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True, however that's mainly because of the piercing bonus vs. flying mobs and it's rather convenient that most merit parties consist of colibri killing. I just can't see a great sword pulling of an equal balance of functionality, especially since many of the best GS weapon skills have INT mods which PLD is greatly lacking.

Not that secondary mods are of great significant importance but it sure as hell wouldn't help their case.