Why did you make Caliburnus and Sakpata's Sword so similar?

[Gwydion]

Hi SE,
I'm very curious why you chose to make Caliburnus (Stage 5 Prime Sword) and Sakpata's Sword (Sword from Kalunga in Sheol: Gaol). Could you help us understand? I just don't see why someone would go through the effort of making Caliburnus over 6 months?

https://www.bg-wiki.com/images/5/52/Caliburnus_%28Level_119_III%29_description.png

https://www.bg-wiki.com/images/e/e9/Sakpata%27s_Sword_description.png
Rank 30 Augments are:


[1] DMG:+13
[2] Attack+45
[3] Accuracy+15 Mag. Acc.+15
[4] "Refresh"+3


Thank you.

[Alhanelem]

I'm not sure in what universe those two items are "so similar."

They barely have anything in common at all.
The damage taken -10% is the only thing that's shared between the two, the first weapon seems better in almost every way. Not by a huge margin, sure, but you've always had to fight tooth and nail for small buffs in this game... And even then, they're only at all close after full augmentation, which is still some bit of effort.

And to answer the question of why someone would do it, even if it wasn't better, there would still be some people doing it just so they can say they have it. That reason certainly at least partially played into me starting Claustrum (and finishing it a decade later... maybe the second or third on the server with it)