Poll: Blunt or Bladed weapons?

[KarmaTheAlligator]

Blades are my weapons of choice. As I like to play the Grim Reaper, I usually go with a scythe.

 

[Jennacide]

Where is piercing dammit? Daggers aren't for slicing, they're for stabbing! And what about blunt/bladed? ie: Two handed battle axes. Enough weight to be considered blunt due to it's massive inertia per swing, but bladed for extra insult to injury.

Given the only two choices, bladed. But I favor piercing weapons in most games.

 

[Tibs]

I find blunt weapons funner to kill with. I wish all the games I play gave more powerful blunt weapons like hammers and the like. Axes are really fun to kill with as well.

 

[DefinitelyPsychotic]

Blades for me. I really wish they made an RPG where they let you use a U.S. "Knuckle Duster" Trench Knife.

You should totally Google it

 

[crudus]

There seems to be more style when it comes to swords. I choose those.

 

[BodomBeachChild]

I try to rely on small blades in RPGs as I tend to like characters that strike close and fast. I always try and keep a longer blade around if possible for bigger enemies.

 

[Burs]

Blunt weapons require brute strength to be able to effectively wield while Blade's tend to rely more heavily on being precise and nimble.

As a medieval reenactor I can say to you It takes just as much skill to bash someone to death with a Flanged mace or warhammer then it does to bash someone to death with a sword except its quicker to use the mace.

Im a little bit disapointed that warspikes are never included in games the one i have on the wall feels a little dejected.

 

[Indecipherable]

Blunt objects don't allow for enough blood to be shed. D:

If there is going to be any sort of battle, blood is a must!

Mace to the head = literal decapitation. In fact the head will be found in 5000 pieces in a 5 meter radius.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8P9Vjl4YUU

 

[Indecipherable]

Blade is also overrated. A great deal of armour was basically impenetrable to slashing attacks, and the weapon would quickly dull into something to bludgeon with anyway.

 

[darthotaku]

Use a sword with a mace on the pommel and split the difference

 

[ace_of_something]

Depends on the game. In most video games there is a clear emphasis on swords usually having the highest damage/best stats so you pretty much would be silly not to pick it.

In table top... it depends on the character... If i'm going for a more 'unskilled' theme I would use a blunt weapon.

How the bump is an axe blunt?

Spoiler: Bludgeons can be sweet looking too

Though this one kind of looks like a sex toy...

 

[godofallu]

Whichever gives the most damage, I try not to be fussy.

And axes are not blunt, that always bothered me about Oblivion.

No axes are blunt weapons because the majority of the damage comes from the weight. You don't slash with an axe, it's not long enough or light enough. You must crush with it.

On topic: I always use blades because they are the better weapons in real life and in game. How many legendary real life knights can you list that used a mace? I can't think of any.

 

[ace_of_something]

Whichever gives the most damage, I try not to be fussy.

And axes are not blunt, that always bothered me about Oblivion.

No axes are blunt weapons because the majority of the damage comes from the weight. You don't slash with an axe, it's not long enough or light enough. You must crush with it.

On topic: I always use blades because they are the better weapons in real life and in game. How many legendary real life knights can you list that used a mace? I can't think of any.

You could argue that EVERY weapon is blunt by that logic. You use weight with a particularly heavy sword. You put the weight behind the thrust of a spear.

Also, how about most of the knights templar? Seem to recall they mostly stuck with maces.

 

[Condor219]

Blades all the way. When do you see an intelligent person expertly crushing people with their warhammer, or a generally unintelligent person tearing things to shreds with their sword? No offense to the blunt weapon fans, but they got stuck with a bad sterotype.

 

[winginson]

In games - bladed weapons as they look better and work better.
In RL - A polearm that can crush and stab.

I must admit my current oblivion character is using a blunt 'weapon' - he's just running around killing fully armoured knights by punching them in the face. Weapons are for godamn pansies!

 

[godofallu]

Whichever gives the most damage, I try not to be fussy.

And axes are not blunt, that always bothered me about Oblivion.

No axes are blunt weapons because the majority of the damage comes from the weight. You don't slash with an axe, it's not long enough or light enough. You must crush with it.

On topic: I always use blades because they are the better weapons in real life and in game. How many legendary real life knights can you list that used a mace? I can't think of any.

You could argue that EVERY weapon is blunt by that logic. You use weight with a particularly heavy sword. You put the weight behind the thrust of a spear.

Also, how about most of the knights templar? Seem to recall they mostly stuck with maces.

I suppose you can argue anything, but an Axe and a Sword are used different ways. A thick sword can be swung like a blunt weapon, but a blunt weapon can't be swung like a sword. It's all about the balance of the weapon.

 

[Twilight.falls]

I prefer blunt. While seeing an enemy's limb getting severed is always awesome, seeing their limb get SHATTERED all over the place is even more awesome.

 

[Hop-along Nussbaum]

Blades to watch the blood fly. Downside: They require sharpening, in the real world anyway.

Blunts are great for hearing bones crush and snap like twigs. Bonus: Never need sharpening.

Oh yeah. And a blade thrust into the chest of a skeleton does nothing. Nothing says "I love skeletons like a high-arching hammer swing. Most of the time, I prefer blades. Small blades. But blunts have their uses too.

 

[Comma-Kazie]

Blades, always--I do love katanas.

 

[niktzv]

Always Blunt weapons. Despite the way they end up animating the attacks i gain infinitely more joy from imagining that im cracking my opponents skull open like a walnut then i do imagining the same old swipe blade here, watch head fall there.