Quote Originally Posted by Kitkat View Post
Honestly, if I knew a rdm or pld that had all 3 weapons at the 95 version I would love to parse each so that the only variable difference would be the swords and stats the swords gave. Granted WS gear would be different due to different mods, but otherwise the DoT would be near static aside from the obvious rank difference between WOE compared to relic or emp. Other than number crunches I can't get proof beyond all doubt to show why I rank WoE at 3rd compared to relic, even in a number crunch the difference shifted from 2% in favor of WOE to 4% in favor of relic in a Lower/Upper scaling. This however did not account for chance to double attack during WS which I would rather leave to a parse than pen and paper to weed out the possibility of error.

PS: I have a mandau, not an excal. I was simply running calulations and looking at parse data I had from my Almace blu compared to a Relic pld, but even that is askewed since I was dual weilding and he wasn't. Maybe I can get him on his rdm and compare it to my rdm.....I'll have to see if he even has equal gear for that.
An easier way to put it in perspective, my RDM frequently does 1.5~2K CDC's on VWNM's, and I'm talking Jeuno / Outlands VWNM's here. Now these aren't "epeen" shots, their actual averages (2.6K highest on Jeuno VWNM so far). It's also how I know VWNM's don't have crazy stats, there is no way in hell a "RDM" will be putting up those numbers if the VWNM had 130/140 VIT, 130/140 AGI or crazy defense. This WS is that awesome, I can't state that enough. If there was a way to use CDC with Excal that I'm positive the Excal would win out as the best sword, but you can't. Also the aftermath's on both Excal and Tizona are activated only when you do their respective WS, meaning KoTR spam for Excal or Expacion spam for Tizona, while the ODD aftermath effect on Almace is activated using the best sword WS in the game. Effectively it can be kept up 90~100% of the time, depending on how good you are at timing WS's. We have an Excal / Aegis PLD and he doesn't touch either of the Almace PLD's (one Almace/Aegis other Almace/OChain), and they all have really good gear.

Ontopic, SE should give BLU Excal period. They should also remove all the EX and SP WS's restrictions, meaning Swift blade for BLU and "all the above" for RDM. Lastly there should be a question you can perform after completely a weapon that allows you to permanently access that WS. Meaning a PLD that had an 85 Almace could permanently learn CDC, or if they had a 75 Excal they could permanently learn KoTR. For those about to scream blood over this, they ~ALREADY~ have the weapon, they've already meet the accomplishment and earned the right to use it. This would just let them use it which whatever weapon they wanted.