Talk:Dragon Greatsword/@comment-98.207.87.55-20130815051134/@comment-101.165.104.160-20130815063217

Actually the Machete's drop rate isn't low. And you can buy it from Shiva for 10k souls. Even if you buy it, the price to fully upgrade it would be lower than the Dragon Greatsword. Not to mention its easy availability is totally eliminated by its high requirement and the defense boost probably doesn't matter by the time you got 50 Strength, which is likely end game or NG+.

So the only benefit is really that awesome looking shockwave, but weapon choice is entirely personal preference.