Does anyone actually USE Brotherhood?

[The New Crusader]

It looks cool, but by the time it actually became useful when I visited the Farplane, I already got a Baroque Sword with +10% Strength and two slots which I had just filled with 3% Strength and Piercing, and Waterstrike is just blegh.

[Hinnyuu]

Originally posted by The New Crusader:

Waterstrike is just blegh.

I mean, the VERY NEXT area you go to is full of monsters that are weak to water. They didn't just put that on there for nothing ;)

That being said, it's not, like, some super amazing weapon. Why would it be? You get it by default. Would be a bit of an upset to the effort:reward ratio if something you got for free was just super mega better than stuff you get by fighting or crafting, wouldn't it?

[Ultima]

Yeah, it's useful for quite a while, and gets an upgrade later in the story.

[jordy_pops_xx]

It's replaced pretty quickly for me

[JackPS9]

I used brotherhood all the way through the game till I got to end game.

[Casurin]

It is not a great weapon - but also not a bad one.
Waterstrike + sensor is decent for several areas. Piercing is nice for armored enemies. You just have to choose how you personally play. If you use magic or piercing with another character already then having it on Tidus is redundant and not as good as using Brotherhood. If you don't then getting a weapon with piercing offers more benefits.

But in general 4slot weapons are more on the rare side for the main story and the abilities on brotherhood work just fine.