Difference between weapons?

Sadishist

Are swords, maces, axes, and daggers all the same in terms of gameplay? Dagger doesn't swing faster than mace, etc?

Sadishist

Or sword has longer reach than dagger

Akavir_Sentinel

I'm pretty sure all one-handed weapons attack speed are the same. There is a trait that is supposed to speed up the attack a little bit, but I'm not sure that it works. Two-handed weapons are a bit slower.

TheShadowScout

Only real diff I know of comes with some passives that have different effects depending on weapon used...

nilldax

Without special traits, only daggers have faster swing, or it looks like. Others have identincal time to provide attack. However i can be mistaken.

Akavir_Sentinel

Sadishist wrote: »

Or sword has longer reach than dagger

All melee weapons have the same reach. If you haven't noticed already, an NPC can hit you from 10 feet away no matter if he is attacking you with a toothpick or a flagpole.

Sadishist

Ah thanks, so no difference, going dagger and shield is the same as going sword and shield?

Akavir_Sentinel

Sadishist wrote: »

Ah thanks, so no difference, going dagger and shield is the same as going sword and shield?

Yes, or mace and shield, or axe and shield.

Sadishist

Hm just cosmetic things, never realized that.

Akavir_Sentinel

Sadishist wrote: »

Hm just cosmetic things, never realized that.

What makes the various one-handed weapons different from each other is when it comes to dual-wield passives. Dual axes give bleed damage, dual daggers give extra crit, dual maces ignore a percentage of armor, etc....