Quote Originally Posted by Nebo View Post
No. Mercy Stroke is just as weak as all the rest of them (weaker than a lot of them actually). The only job on Mandau that uses MS is THF, and that's not because Mercy Stroke is the cat's ass. It's because stacking it with positionally restricted and cumbersome job abilities can make it not suck some of the time.

Do not mistake that for Mercy Stroke being awesome. The WS itself is crap which is why you see more exenterators and eviscerations coming out of Mandau than Mercy Strokes.

But Byrth said it best, just make these R/M/E dagger WS able to crit natively and problem solved.
Umm no. MS is actually good as far as WS's go, at least if you have a 99 Mandau. Exten is barely better and really depends on target and gear.

MS
3.0 fTP (4.0 DW) (two hits)
60% STR
+40% damage boost.
AM: +5% Crit (both hands)

Exten
4.0 fTP (5.0 DW) (5 hits)
100% AGI
Inflicts -20 accuracy.

At capped accuracy the chance of landing both hits on MS is 90.25%. The chance of landing all five hits on Exten is 77.37%. The real difference between them is the WSC, Exten's 100% AGI means you can stack the sh!t out of it, MS's 60% STR is nearly as good as you can double dip and get an fSTR bonus (until cap). Stacking MS with SA / TA just produces really pretty numbers, it's strong in it's own right. Those two WS's are pretty much dead even if you apply a 99 Mandau and STR Dagger.