Poll: Get medieval on this poll.

[FROGGEman2]

Sword, grace and speed are better than brute force. My biggest thread would be anything with a chain link, it will snap the blade.

You have a horrible misconception of swords.

Swords are brute force, and are terribly slow.

That's why rapiers were invented.

...And swords are to thick to "snap".

Rapier? You mean the sword type right? I wasn't thinking two-handed boradswords (in fact I was thinking Rapier), clearly you are.

Compaired to to other weapons on this list a sword is the swiftist thing in the world. Also a flail will snap a sword, can you provide any proof that they will not? Right now I've got history books/doco's and basic logic making me think as I do, what is making you think as you do?

EDIT:

Sword, grace and speed are better than brute force. My biggest thread would be anything with a chain link, it will snap the blade.

The European swords were made of iron, and as such were largely blunt, requiring massive brute force.

I guess I vote mace. If I had training a bow.

Again I was thinking more along the lines of a Rapier than a Boradsword. I guess I should have been more exact, "sword" is a bit generic.

Uh-ha, I thought you meant chain-link armor.

And I believe that a hatchet... a small hatchet... or a dagger would be faster, but no one would really use that in combat.

So yeah, I assumed that you had no idea of swords and assumed they were all really light and smooth and super happy fun fun chocolate coated easy to use.

But I was wrong.

 

[the_joker1112]

A mace.

there is nothing more satisfying then hearing your enemies limbs bend, there bones break, there cries of agony, the tremors of impact travel up your arm, the feel of blood splash on your face.

there?s nothing like close combat.

 

[Sonicron]

Sword, grace and speed are better than brute force. My biggest thread would be anything with a chain link, it will snap the blade.

The European swords were made of iron, and as such were largely blunt, requiring massive brute force.

Sorry to rain on your parade, but what's with the term 'European swords'? If you mean braodswords, or monsters like the 'Gassenhauer', sure... but what about the Gladius, a Roman sword? Is that not a European sword? Or the swords used by the Vikings and the old German tribes - indeed weapons of minimum weight and maximum grace (which I know for a fact, seeing how I own and know how to use one)? Are they not European...?

Anyway, I like a well-balanced and light sword, but in my opinion axes and hatchets are even better. The axe head can be used to open up an enemy's defense and strike them down in a single move (I've seen it), and if the axe head is curved at the lower end (sort of like a hook) you can even draw away or lock the enemy's weapon in place, giving you the perfect opportunity to strike them down with a second weapon or cave their head in with a blow from your shield.

 

[BulletMoaf]

im building siege engines, not because its the coolest or anything, but because i hopefully then can stay even out of reach from the longbows. only fools, however glorious they may be, go into lethal situations.

 

[hiks89]

if i had a sword i could go all soul reaper on there ass

 

[twistedshadows]

I'd go for swords/daggers or a bow/longbow. I'd feel more comfortable with a sword than any other close combat weapon, but having a bow would be great for a long distance attack (and I've actually learned how to shoot with one). Picking one depends on what kind of situations I'd have to deal with.

 

[SimuLord]

Probably the Longbow. Because they gained quite an evil reputation under the use of English Longbowmen.

Crossbows have a nastier reputation. The Pope tried outlaw them because of their sheer lethality.

I'd heard that the French knights of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance always killed crossbowmen. None of this prisoner stuff for you, you murdering bastard.

Can't you cock a crossbow and then sort of fire it while you are moving because you don't have to maintain the stance? Ancestor of the run-and-gun. Reloadings's a shitter though.

Long and the short of it was that a crossbow was too slow and cumbersome to reload, so if your first volley from the crossbowmen didn't take out the knights, they'd charge home and cut you to pieces (that is, if the crossbowmen didn't have, say, a nice screen of heavy infantry or pikemen to keep the horses off 'em).

 

[Jaqen Hghar]

Well, seeing how I am the skinniest guy around, I don't have much force behind my swing. If I had any agility to speak of, I would be using daggers. But because of my broken back (which only hinders my movement and strength somewhat) that wouldn't work either. Guess I am stuck with the Trebuches then. Which is... AWESOME!
I love those! I even ordered one of those tiny construction sets when I was in recovery for my back. So I have my very own (tiny) Trebuche : D

 

[Thirsk]

Spears/pikes. Because if the regiment I'm in have it's flanks protected, it's near invincible. It takes cavalry or very heavy troops to get through a wall of spears.

Or I'd go with two-handed swords for epicness.

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

Aren't things like catapults and trebuchets technically siege engines and thus could be lumped into one category?

OT: I'd go with bows and arrows just cause I've actually used them in real life.

 

[Zac_Dai]

I choose...

Mongol horse archer!

I love European medieval armies, but I'd rather be on the winning side for this one.

 

[Kurt Horsting]

Im going with the axe, and not a pussy ass one hander, a fucking Astoroth style giant fucking axe. To crush, cleave, and destroy everything in the way. Also, i wanna sneak up and somebody and go "Here's a Sign" And hit him in the balls like Marv in Sin City.

 

[michael_ab]

i chose maces, not because of brute force, but because of elegance
let me explain
im 160 pounds, if i swing around a 30lb-50lb ball o death on a stick or chain, im just gonna let physics and inertia do the work, and just hang on

 

[michael_ab]

It's not here, but I would pick a poleaxe.
It's essentially a halebard with a hammer on one end. You could get through platemail by brute force and just shear through lighter stuff with one.

not quite.. think.. poleaxe. pole axe

its an axe on a pole

 

[AngloDoom]

I was torn between bows and clubs, but in the end I went for clubs. If everyone else is in armour, you've got to bash them on the ground to kill them anyway. It's just that much more effective and satisfying with some kind of morning star rather than sword that gets increasing blunt as you fight.

 

[Motti]

It's not here, but I would pick a poleaxe.
It's essentially a halebard with a hammer on one end. You could get through platemail by brute force and just shear through lighter stuff with one.

not quite.. think.. poleaxe. pole axe

its an axe on a pole

Despite the name, they commonly have a hammer attatched as well.

 

[michael_ab]

It's not here, but I would pick a poleaxe.
It's essentially a halebard with a hammer on one end. You could get through platemail by brute force and just shear through lighter stuff with one.

not quite.. think.. poleaxe. pole axe

its an axe on a pole

Despite the name, they commonly have a hammer attatched as well.

think im gonna be an ass and point out do you mean a poleARM, and no it dosent matter im just bored

 

[Ursus Astrorum]

Crossbow and swords for me, relying more on the former. Bows are elegant, but there's something rewarding about the solid thunk that a crossbow bolt gives when it hits a target. That and the recoil from the bow after firing.

Swords simply because they're my favorite melee weapon.

 

[Biosophilogical]

I totally choose bows because I would rather pick of 100 people from afar then kill 10 up close before I die. Oh, and by staying out of the action, retreat is always an option, and if i get to hide in the trees I would be like totally ninja and shoot from one spot then sneak to another so they think there are many archers!!! Mwhahahahahahaha!!!