Bortak's set Vs. Ghial's Staff Vs. The Nightbringer

I prefer double HSR, HCT is secondary imo... I already have the boots to help.
don't like the +hp mods when mming cause of the sacrifice. (and I mainly use AotL, so i don't want more hp)
I have no energy problems since I use minions as my energy management, so +energy is not what I need

I'll say both 20/20 wand/offhand, or just a 2*HSR + HCT set

I would say 20/20 set as well.

ghails staff =/ but if some 1 trades it for bortak ill be happy to trade +2 energy

and i hate the nightbringer :P

Double 20/20.

Problem with Bortak is as a MM, you won't be having 50%+ health a lot due to massive spammage of Botm during big fights.
I am usuallyaround the 33~40% mark =/

It's true you won't get the +5 energy bonus when your max health goes below 50%. However, it's not wise to keep spamming Blood of the Master until it drops below 50%, making you an easy target to pick off. You'll need to create new minions during the fight too. I guess the different MM weapon sets depend on where you are in the game. For example, in PvP, the double 20/20 will be useful since you want to be quick in raising your army and not have your foes use up the corpses.

I use the Bortak's set since it looks great and gives me a good status.

The double 20/20 is really only of any use if you are in the situation of competing for corpses (in Pve as well as pvp there are certain groups who will use consume corpse etc)

As for the difference between Bortaks and Ghials, not really a lot to shout about. One looks cooler (if u get a chance to stop and look), the others cheaper!

You takes your pick TBH

If this was the old, unnerfed MM (with no minion limit), I'd say double 20/20 and be done with it, for sure -- it was way more imperative to have stuff like your summoning skills and Verata's (also unnerfed back then) recharge and cast quick so you could spam them, especially in places like Tombs or Sorrow's where the body count could get really, really high. But times change :P

I don't use any of the above, personally; no staves, because wand/offhand has equal or better stats and with more energy, and not Bortak's Claw specifically because HCT is way less important than HSR, imho. Here's what I use:

Wayward Wand from Divine Path (or a gold weapon equivalent)
req. 9 Death Magic
Halves skill recharge of Death Magic (Chance: 20%)
Energy +5 (while Health is above 50%)

Bortak's Bone Cesta
Energy +12 (req. 9 Death Magic)
Death Magic +1 (20% chance while using skills)
Halves casting time of Death Magic spells (Chance: 20%)

Since I like running a curse MM (MoP and SS) nowadays, there are times when I have energy issues, especially if I've been spamming Death Nova a bit too frequently In cases where energy is low, I swap out to a 15/-1 focus like:

Konrru's Fervor
Energy +12 (req. 9 Death Magic)
Death Magic +1 (20% chance while using skills)
Energy +15
Energy Regeneration -1

and then swap back to the original set to regen energy once a battle is over. You could also add in Bazzr's Wail, as mentioned above, as well for even more emergency energy.

I just have a problem of forgetting to swap...

I gave a Bortak's Staff to my first Olias.

I haven't MMed for a while personally, but I'll say this -- the +30/-2 energy set is very nice to switch to when the bodies start falling.

I gave my ghial staff to my hero and now I use the Nightbringer, the double 20% HCT helps a great deal when you're trying to make minions quickly in a fight

i use ghials because it like the +1 20% thing, it is a long shot, but helps sometimes in a tight spot,a dn the extra 20/20 is just way too fast, i would run out of energy so fast and i have 53 energy