tought about the scimitar vs elite scimitar.

[Dalhi]

i feint alot but i use the thrust since it works very well with feinting, and i prefer  blocking with the straight swords.

Try Knigthly Arming Sword then, 1 less swing then NCS but it has +3 more thrust damage with same speed/length.

[Laufknoten]

Best 1h weapons:

1) MW Military Cleaver - long enough, fast enough, has shit ton of damage, imho a little bit harder to block than straight sword
2) MW Steel Pick - insane damage, eats through armor in seconds, super fast but super short, can be fixed using agi build, if you hide behind huscarl and have agi build you'll be able to do super fast strikes and since weapon model is super small, being super hard to block, means that you'll kill a lot even if your knowledge of melee combat is crap
3) MW Elite Scimitar - long, super fast, not so epic damage, no stab but who cares when every your strike looks exactly the same... therefore super hard to block, called spamitar for a reason, weapon hits before model does
4) MW Warhammer - super short, super high blunt damage, has stab (LOLZ), decently fast and most importantly such small weapon (not so easy to block as straight swords) can knockdown a guy in full plate armor (2xLOLZ)

MW Steel Pick is definitely the nr. 1. Facehugging-madness, difficult to block and almost no glances. You can also sneak behind shields and blocks. I pick it up sometimes on sieges, but I'm too classy to consider it as a starting weapon. 

edit:

All in all, straight euro swords are for noobs and for looks.

Oh, and f**k you. 

[Oberyn]

I'm a fan of Iberian mace.

[Varyag]

i'm a fan of arbalest. 1handers are dead.

[ShinySpoons]

I enjoy using the Grosse Messer but that is largely for looks.

One sword which I find even more borked than the scimi's is the scottish sword. Its short and low damage but it's 103 speed and it's model is about 1 pixel wide. The scimi's will hit you before you expect them to but at least you can SEE them.

Fun if you're rolling an agi build.

[Xant]

i'm a fan of arbalest. 1handers are dead.

Maybe if you don't know how to play as an 1hander :S