| Mort:
You don't think it had to do with the axe doing more damage, or was the melee damage lesser with the axe than the inferior weapon?
I just have not seen the connection with weight (heavy armor,weapon) adding to strength as opposed to maximum mellee damage. I think people get confused on the fact that if your using a weapon at your max strength level it is probably doing more damage than a weapon at a lessor strength requirement.
This all becomes mute the higher you level up. For instance, it is better for your combat mage to use his/her most damaging spell to level up strength than to use any kind of mellee weapon. See Breschau's post above for a good explanation.
Everything I have experience and read seems to point to maximum damage as the key for leveling in the three attributes: INT, DEX, and STR. |