Personally I love what they are doing with weapons in this game! As I understand it, they will be split into one-handed, two-handed, or marksman. That opens the possibility of lots of unique weapons! C'mon, daedric crescent! And having each weapon play differently is just awesome. Axes bleed out, maces bypass armor! I'm sure hammers will damage fatigue as usual.

BUT... if SPEARS are in, what perk would they have? The ability to keep a foe at a distance can't really be expanded on by a perk. And throwing it would make it a marksman weapon. These issues make me think we may not see spears.

Crossbows could easily gain penetration or range or whatever, no problem there. I think we may see them, even if its just one (dwemer). The problem there is what niche would they fill, now that bows have been changed?

What new/returning weapon types do you think/hope we will see, and what perk will be associated with them?

An excellent bonus for spears would be bonus damage against large enemies. You can't really hurt a dragon with a mace can you? Axes don't cut deep enough either and swords aren't that useful for when it comes to stabbing.

From what i've read in the articles and heard from other people the difference between the weapons will only be looks and special effects, personally i'm hoping i'm wrong and that they get a different fighting style.