The Katana and the DaiKatana would qualify as swords and 2h-swords respectively.

No surprise bow is up there. My favorite character was a light armor stealth/bow mage. I'd open up with a bow snipe, then finish it with magic as they entered melee...most never got close.

hope they buff bows and magic this time

i picked spears and throwing darts because i miss them from oblivion. i also like staffs as enchanted spell items used as blunt weapons. the magic staffs in oblivion were ok but most of them ended up on the floor in my house taking up space. (dang there were so many of them too)
i use most of the weapons listed according to the characture i made with the exception of two handed weapons which i hardly played at all.

got to say swords because they are my favorite melee not counting fists, because its just plain awesome to beat the crap out of an ogrim with your bare hands, and bows because i like the range and usually add it as a skill with most of my characters

I had the most fun on my characters that used spears. I switch over to a 1h sword at one point, but it was rather boring...

I usually use a bow with a sword as backup if I don't manage to get the buggers down in time. However I also enjoy using different kinds of weapons to spice it up from time to time, get a little variation -- axes and maces can be a lot of fun! In future games I'd really like to see as wide a selection of weaponry as possible -- spears, crossbows, slingshots, whatever!!!

ya exactly more is better

some one suggested flail.... that would be nice to try (flail of the witch king PLZZZ hehe)

For oblivion I made my own - a Shiavona (basket hilt sword with a larger blade than a rapier). I also usually do my own blocking daggers instead of a shield.

There's nothing more satisfying then silently unsheathing a small yet fatal dagger and slitting the throat of your unsuspecting victim :ninja:

hope we see that in ES 5 and dual wielding too .

Twohanded sword, or sword.

More spefically, Katana and Dai-Katana.

would it not be awesome to have some of those kill bill death blows and "animations" for bladed weapons too like cutting enemies in half and blood spraying and they are screaming and you like ninjaing them to death :toughninja: :toughninja: :toughninja: :toughninja:

I have am having an affair with Spears. Real, piercing spears, not polearms.

I'm rather partial to the ole sword and board method of fighting when I'm not sneaking about using my faithful dagger and bow.

So, in short; Sword1h, Dagger, and Bow.

I personaly wield 2H sword and as a seccond weapon I use a bow. As a Tolkien fan in any RPG game I play I create a class that would be the most alike to Dunadain Ranger B)

What is it with people and a huge love for swords? The phallic symbolism?

If it was the phallic thing, they'd go for the mace.

Problem is, throughout history and human psyche, the spear and sword have been the weapons of choice for phallic symbolism.

I voted for them all because i love all wepons to a varying degree. I love bows and crssbows though with some medium armour a spear and a short sword and a smallish round sheild.

Some form of garrotte would be good for sneaking.

Favourite current weapon is a sword.

A garrotte would be awesome. I'd like the throwing stars/knives to have higher damage (as expensive and rare as they are to buy/find, you would think they would do more damage...), or become a sneaking weapon for low-leveled unarmored opponents (I just threw a knife at a level one commoner, two knives, three... why isn't he dead yet?). I do like one handed swords, but I really use broadswords and a shield more than anything (and an axe with a shield. I trade between them). I also have a char with a mace and shield alongside his longsword, and I use the mace to deal mostly with critters. Marksman is awesome, even if my arrows sometimes disappear right out of my bow. >.> I can never find a crossbow suited to my level, unfortunately, same with bolts. I do heart my spears.

But I really like hand to hand. I had a Nord learn some (only level 40) and there was something satisfying about flooring a heavily-armored opponent just so I can beat them to death. The Berne vampires I have are even scarier with them, and I have one Temple spearman learn it so he could pretend to be an unassuming monk... and destroy any idiot Cammona Tong who thinks he's an easy fish (he's Argonian).

But yeah, flails would be awesome. Or chain whips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qh1LlS8FFg&feature=related (ignore the music choice. Dual chains would be pretty cool to beat someone down with, since they have so much range...) Movie: Underworld

Most weapons can be whittled down to be phallic symbols. Arrows and bolts, for instance. Spears. Swords. Guns. Club. The list goes on. Not like people who stick to the classics have peniis envy or something. :wink_smile:

it is a mace.

I play mostly as stealthy characters, so I use Bows as the main weapon, and revert to one handed blades and a shield when I need to fight nearby foes, so:


Bow
Sword
Short Sword
Dagger

2H Sword is out because I use shields.