[Eighty Swords]

Please do report me to Taran and point him to this very thread. I simply commented on a post of yours and you come back flaming me, which is your usual behavior so we shouldn't be at all surprised. I've lost track of how many times you've threatened to report me to staff for one thing or another yet they never say anything to me... Maybe, now just maybe, it's because I'm not the issue here.

Ok, back to the topic now... What you're saying about bigger weapons doing more damage and being slower generally does occur, but it's not the definitive rule as you are very clearly claiming it should be in your post, nor should it be.


I think I have every regular class weapon listed here, grouped by the type of weapon that they are. Note I didn't group them according to what skill they use, but physically the type of weapon they are. By the way, I believe the attack value is the max damage the weapon can do. With arms lore we have no way of telling the min damage. Smoke take 30 seconds and look at the list. It should be apparent to you that just because a weapon is bigger, doesn't mean it's automatically slower.

Swords:

Dagger:
Attack: 4
Speed: 200

Kryss:
Attack: 20
Speed: 248

Katana:
Attack: 24
Speed: 331

Cutlass:
Attack: 29
Speed: 332

Broadsword:
Attack: 30
Speed: 334

Scimitar:
Attack: 30
Speed: 342

Long sword: (it's not a mistake, there are 2 types of longswords)
Attack: 34
Speed: 396

Longsword: (it's not a mistake, there are 2 types of longswords)
Attack: 35
Speed: 401

Viking sword:
Attack: 41
Speed: 442


Axes:

Hatchet:
Attack: 31
Speed: 342

War axe:
Attack: 29
Speed: 350

Axe:
Attack: 39
Speed: 383

Double Axe:
Attack: 39
Speed: 401

Executioner's axe:
Attack: 34
Speed: 408

Battleaxe:
Attack: 36
Speed: 429

Two handed axe:
Attack: 45
Speed: 430

Large Battleaxe:
Attack: 43
Speed: 440


Maces & clubs:

Club:
Attack: 22
Speed: 302

Warmace:
Attack: 33
Speed: 420

Maul:
Attack: 29
Speed: 431

Mace:
Attack: 39
Speed: 441

Hammerpick:
Attack: 45
Speed: 604

War hammer:
Attack: 51
Speed: 618



Polearms:

Short spear:
Attack: 36
Speed: 306

Pitchfork:
Attack: 16
Speed: 333

Spear:
Attack: 39
Speed: 351

Bardiche:
Attack: 48
Speed: 516

Halberd:
Attack: 57
Speed: 616


Staves:

Quarter staff:
Attack: 35
Speed: 355

Black staff:
Attack: 33
Speed: 391

Gnarled staff:
Attack: 33
Speed: 392

Shepard's crook:
Attack: 12
Speed: 450


Other:

Warfork:
Attack: 27
Speed: 390

Pickaxe:
Attack: 15
Speed: 400


Look at the axes category. Battleaxe is commonly accepted to be a good dueling weapon, but in fact the two handed axe does 9 more damage at a cost of only 1 speed. I think I just made this weapon more popular... hopefully certain people don't complain that weapons aren't balanced!

Now look at the staves category. The quarter staff, gnarled staff and black staff all look to be the same size but they range in attack speeds by more then just a few points.

Now look at a bardiche vs a hammer pick. A hammer pick is a smaller weapon but considerably slower then the bardiche.


Even in the real world (I know you like real world examples), bigger doesn't always equal slower and stronger.

Take hockey players for example. Francis Bouillon is a defenseman for the Nashville Predators, is 5'8" and weighs 198lbs. By your logic of bigger = slower and stronger, Bouillon would be a super fast guy and not have a lot of speed. In fact he's the opposite way around. He isn't super fast but he is very powerful.

I hope now you can understand why I made my previous comments.