Swords, Axes or Maces? : V

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:25 pm

What do you use?
On my first character I used a mace, then either a spell, a shield or a second mace.

I remember one battle I ran out of magica, but my enemy had low health, so I went to equip my second mace, but I had accidentally left it somewhere, so I got to see a kill move with a mace wielded in combination with a pickaxe

» Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:17 pm

Maces are strong but I rely on the speed of my sword to take down an enemy before it strikes.

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:11 am

^^This
Strike, before your enemies attack you.
Kill, your enemies when have chance. Faster, means bigger chance.
So, I prefer Sword.

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:36 am

They're all practically the same. Whichever looks best.

Swords have the most uniques though.

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:24 am

I prefer War Axes overall, good enough speed and they stagger more than swords do. I like maces alot, too, because when you stagger someone they can't attack you back, and that's better than just killing them a bit faster.

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:08 am

I prefer swords for 1h and battleaxe for 2h.

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:22 am

"I'm a sword man myself."

Though axes have grown on me. Maces are alright, I guess, never used them much.

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:53 am

Maces or swords, except where axes are acceptable for Rule of Cool.

Maces deal more damage and have the only vaguely useful special perks (bleeding and critical hit damage is negligible), swords are faster with good reach and I believe typically get higher DPS.

Twohanded I can only tolerate the greatsword, nothing else has good enough reach to balance how slow it is.

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:47 pm

Tend to prefer Swords, mainly for the way they look really. If I'm dual-handing though, War-Axes. Don't know that I've ever used a Mace, but my Followers often do.

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:46 am

Maces feel too slow and clunky so I don't usually bother with them. Swords FTW.

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:30 am

SWORD!! Hands down way faster, better looking, and easier to use when fighting off horse back..... Ebony swords and my personal favorite the Dawnbreaker IS THE BEST!!!!

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:26 am

Swords. I like the look and feel better than the other weapons. Next would be axes, and I don't think I would actually use maces, they just aren't my thing.

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:41 am

Swords, much faster, can do just as much damage if you're smithing, and I like stabbing.

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:16 am

I like them all but cant stand the mace decapitation kill cam you dont cut someones head off with a mace smash it yes but cut it off sorry no. For that reason alone my sword and board characters almost never use a mace.

» Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:30 pm

I like them all but cant stand the mace decapitation kill cam you dont cut someones head off with a mace smash it yes but cut it off sorry no. For that reason alone my sword and board characters almost never use a mace.

Really? I know it's just a bad kill animation for the Mace, but come on, it feels like you literally beat that guys head off his body!

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:33 am

Swords. Big enough to do lasting damage, fast enough to power attack and stagger your foe. Crit damage chance is a better weapon bonus than bleed damage of axes (which can be mimiced by enchanting the sword with fire damage anyway) or the largely useless armor piercing power of maces.

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:46 am

I use all three :cool:

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» Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:38 pm

My bad.

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:10 am

Really? I know it's just a bad kill animation for the Mace, but come on, it feels like you literally beat that guys head off his body!

Every time I see it I just think no no no that's not right now if it smashed his head into a bloody pulp then it would be mace time :biggrin:

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» Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:34 am

The few times I used One Handed, I used a sword (deadric) but I usually prefer the Two Handed Battleaxe, nice middle ground between the fast Greatswords and Slow powerful Warhammers.

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:06 pm

Warhammer

nothing like watching your enemies brains ooze out their ears...

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:36 am

Axes. They seem to be a good median between the speed of a sword and the power of a mace. Plus I like the way they look.

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 12:58 pm

The unique perk effects are all worthless, so that shouldn't factor in your decision.

In terms of practicality of damage over time, swords are the best out of the three, daggers even better when smithed.

If I remember right the relative swing speeds are:
Daggers - 1.3
Swords - 1.1
Axes - 0.9
Maces - 0.8

So just work out if the extra damage provided by the mace/axe is actually better for combat, it usually isn't.

» Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:02 am

Swords, or daggers dual wielded. They just look so much better.