@Arkonor
While that is true, saying it just makes you look bad in the eyes of people with "true" knowledge (like Paul, Walt, Xant and other barely play c-rpg lolz).
Only way to show them that poles are faster is: make a video of you and your buddy fighting with same builds with the same amount of wpf (poles and 2H). You pick a two handed sword (95 speed rating) and tell him to pick Hafted blade (94 speed rating). Test spamability and reach. I bet that Hafted blade will outspam that silly sword with no effort at all. Also it will have longer reach although WaltF4's "tests" say otherwise...