Well that's the problem isn't it?

I'd say spears if limited to one, but like flails, they would need to be implemented correctly.

Spears ftw. My second choice would be melee staffs or crossbows. I personally love Far East blades but they can be easily implemented in development and by mods so there's no real point to wasting a weapon type on it. My thing would be spears as it's a good balance of a slow and powerful melee weapon and an accurate one hit range weapon.

I'd mostly want spears/halberds then flails do sound fun then crossbows, as long as they operate fairly quickly, also a glaive like weapon with a blade on one end and a big spiked club on the other would be cool

I voted for the Flail.

Hitting someone with a flail is like smashing a graqe with hammer. Plus you swing it on a chain, it should have all the votes. That is something video games are missing today... a good flail!

I was really torn between two, I picked staff. I didn't really care for them just being magical guns in Oblivion that any idiot could pick up and use. I would much prefer that any idiot can swing a stick, althought most will swing it poorly and to make and enchanted staff would require some skill in that disipline. Also I really missed my monk character being armed with a staff.

The other half of my thought was spears, I really want to see the return of spears as well.

I've always been a sword kind of guy, allows good defence and is a verstile weapon when attacking. therefore, I voted for seperate broadswrods and longswords.

I kind of like the idea of mixing melee staffs with spears, now that you mention it. Though, they really aren't wielded the same way if you're going for quarter staff style.

As well, one and two handed spears would be nice, but I'm not pushing for it, personally.

Very hard for me to pick, but I'd love to have short swords singled out again....but for the betterment of the game, I'd also like to see spears come back.