1h thrusts are probably the least dangerous, they're telegraphed like a mile away and take forever, not to mention have a good chance of glancing anyhow and letting you have a free shot on user
+1 You know what you're talking about. I notice some brainless ppl that seems they didn't play a shielder before.
Yeah, take away the identity and variability of these thrusting swords.
Take a look at german greatsword (pierce 2h) and it's pierce dmg value. Then, post. If Eslavona and Side sword were as good as you think, you will see players playing with it. Did you see someone playing with sidesword postpatch? I didn't. Did you see ppl playing with Long Eslavona? A few; A few that after using it, changed to other 1h swords like: Elite scimitar, niuweidao, knightly, NCS... So, something happen when no one uses it.
27cut damage for a toptier 1h weapon is a ridiculous value.