differences between melee weapons?

revenoff

obviously ignoring the different between 1 handed and 2 handed, whats the difference between melee weapons?



is someone that trains with knives/daggers going to get assassin-type skills?   difference between a polearm and a two handed great sword?  are they all the same range?



i havent seen anyone pick anything other than a polearm or a greatsword.  so are all other melee weapons useless?

Hexcaliber

Atm moment blocking with a shield is fairly useless due to the stamina drain and problems with synching and lag so 1 handers are pointless at this point in time. As for the other weapons polearms and 2 handed clubs have a knockback effect on contact and can be really useful if used with some care. The reach of the longer 2 handers is also a huge factor in fights, trying to pvp with daggers against a polearm is pretty pointless if the polearm knows what they are doing. Overall there is not a great deal of difference between most weapons their stats simply dont stand out enough. Atm its a case of 2hander > all sadly.

As for abilities every weapon has exactly the same skill set so it doesn’t matter what weapon you use, you will have the same handful of skills as others. Oh and btw, even though they all share the same skills, you still have to buy a new copy for each and every weapon you train. Personally I am hoping that now its live players will start to find alternative skills for individual weapon trees in outposts but won't hold my breath.

 

dave816am

the other weapons range is very short...so you practically have to be on top of an enemy in order to hit them...they do less damage but hit faster.

polearm has a huge range and does .52 dmg although it's the slowest weapon.  the 2h sword does a little less damage is faster and has a little less range but much greater than the rest.

corpusc

don't forget 1h is the only type of weapon that works for mounted combat.  and you hit for something like 50 dmg on a mount.  and mounts received quite a bit of buffing up of abilities shortly before launch.  also mounts were quite affordable early in the game (at least in beta).

 

for caster types, the beginner Greater Magic damage spell Rend debuffs piercing resistance.  dunno if this makes daggers or whatever other piercing type weapons there are into legit alternatives or not, but its something to consider.