Quote Originally Posted by Pseudopsia View Post
Weapon Choice: Boarskin Himantes because the 10% more blunt damage is greater then the att and acc you get with rank 49/50 weapons. If mob is resistant to blunt then 49/50 weapons are probably better. I'm finding rank 49/50 weapons are better for nms.
Sorry to burst your bubble but I've tested these as i have a set for farming (because i can repair myself) and a pair of jade hora, the jade hora consistently deals more damage on both weaker mobs and the world nms

From what i can tell is the weapon % simply converts the base damage type to another
So if you use an attack from gladiator that says slashing, it still deals blunt if you're a pug using boarskin himantes
Now, if you were to use bahnaks, then you should see some of that slashing type damage
Why they specify a damage type for the attacks, and the weapons is beyond me, unless it was another planned but unimplemented feature