best onehanded cavalry weapon?

[Banok]

its -25% damage and -25% speed when using a 2h in 1h mode. on horseback a 2h with shield it uses 1h wpf, whereas without shield it uses 2h wpf.

so there is no advantage to using the heavy bastard sword over a saranid cav sword, unless you have higher 2h wpf than 1h and plan on swinging without a shield. since the 2h will be slower and do less damage than the 1h.

personally I dislike how overpowered 1h and lances are on horseback, like how shields can block 360 degrees on horseback. 2h are at such disadvantage its a shame since it could be a whole new interesting playstyle if it was more viable.

[Kafein]

its -25% damage and -25% speed when using a 2h in 1h mode. on horseback a 2h with shield it uses 1h wpf, whereas without shield it uses 2h wpf.

so there is no advantage to using the heavy bastard sword over a saranid cav sword, unless you have higher 2h wpf than 1h and plan on swinging without a shield. since the 2h will be slower and do less damage than the 1h.

personally I dislike how overpowered 1h and lances are on horseback, like how shields can block 360 degrees on horseback. 2h are at such disadvantage its a shame since it could be a whole new interesting playstyle if it was more viable.

Mmh... there are some interesting and original options :

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Longsword   5123   
weight 1.8
requirement 9
spd rtng 98
weapon length 106
swing damage 36, cut
thrust damage 25 pierce
Secondary Mode
      
Long Iron Mace   4355   
weight 4.5
requirement 11
spd rtng 94
weapon length 95
swing damage 33, blunt
thrust damage 20 blunt
Crushtrhough
Unbalanced
Knockdown

Bardiche   1650   
weight 3
requirement 10
spd rtng 91
weapon length 102
swing damage 43, cut
thrust damage 0 pierce
Unbalanced
Bonus against Shield

Chosen for their different weapon types.


A vaegir-knight like char with a bardiche must be uber scary Add a courser and you got an instakill machine.

[Dravic]

I read Warband's instruction. -35% to dmg. Not sure about speed, so let's stay with -25% to speed.

Bardiche:

swing damage 43-35%~~28, cut
spd rtng 91-25%~~68
Length: 102

Sarranid Cavalry Sword:

swing damage 33, cut
thrust damage 19 pierce
spd rtng 95
weapon length 105


Bardiche isn't scary from horseback...

And don't change it. As it says in instruction: reason why they made it like that (devs of game) are:
- you can use 2h weapons with 1h only, it would be stupid if you could swing it and use it with same power and speed...

From me: it is also to balance things out, if 2h would be such great weapons from horseback, there wouldn't be almost NO reason to use 1h except if you can't manual block and/or you are scared of ranged. even then, 1 slot for shield isn't too much...

[Kafein]

I read Warband's instruction. -35% to dmg. Not sure about speed, so let's stay with -25% to speed.

Bardiche:

swing damage 43-35%~~28, cut
spd rtng 91-25%~~68
Length: 102

Sarranid Cavalry Sword:

swing damage 33, cut
thrust damage 19 pierce
spd rtng 95
weapon length 105


Bardiche isn't scary from horseback...

And don't change it. As it says in instruction: reason why they made it like that (devs of game) are:
- you can use 2h weapons with 1h only, it would be stupid if you could swing it and use it with same power and speed...

From me: it is also to balance things out, if 2h would be such great weapons from horseback, there wouldn't be almost NO reason to use 1h except if you can't manual block and/or you are scared of ranged. even then, 1 slot for shield isn't too much...

My point was that bardiche was scary, not especially better than anything else. I like fitting styles and discovering new ones 

The only true pro of the bardiche is that I think it's the longest bonus vs shield weapon usable on horseback. Not really important
As a side note, nobody uses it so many people will do errors/underestimate it.

[Phazey]

Purely for cav? A Sarrading Cavalry Sword, hands down. Reach is key. On foot i'd prefer a normal Scimitar.

I chose my Elite Scimitar as a compromise between those two swords. I almost went with the normal Scimitar, though. With a base speed 101 and a low price, it's a fantastic blade. But i already was used to a 100 range 1h.

If i would start over, i'd probably try to get used to the normal Scimitar.