Axes are better than swords.

**L007 is Cooler than Dylan** · 11-01-2006, 07:52 PM

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

Discuss.

***Ace Mercury*** · 11-01-2006, 08:46 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.

MC Luigi · 11-01-2006, 09:02 PM

Swords look cooler, are swung faster, most are one handed, and axes are just abit stronger. And that depends.

Spritedude · 11-02-2006, 12:53 AM

Well, according to Fire Emblem, you're wrong.

Bomby · 11-02-2006, 02:34 AM

Swords >>> Axes

Pole fighting >>> all.

Even ask Gordon Liu.

**Crazyswordsman** · 11-02-2006, 10:24 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

Bomby · 11-02-2006, 01:57 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.

**Booyakasha** · 11-02-2006, 11:40 PM

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.

Cysma · 11-03-2006, 08:05 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...

***Ace Mercury*** · 11-03-2006, 11:13 AM

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.

Bomby · 11-03-2006, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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...

Guns are for the weak minded.

Jigsaw · 11-03-2006, 05:18 PM

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

SPEARS RULE.

**Crazyswordsman** · 11-03-2006, 08:14 PM

Spears are even better than axes. Kain and Lavitz use them. -CSM

Jigsaw · 11-04-2006, 12:52 PM

^Amen.

t3hDarkness · 11-04-2006, 03:35 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.

Mikhail Gorbachev · 11-04-2006, 03:51 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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Bomby Condescending Film Jerk Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere Gender: Posts: 15,396 Thanks: 231 Thanked 682 Times in 433 Posts Blog Entries: 4 Points: 6,237.21 Bank: 3,894,426.26 Total Points: 3,900,663.48 Donate	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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Cysma Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Gender: Posts: 1,441 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Points: 25.00 Bank: 6,755.77 Total Points: 6,780.77 Donate	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...

11-03-2006, 11:13 AM	#10
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 19,114 Thanks: 370 Thanked 1,582 Times in 819 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Points: 110,084.09 Bank: 23,455,165.07 Total Points: 23,565,249.16 Donate	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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11-04-2006, 12:52 PM	#14
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t3hDarkness Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I've been lost here before Gender: Posts: 4,351 Thanks: 45 Thanked 145 Times in 114 Posts Points: 644.72 Bank: 134,509.00 Total Points: 135,153.71 Donate	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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Mikhail Gorbachev Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Gender: Posts: 9,593 Thanks: 30 Thanked 81 Times in 65 Posts Points: 898.54 Bank: 32,290.67 Total Points: 33,189.21 Donate	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.