>>3867394
Because you're intended to use it?

Yeah, I always get a crescent axe somewhere around the tieger and neesa fight
Give that thing the elephant grip, a couple of djinn ambers + luft fusion and no one can stop you
Most people still ended up doing 0 damage because they forgot to keep their weapons' phantom points and damage points full and ragequit

its not ridiculously overpowered, youre supposed to figure out game systems and use them to create powerful solutions. The event that you googled OP weapon crafts and cheesed the game with them doesnt mean the game was made incorrectly. Good weapons are your reward for figuring out the system, not every game is supposed to hardcap you in some weird "you thought, but alas that would be too easy" balancing

>>3867394
It's a reward for mastering the game. Going in with a fucking guide instead of learning it yourself will trivialize first runs when it's supposed to make 2nd and beyond playthroughs all the better.

>>3867394
I found it confusing AND tedious so I never bothered with it, but I also had an insanely hard time playing the game.

>>3867394
the gems are way more egregious in my opinion.

>>3867394
it's not though. The game hands out top rank -1 or -2 blades like candy.

>>3867394
It's not overpowered if it's the intended solution to many encounters, and not using it causes you to be woefully underprepared for the coming fights. What is actually overpowered is abusing raging ache