Yes, swords seem to be the best category overall in the game, with lots of options available throughout the game, unlike staff&wand where CoC resides. I don't think I've seen many staffs that made me think "wow, better equip this one right away" (staff of doom, and CoC being the only ones so far). Before I got the CoC for the ninja, I was thinking more like "hmm, is this any better than the fairy stick" when I came across something and pretty much used the fairy stick until you-know-what, and now that she has the CoC, I don't see her switching weapon before I start a new game
And it seems to be so pretty much for every other category excluding swords. There seems to be one or two good weapons in each category (haven't paid attention to polearms at all tho), where the swords are plentiful.
[ 07-24-2002, 06:10 AM: Message edited by: Bomb ]