Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-25447489-20150427023724/@comment-25931200-20150427233141

Recneps wrote: As would each of the swords. Broadswords would be able to block much more effectively than other kinds of swords.

Recneps (Temp Mod) Supreme Ruler  (Fill My Mailbox) 23:12, April 27, 2015 (UTC)

In that caseyou have to make shields more then a cosmetic feature, the main advantage of one handed sword is that you can hold a shield in the other hand, if Broadsword is inherently better i see no reason to ever use regular sword again, making them obsolete.