- Italian is a very balanced sword. Don't have the longer reach, or the high damage but is pretty balanced.
- Messer don't lack reach. 92 is enough.
- Scimi lack damage? Oh! It's just a joke. Maybe unloomed scimitar with 30dmg. MW Scimitar is 33 damage. Do you think that 33/35 damage is very noticeable? (+-3 dmg on "static hits"). +2 speed compensates -2 dmg. And it's a cheap weapon, that allow you to carry better equipment without losing money. The high damage you get on a weapon, the less noticeable difference. Try a 24/15 shielder hitting hard with scimitar. Sometimes with speed bonus I kill tincans on 1headhit. TBH I think that regular scimitar is the best 1handed sword (Speed, reach, damage, price). By the way, it's only my opinion.
- Nordic short war sword lack reach, but the speed is awesome. Try to block a feint and NSWS hit you before you can see that sword swinging.
I use italian and i know how to do it, however it's outclassed in damage by ES (2 more damage is great help, especially with low values as they beat the armor treshold and start to do damage), and have lower reach reach with is crucial.
-it's not bad not good, but scimi have excellent reach
-yes, difference between 30 and 32 is huge. i would not use weapon with lower than 30 base damage as it's too random (armor penetration roll can cost you life)
-damage and reach are bad, sure it's fast, but without damage to back up your turning into swings it's pointless and take too much time to kill people (especially with such reach)
And nuweidao is good weapon, it's not too long but speed and damage more than make up for it. It's just a bit worse than elite scimitar.