Is exotic weapons ever worth it considering no feats

[Killer29687]

Just got the sorrow fauchard and noticed no feats for weapon focus/crit which makes me
Wonder… what’s the point? Honestly never touched exotics in km either because it always required a feat and if that’s the case then most people never touch exotics either I reckon

[Super Cosmic Space Magnet]

You can take weapon focus in exotic weapons, they probably just aren't showing up because you lack the proficiency.

Exotics generally are better than martial weapons though, either for extra crit range or damage numbers. A Fauchard for example is literally just a better Bardiche, with 18-20 crit range instead of 19-20. An Estoc is just a better Rapier (2d4 damage instead of 1d6) etc.

I don't think taking an exotic weapon is terrible, especially if you're a race/class with lots of feats to spare (like humans/fighters). Fun is the best stat in the game though, so while yes you can just go "haha scimitar go brrr" every campaign I enjoy shaking things up with different weapon choices.

[Cutlass Jack]

Depending on your race or background you can get some of them without the extra proficiency feat. For example Aldori background will let you use dueling swords, which opens up feats especially for them. And Elves can use Elven Curve Blades if they have Martial Proficiency, etc.

Fighters get lots of bonus feats overall, so its really not that big a deal for them to pick one up.

[Killer29687]

Whole game has basically been soulshreader (name close enough?) then saw the sorrow weapon and was interested however I have all the crit+focus+mythic buffs for the focus/crit for that weapon, yet for fauchards I didn’t see no feats except the feet that allows you to wield the exotic weapon

Apologies if the question is stupid but once you for example have a crit feat focus on weapon A, when you see the page for stats does the feat bonus apply that you can see?

>.> sometimes the game really loves to make it hard to compare stats/which is better ui wise


Also my god I wish I knew where other stats ui page was, wanna know if my initiative stacking is actually working etc

[Super Cosmic Space Magnet]

Open your character sheet and go to the "Martial" tab. It'll show your damage per swing as well as your critical hit range in the bottom left. Mouse over and you'll be able to see the sources of modifiers.

https://pathfinderwrathoftherighteous.wiki.fextralife.com/Weapons

Also, go to "Weapon Type Comparison Table" at this link and you'll be able to see the base damage and crit ranges of every weapon type in the game. It's a handy resource that I'm pretty often finding myself panning back to when deciding on a weapon.