Hi Lawdog1 ,
I prefer the lightsword for my sammy. He does enough instakill with his criticals so I'm not in a hurry. Also I prefer not to instakill all the time because I wanna rtain my skills
When I encounter a group of monster my 3 front line chars all critics all the time (Sammy, Ninja and Monk). So fights become boring and I cannot pull up skills
I have fang, bloodlust, Ivory bland and light sword so I can always change when needed.