Essentially you are saying, 'I care more about my BLU than my RDM' because you are building the wrong sword because it's convenient. You might also be saying something like, 'I talk about my RDM, but I don't really play it anymore. My BLU on the other hand, oh man I sure do like taking it places.'

Req Blows CDC out of the water in consistency and gear support on RDM. But hey you're BLU can actually use that Almace, so I guess it's good enough to watch your RDM limp around with it.

I would go into how bad your gearing options are without an Ephemeron, but I'm sure you've read enough STR Shikagar comments to not even look at what you can actually gear on RDM.