Originally Posted by
Nameless
It is not just SC option. It is better than scythe in many high end situations. We are talking about drk/sam spamming spinning slash here not /thf getting 300% tp and GS make light. If you know how the hidden cratio bonus work on SS, you will not think it is just a SC option. Some drks prefer GS as their main weapons, and I would say alot, including myself (having abyssal earring and full scythe and GS merit, ebody, gorget for the ws, perdu sickle, tred. scythe etc. My scythe is in no way gimper than my GS). If it does get a similar boost as they did to daggers, it would probably be better than scythe by default, since the biggest knock on GS is that it loses out on the DoT department compare to scythe (largely due to similar delay but way less base damage), but make up in the WS department.
But anyway, not trying to argue the usefulness of GS here, some ppl have bias towards it, and I don't blame them, it does require quite an effort to make it work, and alot of ppl can't really compare due to the fact that rarely ppl would merit GS + scythe unless you are a hardcore drk like myself. I just think it is a pretty legit question consider how popular it is for drk now a day.