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Swords are the best type of weapon, hands down. Axes tend to be rather weak and difficult to find. I’ve never really understood why anyone would want to use axes over swords (roleplaying reasons aside, of course).
There are several good polearms early on in the game, but there are relatively few really good ones in the late game. The same goes for daggers (you’ll have access to almost every dagger in the game by the time you reach the swamp).
Maces/flails are good for dual-wielders (the samurai being an exception), since they only need to train in one weapon skill. The best off-hand weapon in the game is a mace, and there are a few decent primary-hand weapons as well. There are also a couple of very nice extended-reach flails, but you won’t see those until quite late.
There are quite a few good staves in the game, but they tend to be out-classed by other weapon types (with a few notable exceptions). Staves work well for casters (extended reach), but you’ll probably not want to use them for most melee-types (again, with a few exceptions).
Generally, I’d advise you to stick with whatever you’re already using. It’s a much better idea to become very skilled with one or two weapons rather than try to learn to use several weapons.
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