User blog comment:DissidiaGameMaster/El Patron is a dissapointment!/@comment-4087312-20110924133114

I've completed this quest many times. On one occasion there was already another group of pirates fighting El Patron. I went on the ship to help battle him and when we were done I was able to get my Sword. It seems that all you have to do is be PART of the attack, not necessarily be the one to summon and defeat him (without dying) all by yourself.