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Just the fact that the activation of the weapon abilities take a standard action each is reason enough to call this a bad PrC.
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That's how magic weapons normally work anyways. Most damage affecting special weapon enhancements use the command word activation, and that ALWAYS takes a standard action.
Meaning, if I had a +1 flaming holy brilliant energy longsword. Even without the Shining blade PrC, it'd take me a standard action to activate each one anyways.
Lets also not forget that added enhancement bonuses for most damage effect special weapon abilities -stack- with each other. None of the damage is a named bonus. It doesn't say a +1D6 enhancement bonus to shocking damage, it just says a +1D6 to shocking damage. And using an extra plus one ability modifier, there is absolutely no harm in having a +1 Shocking Shocking Shocking Shocking longsword that simply deals 4D6 electric damage.
Holy is also an unnamed damage bonus, and therefore stacks with itself too.
The only thing that doesn't stack is Brilliant energy and that's because it doesn't have a damage bonus.
The only downside to having a +1 4Shocking blade is it takes 4 standard actions to activate each shocking enhancement.