know SE said they wanted to make SAM a good subjob, but still. It feels like they did a good job making SAM a great subjob, but it seems they forgot to try and keep something unique as far as JAs go to SAM main. Comparing SAM to /SAM and another great subjob for melee WAR I see that even here they seem to have managed better. I mean, warcry/berserk/agressor are great abilities which you can get via /WAR, but as far as I can see (I don't play WAR so I don't really know how useful they are, but they seem good or at least decent) WAR main still has 5 unique to them JAs.

Comparing that to a SAM which as far as I can see has 4 in total which are unique, of which (Again SAM is not my own job so I can't say for sure, but it seems this way for an outsider like me) 1 seems great (Hamanoha), 2 could be situationally ok I guess... although I personally think I am being rather kind in that assessment (Sengikori/Blade bash) and then there is one which I dunno what it would be good for tbh (Shikikoyo).

Again, comparing to other 2-handers like DRG which keep their wyvern (which enables them to do so much /mage and stuff). Even NIN which I felt used to suffer from the same thing as I feel SAM is now, seems to have gotten away from that somewhat with innin/yonin and new spells that feel rather unique.

Overall It feels like a lot of the other jobs have kept their uniqueness intact a lot better than SAM has. I feel it would be cool to see some of the uniqueness come back to SAM main. I guess this goes in general for a lot of jobs, but since I tried my brothers SAM I just noticed it a lot.

Anyway, what do you guys think, am I just someone who doesn't know how to play SAM and therefore I don't understand what it is that makes SAM different or do you agree somewhat? Also, for the record I am not complaining about the power of SAM compared to other jobs or w/e.

I have no idea what voidwatch is, and wont bother with it until i've finished abyssea, but for small group Dyna (PLD WHM BLM BRD DD DD) Sam can easily fit both those DD spots chuck out those 5-HIT build ws's just how we like too.

Don't be demorolised by SAM in abyssea, we are in the last stages if abyss content and who knows whats on the new horizons. If you love the job, gear it up as much as possible, the future is looking bright :)

probably along different lines than what you are asking, but kinda the same. I'm just coming back after a year layoff, and playing Wow and Lotr. I love Samurai movies, foreign and domestic. I don't know of any other game where you can be a Samurai. Every game seems to have their warrior, mage, healer, etc.

I really loved "The Last Samurai", "Kill Bill" was pretty good too. Can't seem to recall any other samurai movies, but I'd definitely jump at the chance to see a new good one. Samurai are cool hehe.

actually, I just found out 13 Assasins was just released on DVD. The director became most famous for his movie "Ichi the Killer" where barf bags where handed out at the theater, and were used...

Seven Samurai is pretty good, although I don't know how well it adheres to true samurais. I am just starting to see all the Kurosawa movies, but they are good.

I'm so gonna watch 13 Assassins lol