28-01-2015, 09:33 PM
I enjoy the length of the Aurora Blade in one handed mode. The reach makes it pretty easy to deal with a typical Nord without him ever getting in range of you with his tiny (or not so tiny) axe. Against more heavily armored Nords or multiple at once, speed and damage are a bit more important.
The damage and speed reduction on bastard weapons being used in one hand is ~35% based on several sources.
I used an Aurora Blade, Stone Maul, and Royal Shield loadout on my Zweihander for a long time. The Stone Maul was my primary slashing weapon, the Aurora Blade was for the squishy waves or those that like to stay just out of reach, and it was nice to be able to use it as a semi-decent one handed weapon to switch to when necessary. The Aurora Blade is fine for Hard mode and adequate for one on one fights in Ragnarok against bots that don't have very high armor (Jotnes and various boss enemies). PS - 173 kills using only an Aurora Blade on a Zweihander in a Ragnarok run for both slashing and charging bots... it definitely isn't a bad weapon, just more versatile and less beneficial for any single role.
That being said, pick whatever suits your style best. If you want reach, get it. If you want high damage and penetration against armor, there are options. If you want a fast and short weapon, there are plenty of those. Most Royal Guards I play with prefer high damage and penetration, so they go for weapons like the Head Crusher and Dreaded War Pick.
The damage and speed reduction on bastard weapons being used in one hand is ~35% based on several sources.
I used an Aurora Blade, Stone Maul, and Royal Shield loadout on my Zweihander for a long time. The Stone Maul was my primary slashing weapon, the Aurora Blade was for the squishy waves or those that like to stay just out of reach, and it was nice to be able to use it as a semi-decent one handed weapon to switch to when necessary. The Aurora Blade is fine for Hard mode and adequate for one on one fights in Ragnarok against bots that don't have very high armor (Jotnes and various boss enemies). PS - 173 kills using only an Aurora Blade on a Zweihander in a Ragnarok run for both slashing and charging bots... it definitely isn't a bad weapon, just more versatile and less beneficial for any single role.
That being said, pick whatever suits your style best. If you want reach, get it. If you want high damage and penetration against armor, there are options. If you want a fast and short weapon, there are plenty of those. Most Royal Guards I play with prefer high damage and penetration, so they go for weapons like the Head Crusher and Dreaded War Pick.