Axe or Sword?

I use a sword but alot of my friends tell me to switch to an axe. Do axes do more dmg then swords? I kno that axes do more dmg on the occasions but they also to less dmg unlike the sword it has a balance dmg. Which weapon type is better axe or sword? Btw this is for pve and also pvp

Cant say swords are all that great in pvp. Id have to say axe is a good idea after all the fact victos axe and the razorstone have held thier value longer than the green swords have is a dead give away. As far as swords go I noticed they are really good in pve because the bleeding degen followed by the deep wound on most monsters is just awsome. In pvp its more "o noes bleeding and gash monk types LOL ~mend ailment~ gg sword war". The axe is a bit different it has no degen so the mod for it that lengthens bleeding confuses me but the attacks have a significant amount of dmg to them especially eviscerate you should try that its cool and it works great in pve especially on the monsters that cant bleed which owns the bleeding gash bit from swords. In pvp axes are serious spiking weapon blatently shown with gale w/e and sadly yes iway w/r. Yes I think switching to an axe is a good idea but its up to you its your char do what you want have fun with it.

For PvE I would go with the sword, I mean, come on, swords look way cooler ^_^

Sword works nicely with some tactics skills(riposte) and final thrust just feels so good

Or get both Sword and Axe, inflict a hell lot of conditions (bleeding deep wound weakness....go secondary ranger for apply poison:P)
and Victory is Mine, add frenzy/flurry to that and all will go great (not on enchanted swords, nor jade armors, but apart from that ^_^)

Swords and axes, it's an endless debate.

But take this from an ex-axe user, while axes are better for a high dps over time, you don't kill things with high dps, unless there is no monk around.

What REALLY kills is spike damage, a sword can, with gash + final thurst, kill a 60 armor target from 60% HP - and that's HARD to heal for a monk. Try it out on the battle isles on the targets, hit sever atery, wait till your target is on 60% and spike with final thurst and gash, an axe can't kill like that.

Also, axes REQUIRE their elite to be Eviscerate, a Sword Warrior can bring Charge so he can Frenzy while moving 25% faster (or tigers fury) hitting critical damage in quick succesion on running targets.

So, DPS and decent spike, go axe, for a killer spike go swords

Or ditch both and go for the caster-killing hammer, they will sure love being on their ass 3/4 of the time. Fun in RA/CA (Whatever you want to call it) start bashing something to get full adren, then just switch on the monk and kill him in ~5 secs.

EDIT: If your friends are telling you to switch to axe, its probably because the build and playstyle you (and they) preffer using would prove more effective with axe skills. That or they don't know any better.

As its been said, its an age old discussion. I've played as a Warrior with all three weapons and all have their strengths and weaknesses:

Swords use bleed skills to add a little extra DoT (thats Damage Over Time to you non-EQ1 peeps) to team attacks. Hitting an enemy can be healed with a standard Orison. Blled+poison+Conjure Phantasm+Siphon=ouch. But, at least in PvE, if the monster is imune to Bleeding skills, it weakens the swords effectivness. Most heavy hitters (people who like to do damage) and condition castors love to use and see the sword.

Axe on the other hand has one all too often overlooked skill: Disrupting Chop. A 20 second disable to whatever skill the enemy is using with the original interupt. That makes it a great Elite buster when you'll be staring down hard bosses like Yakslapper (Mark of Prot *shivers*). And while Evicerate is a great skill (especially when you invest in a Tanzit's Cleaver), I find Cleave gives more Damage per hit because it charges twice as fast and removes your need to do Deep Wound damage to be effective. Becaue its almost as fast as the sword, you still do plenty of damage even without bleeding. Adding Distracting Blow to this build makes axe the weapon of choice for interupt tanks

And then there's the red headed stepchild of both preffered weapons: the hammer. Since its a 2-handed weapon and slower to strike, most warriors shun its use if they don't scoff outright when they see it in my hand. That is, until I get close to their castors in PvP. Knockdown Elites like Dwarven battle Stance or (my fav on hammer) Earthshaker can cause a serious chaos moment among PvP groups. And these are humans who know to avoid my tank; think of the havoc it causes against AI! I also find it easier to get off critical hits with a hammer attack, and thats nothing to sneeze at when you factor in the hammers base damage is the highest in the game, that your weakest strike will be nearly as strong as the highest critical hit from both other weapons. But still, no shield means no extra shield buffs. hmm...

My personal prefference is now shifted back to axe. I like the interupts i do, and have plenty of good green shields to make my dear old Bludgeoner outmodded. That may change in a SF gear farm though, since Icy Dragons+Spinal Shivers= zero casts from my target. And you're right Mistical miss; it looks really cool when i whip that thing out

Its all about the team you're with and the enemies you're fighting against. I reccomend trying all 3. Play the game; don't be obsessed with the best build all the time. Get messy and make mistakes. Who knows, you might just make the next uber build in the doing.

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