Actually i do understand...
But I'm just trolling a casual player who cannot into characterbuilding and math lol.
:trollface:
*and*
there's a known fact: Wanna do smth well? Do it urself!
That's why i wanted him to take pen, paper and math schoolbook So he would finally understand this: SoS is AWESOME.
(As for your calculations - they're great but he still wants some Casualnewb999 to achive +67, not awesome geared barb... well... I'll provide the breakdown for one, cause I'm already too bored...)

so
HERE COMES THE PAIN!!111 (c)

4(horc)+10(PA)+6(horc PA)+8(bard)+1(madstone... actually +1.5 or even +3 if doublemadstoned but yeah: double is not sustainable)+5(sos)+2(guildbuff)+2(nonepic claw/fabricator) = 38
This is a base dmg (!) breakdown.
Now we need to find 29 moar dmg.
BARB: +6(PA) => we need 23 str_dmg_mod => we need 42 str.
FTR: +4(feats)+2(enchancements)+4(kensei) => we need 19 str_dmg_mod => we need 36 str
PAL: +6(divine might)+3(favor)+1(prayer) => ... => 36 str

YES! I AM USING horc for calculations. Cannot afford TP for it? Play minesweeper!

Any more questions?
(oh, and btw... as i said even melee fvs can reach +67. yes, covered with epic gear. But did u think melee fvs is "average melee"? lol!)
(and yes, i might be missing smth actually... it was kinda brief breakdown)
(and one more: MATH RULES! \m/)
........must......resist.....must.....not.....type....."newb!".......
.......
phew...

lold. Am I the one thinkning getting ship invite (not mentioning the possibility of having a good guild) is *A LIL BIT* easier than all-elite amrath? (okay, not all, but most)
As for the possibility to die and lose those buffs (if u were talking about this)... well, enjoy your PUG/dump con/zerging/etc.
So let's not talk about deaths and assume guildbuffs as constant.
(they're actually even more constant than any other buff)

Sad but true. Pally is a 0.5barb until he gets his esos and bumps up with epic gear.
And hi finally becomes 0.80-0.85barb after that. Yay.
@qc_sebyos: Even with divine favor, zeal, divine might and divine sacrifice. Face it... =(
At least pally's much more versatile. And that's why i enjoy it... otherwise i would have TRd it into a barb long ago lol.

Finally.

Cannot be Cannith crafted.
...................................... 1200+ posts and i still read such................... omfg.................. >.<

Oh lol.
Have u seen crafting lvls and ingedients needed for those?
Bwahahahah.
Here, take a look

Highest Arcane shard level is 70
Highest Divine shard level is 93

Total Item Potential Required:   11 (Min Level on item will be 20)

You will have to make:
    Shard of [+5] Enhancement Bonus
    Shard of Greater Evil Outsider Bane
    Shard of Holy
    Shard of Potential (+10 Maximum Enhancement)
    Shard of Potential (+11 Maximum Enhancement)
    Shard of Potential (+6 Maximum Enhancement)
    Shard of Potential (+7 Maximum Enhancement)
    Shard of Potential (+8 Maximum Enhancement)
    Shard of Potential (+9 Maximum Enhancement)

Total Required Ingredients:
     15 Greater Arcane Essence
     192 Lesser Arcane Essence
     41 Siberys Dragonshards
     1 +5 Spirit
     36 Greater Good Essence
     272 Lesser Good Essence
     5 Purified Eberron Dragonshard Fragments
     1 Demons Blood
     1 Large Devil Scales
     3 Glittering Dust
     1025 Lesser Any Essence

And now answer. What's easier: SoS or crafted weaponry?
(tip: Highest Divine shard level is 93 (c) )

Just for u to know: even Shade's DPS Challenge thread says:
"-Ship buffs are ok <...> These are generally available and sustainable for everyone in most raids" (c)