2008-07-24, 02:11 PM
Afrobean Wrote:The point of axes and blunt weapons is that they're slower.Interestingly, in the entire game there are no Sword/BW of equal level that are balanced when clean.
It's not supposed to be just a graphical choice that makes the difference. Axes and blunt weapon are SUPPOSED to hit harder, but hit slower, yet still maintain balance. While it is arguable if balance is actually struck, it'd be plainly unbalanced to have an axe/bw which is as fast or faster than a sword (this is, of course, ignoring the fact that axe heroes get pineapple'd in the ass due to poor skill design in 4th job... if you're looking for balance in the 4th job skill set, a change to the skills is what you should be looking for, NOT better weapons).
The average damage of a Sword (even without taking into account weapon speed differences) is always higher, the weapon speed just makes the gap larger.
The only time there's a clean weapon advantage for axe/bw is the Maple Dragon Axe, because it has a Normal speed and there's no equivalent sword.
In 2nd job it's not so bad because most sword users can't afford to 30/60% scroll, but once the swords reach a certain point (approximately 110 w.atk) there are no Blunt Weapons in the game that are stronger. Axes can compete with up to about a 115 atk Sword, after that they're out of luck -the sword is stronger.