weapon speed vs weapon atk

I'm curious about how much of a difference pole arm speed will make compared to weapon attack. Would say 10 atk allow you to do more damage over time than 1 step up in speed.

I was looking at info on polearms, and different sources contradict each other so I'm not to certain about these.
According to basilmarket the reverse polearm is a "slower" speed while the Dragon Chelbird's speed is "slow". I'm not sure if this is correct, but if it was or if there was a difference in speed of the two weapons (with the reverse polearm have 5 more base attack) would you be better off with the Dragon Chelbird?

Also I'm curious about the surfboards with a "fast" speed. How well would you have to scroll a Super Surfboard (or snowboard, can't remember which it was) for it to outdo what a scrolled high level polearm. Would it be better to attemp to perfectly scroll a Super Snowboard or a Reverse Diesra?

also, kinda offtopic, but do you guys think it would be more fun to play an aran in the new server with constant free 2x but crap equips or in Broa were I have cash and the ability to leech it with my mage if I wanted to?

Fast PAs are better than slow PAs. Always.

A mid 11x attack normal speed PA is the same as a high 13x attack slow speed PA if i remember correctly.

If the purple snowboard event comes, nab yourself a 120+ attack board if you can. Mid 11x is end game.

Here's a list of Pole Arms and their attack speeds for your reference.

Source: http://ayumilovemaple.wordpress.com/2009...reference/

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Name	WeaponID	Speed
Pole Arm	1442000	8
Mithril Pole Arm	1442001	8
Eviscerator	1442002	9
Axe Pole Arm	1442003	8
Janitor's Mop	1442004	8
The Nine Dragons	1442005	6
Iron Ball	1442006	7
Studded Polearm	1442007	7
The Gold Dragon	1442008	8
Crescent Polearm	1442009	8
Skylar	1442010	8
Surfboard	1442011	8
Sky Snowboard	1442012	6
Aqua Snowboard	1442013	6
Silver Snowboard	1442014	6
Golden Snowboard	1442015	6
Dark Snowboard	1442016	6
Blood Snowboard	1442017	6
Frozen Tuna	1442018	9
Eclipse	1442019	7
Hellslayer	1442020	8
Yellow Mop	1442021	9
White Mop	1442022	6
Maroon Mop	1442023	9
Maple Scorpio	1442024	6
Guan Yu Pole Arm	1442025	6
Red Surfboard	1442026	7
Green Surfboard	1442027	6
Black Surfboard	1442028	6
Gold Surfboard	1442029	5
Maple Snowboard	1442030	6
The Nine Dragons	1442031	6
Skylar	1442032	8
The Gold Dragon	1442033	8
Eclipse	1442034	7
The Nine Dragons	1442035	6
Skylar	1442036	8
The Gold Dragon	1442037	8
Eclipse	1442038	7
Frozen Tuna	1442039	9
The Nine Dragons	1442040	6
Skylar	1442041	8
The Gold Dragon	1442042	8
Eclipse	1442043	7
Zedbug	1442044	8
Dragon Chelbird	1442045	8
Super Snowboard	1442046	5
Yellow Valentine Rose	1442047	6
Red Valentine Rose	1442048	6
Blue Valentine Rose	1442049	6
White Valentine Rose	1442050	6
Maple Karstan	1442051	6
Maple 1500 Anniv. Flag	1442052	5
Pink Flower Tube	1442053	5
Red Surfboard	1442054	7
Green Surfboard	1442055	6
Sky Blue Surfboard	1442056	6
Purple Surfboard	1442057	5
Singapore Flag	1442058	5
Heavenly Messenger	1442060	6
Versalmas Cactus	1442061	7
Tsunami Wave	1442065	6
Bullseye Board	1442066	6
Crimson Arcglaive	1442068	6
Seraphim Pole Arm	1442071	6