Talk:Mace

are maces usually slow moving high damage or quick moving low damage weapons? or somewhere in between--174.130.231.162 02:32, 9 May 2010 (UTC)?

hmm... that is a good question. I would think slow moving but with higher damage, given that maces are more bulky and harder to maneuver, but have more weight which equates to more force (more damage). But, of course that's from a physics standpoint. ^^ Not sure how it will work in-game, but I'm thinking the same idea will apply. --Amannelle 02:38, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm thinking "one handed hammer" would describe its style? -- NilePenguin 04:30, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

In my experience, maces tend to have an armor-piercing ability, so a one-handed melee hornbow eh? Eive_Windgrace 04:30, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Is it actually confirmed that warriors wield this too? -- NilePenguin 00:34, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

I believe so, in the first combat discussion on the GW2 site I think. I believe it was "a Warrior can wield a Greatsword and deal good AoE damage with skills like Hundred Blades then switch to a Mace and Shield and use skills like Shield Bash and Block gained from bringing the shield." Or something along those lines. -- Konig/talk 00:44, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

And when you think about it, it makes sense for the Warrior to be able to use the most weapons. Maces, Bows, swords, hammers, and guns (yes guns exsisted then, that's about the time when the phrase "bulletproof" came into being) are all items that have been used to severily inconveniance people around the mideival ages. Staves, wands, warhorns, and torches are all more fantasy, lining up better with less factual proffesions. Zolann The Irreverent 00:51, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Warhorns are not fantasy weapons, but hammers are, tbh. -~=Ϛρѧякγ (τѧιк) 19:46, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

What, you mean people couldn't lug around large metal hammers the same size as them repeatedly without any sort of fatigue or exhaustion over time? NONSENSE. Eive Windgrace 20:24, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Hammers are most certainly NOT fantasy, and neither are warhorns. Hammers were used for war by the Norse, by the Romans, etc. Though not the most common of weaponry, they were still used (particularly by poorer classes or by "specialists" of sorts). Think of it like a large club, or a mace. Many maces actually slightly resemble hammers, seeing as how they follow the same principle. So no, they are not fantasy, but like I said, neither are warhorns. --Amannelle 20:37, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm assuming you meant vikings, not Norse? Either way, doing a quick search of Wikipedia, the page referring to viking arms and armor doesn't even have the word hammer on it, and the Roman pages are in too much disarray to look through all of them. But what my sarcasm above intended, was that wielding a very large GW style hammer that weighs as much if not more than you do is tiring, and could under no circumstances be done over extended periods of time. And now it seems we're getting off topic, so.... about those new mace weapons. Eive Windgrace 21:36, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Ehm, you do know Vikings were Norse? --Naoroji 21:40, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Oooh you meant the overly-large GW hammers? Lol THAT for sure is fantasy. xD Sorry 'bout that. --Amannelle 21:45, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Lol, of course we meant GW-style hammers. xD War hammers were real weapons in medieval times (and regular hammers can be used as weapons, in the way that many non-combat tools can), but war hammers are pole-arms with more reasonably sized heads and usually spiked. -~=Ϛρѧякγ (τѧιк) 21:55, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

And there were different kinds of maces too. Some where rounded, blunt weapons. Some were flanged for piercing armor. Either way I wouldn't want to be hit over the head with one. Ramei Arashi 05:25, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

@Naoroji: Well, I'd rather use the term viking, sounds better. @Amanelle: What Sparky said. And finally @ Ramei: Head trauma=win. Personally I love the idea of maces, I can finally make a realistic looking Knight-like character who bashes things over the head with a spiked ball and doesn't afraid of anything. :P Eive Windgrace 07:29, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

But that isn't what you said. o.o "I'm assuming you meant vikings, not Norse"... Aren't ALL vikings Norse? --Amannelle 17:10, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Or are all Norse actually Vikings? OK, maybe not. :P -~=Ϛρѧякγ (τѧιк) 17:17, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

At this point, I think I'll concede tot the fact that I was wrong. Back to maces for the thirdish time, I'm really excited to be able to dual-wield smash people's faces in. I hope maces do have an innate "Sundering" ability, because if all of these new, amazing weapons in GW2 wind up being exactly the same as each other, I'll be rather unimpressed. Eive Windgrace 04:57, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

When you looked for evidence that the Norse (or vikings, or Varangians, or whatever you want to say there) use hammers, I think you missed something.--173.55.48.60 06:58, 16 March 2011 (UTC)