I was thinking that 2handed swords should be longer, because, as far as I know for most swords to be considered a claymore, they have to at least be the height of the user, like how they were in Morrowind, in Oblivion, they seemed to short. Also, they way characters carry a claymore/battle hammer/axe seems odd, they hold it straight up in the air, that seems like it would be unbalancing and fatiguing. I was thinking that maybe they should hold it down at their side with both hands with the blade/head behind them.

Claymores are for sure my favorite weapon. Although, more than likely I will be using a longsword/shield combination instead. I don't think claymores will block incoming dragon fire very effectively.

I suppose it did look a little awkward but I never thought too much about it. Then again, you can carry around an entire armory with you as well with out getting fatigued.


I like battle axes the best. Something about that barbarian element to role-;playing that I enjoy.

Love me a battle axe! Can't wait to play a Nord Berzerker type weilding a big ol' axe!

I'm not really sure what you're suggesting with the way it's held. However, straight up is likely one of the least fatiguing positions for an especially long weapon to be held. The less balanced the weight is from the point or points at which it is supported, the more energy it will require to continually support it. A sword is generally only held at a handle, which is almost always at the extreme end of the weapon. When held for combat, this creates imbalance and requires the wielder to support additional weight due to the length. Particularly long or hefty weapons would be especially susceptible to this. However, if you hold it up then the weight comes down evenly and it can be supported easier. If the weapon is heavy, this also gives it more potential energy as gravity can contribute significantly to impact force.

For efficiency (irl) i would use the Dai-Katana. but my favourite is Claymore. probably because of the Claymore anime that i love so much

Yeah, I thought I might not be able to describe the stance to well. The best way I think I can describe it is if you holding the sword like you would a katana(two hand on the handle at waist level in the middle of your body) move the sword either to the left side or right side of your waist, then flip the blade around so the blade is behind you and your holding the handle kind of reversed. IDK I see big weapons held like that alot, of course, you probably could just hold it like a katana, but using a claymore or axe in that stance just seemed odd to me.

This!

Claymores really weren't made for one on one fighting, they were mostly used for destroying pikes and chopping through armor of troops.

Got to be the Tachi (or Dachi), I know it's really petty of me, but I can't help pointing out that Dai-Katana is a weird european mistranslation type of a thing. But whatever it is called, I understand the love of axes, but if the Blades lore says there are two-handed katanas in Tamriel, then bring them on.

Two handed katana do exist, except they're usually called Nodachis were used against cavalry by foot soldiers or Odachis was used from horse back. There was also tachis which were the Japanese equivalent of a cavalry saber. Turns out, the term "daikatana" isn't an actual word for any of these weapons, but is a made up word used to group all these weapons into one group. Daikatana means *"large sword", formed by a mistaken reading of the kanji 大刀 (Japanese: daitō), derived from the Chinese dadao. The reading mistake comes from the different ways Japanese Kanji can be read, depending on their combination or not in a word. It has been used in some (English-language) fictional works to represent a kind of large katana; the video game Daikatana, for example used this pseudo-term as its title.* So really, it's just there to group all the larger Japanese swords together and say "Hey! This is a big @#$%*&$ sword!"


* to * is a direct quote from wikipedia

No spear option, blasphemy.

If it's an option, I prefer the Bastard Sword (Hand-and-a-Half), because of their flexibility in combat. Able to be wielded effectively with one or two hands, compact enough for one-on-one fighting.

Claymores come second, but like a few have already said, Claymores are more the melee equivalent of a siege weapon. Able to cut arcs through ranks of soldiers, but one-on-one (Against another human) they're poorly balanced and very detrimental to that type of engagement.

Is this a two handed weapon?

http://www.front2enemy.com/images/fronttowardenemymine.jpg

Dai-Katana is my favourite though.

Claymores are not generally the full height of a man, I don't think.

Anyway, some inbetween weapons like longswords should (as they do in reality) have an option to use them 2 handed for faster/stronger attacks.

Right, a Claymore is usually around 4.5 feet. The actual blade part something like 3feet of that, with the Handle, Pommel, Hilt and foregripping area taking up a good 2 feet.



Hand-and-a-half (Bastard) Sword.

It's probably too much to expect, but if you equip one of those types of swords, with nothing in the offhand, they could (Either through perk or naturally) occupy both hand slots, for an increase in damage.

Your probably right, I just can't help shake the feeling that I heard/read that some where though, but yeah the claymore is usually around 40-55 inches. I could be thinking about the Zweih?nder which ran about 71 to 84 inches, which would be about the height of a full frown man(71in being 5'11 and 84in being 7 feet) but I never really looked up stuff about the Zweih?nder though, oh well.

I think claymores are the best two handed weapons in Oblivion and now in Skyrim, because (i think) they are the coolest weapon in the game. Saying this is there going to still have Daedric Weapons ?

Nah, I don't think 2-handed swords were too short in Oblivion. This ain't Final Fantasy
If the handle is long enough for two hands, and the blade is heavy enough to snap a wrist if used single handed, it's a 2-handed weapon.

I like that definition of a two handed weapon! lol

Staffs and polearms

Of course, they had to restrict staffs for magic users for whatever reason and polearms aren't in the game (sadly).

This style can be seen in the newest set of screens in which the Dragonborn is fighting with a giant spider. So I guess that this confirms the two handed weapon style you wanted to see in game.

Yeah, that's what I thought when I first saw it I was like "Oh, that's what I talking about." and If somebody still didn't understand what I was talking about, I was gonna refer them to that pic.