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Well.... beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Some people hate what other people like/love. So many ways to look at a sword.
Crystallines look weak to
me, the blade looks like it is made out of ice and will break with a blow (Thus leaving you with just the handle). But, they are RARE!!! And they make people go "Woooooo what sword is that?!?" So they look nice! Even if they are short and fat. I'm not making any sense ^_^
IMO the rarest skin for a sword in Guild Wars should be a Fellblade. But thats from
my point of view. Its big ,black and it has that all so cool shadow animation on it. Has a cool name and basicially makes
me wanna run when seeing someone coming after
me with it

But I do understand why some people hate it as it is just a big piece of metal.
I feel that even Dragon Swords look better than Crystalline Swords. If you are able to change its hilt like during the beta, dye its animation and have their drop rate equal to a Crystalline's. I believe most people won't be going for Crystallines.
To
me animation on a weapon play as big a part as its design.
But well in the gaming world, rare equals to beauty

So the best looking sword is still the Crystalline!!!