Thanks for all the timely responses. >.> Totally wasn't expecting so many so fast.

I'd LOVE to get my hands on nirvana but unless I luck out on the next Mog Bonnaza, I'll think about more realistic weapons. Survivability over damage output is a concern to me (which is why I never used -HP +MP gear) but I do tend to use Carbuncle and my NPC a lot with other avatars being situational or for specifically skill chaining or elemental weakness.

And side notes for Economizer and Korpg
-Yush, I totally hate not being able to skill chain with the more powerful blood pacts. SE's sense of humor =\ /stagger
-Melee SMN... in a party? People on my server aren't that generous towards SMN. Most seem to still think with a pre-75 cap mentality about the job. =\