Quote:3.) The max amount of sockets you can get with the three chip recipe is three. Actually... I think three is the only amount. I've never done it myself.
Some swords can only get 2 sockets, ever. So the recipe would only give 2 sockets for those. Among the elite swords, these are ataghan, elegant blade, falcata and hydra edge. None of these can become cruel from the recipe, so they aren't often used, anyways. Of course, if your answer was just about colossus blades, you were right. The nit only applies if you generalized it to all swords.
To answer question 1:
Colossus blade:
6 max sockets
Speed 5
One-Hand Damage: 25-65 (45 avg)
Two-Hand Damage: 58-115 (86.5 avg)
Colossus sword:
5 max sockets
Speed 10
One-Hand Damage: 26-70 (48 avg)
Two-Hand Damage: 61-121 (91 avg)