Axes are better than swords.

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Axes are better than swords.

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Post by LOOT » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:52 pm

Why? Because they're so damn sexy and powerful.

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Post by Ace Mercury » Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:46 pm

Axes usually require two hands, which sucks for defense. I mean, it's important to impress the cyber-babes, but it's no use to you when there's a bayonnet in your thorax.
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Post by MC Luigi » Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:02 pm

Swords look cooler, are swung faster, most are one handed, and axes are just abit stronger. And that depends.
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Post by Spritedude » Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:53 am

Well, according to Fire Emblem, you're wrong.
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Post by Bomby » Thu Nov 02, 2006 3:34 am

Swords >>> Axes

Pole fighting >>> all.

Even ask Gordon Liu.

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Post by Crazyswordsman » Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:24 am

Sorry, but axes are better than swords. Most RPG heroes nowadays are too stupid to use shields, so axes are the way to go. -CSM
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Post by Bomby » Thu Nov 02, 2006 2:57 pm

Swords take a lot of skill to be able to use correctly. You can't just pick a sword up and start swinging it and be able to defeat someone with an axe. A skilled swordsman, however, can defeat an axeman any day. Good swordfights are more stylish, more mental, and have more finesse. Axes are just lazy.

But still, pole fighting kicks the most ass.
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Post by Booyakasha » Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:40 am

Depends on the context. I'd hardcore take an axe over a sword, for instance, if I were stuck in a mall with a horde of zombies. It's easier to kill a zombie with an axe; a solid blow to the head (even with the blunt side) should be sufficient to crush the beast's skull. With a sword, you'd probably have to go for a decapitation, which is trickier.
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Post by Cysma » Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:05 am

Modern-day firearms have replaced swords, axes, and lances entirely. And they don't take much practice to use! Just point at your target and pull the trigger...
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Post by Ace Mercury » Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:13 pm

At close ranges, guns aren't that great. The main strategy when you have a gun is to get outside of melee range and into firing range, and then fire.
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Post by Bomby » Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:14 pm

[QUOTE=Cysma]Modern-day firearms have replaced swords, axes, and lances entirely. And they don't take much practice to use! Just point at your target and pull the trigger...[/QUOTE]
Guns are for the weak minded.
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Post by Galefore » Fri Nov 03, 2006 6:18 pm

Weapons rawk. They make the killy killy. Therefore, I likey...

SPEARS RULE.
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Post by Crazyswordsman » Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:14 pm

Spears are even better than axes. Kain and Lavitz use them. -CSM
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Post by Galefore » Sat Nov 04, 2006 1:52 pm

^Amen.
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Post by t3hDarkness » Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:35 pm

And if those swords are so awesome, how did three berserkers armed with bearded axes (two handed weapon and wearing no armor) hold back a Roman legion?
It wasn't until the Romans brought archers that the berserkers fell.
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Post by Mikhail Gorbachev » Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:51 pm

Equal. Axes are much stronger and swords are a bit faster, but their lightweightness also serves as a disadvantage since it's harder to block stuff.
Swords win when it comes to looking good, but I'd say katars, polearms, and a few other types of melee weapons look better.
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