Typically, the best slice on MEs will be a forged scimitar. For storebought, you have the scimitars, cutlass, ilteshes, and perhaps a few axes. Also not too sure on what stats forged ME axes can have.

Ristyl

>>Can anyone tell me the name of the best ME to be slicing with?

Depending on your financial means, the crossing scimitar is very solid weapon, you can improve on it slightly by picking up the scimitar from Fayrin's Rest which has a bit better construction and is harder to damage. If you can afford forged you have a few more options. If you are not very strong there are 18 stone scimitars available. If you are abit stronger there ar 26 stone and 32-33 stone heavy slice scimitars that work very well, the heavier ones are better suited for strength and have better durability. And if ya got a few thousand plat to spend then try and find yourself a kertig scimitar heh.

Rej

And btw...
>>Hangers are nice too, one of the best store-bought and much much more resistant to breakage....if they'd only 'learn' to forge them now ;)

Hangers are IDENTICAL to crossing scimitars except that they cost more and appraise higher in coin value so they cost more to repair.

Oh And BTW :

~>>And btw...
>>'Hangers are nice too, one of the best store-bought and much much more resistant to breakage....if they'd only 'learn' to forge them now ;) '

>>"Hangers are IDENTICAL to crossing scimitars except that they cost more and appraise higher in coin value so they cost more to repair. " , Bardess1<<


~~Umm BTW no they are not.. while I have had many crossing scimitars and cutlasses (store bought as well as forged) break on 'tuff-skinned' critters such as gargs and whatnot... the bonus to the hanger which at this point is ONLY store bought (to ny knowings) is far more resistant to breakage.. if not imune...I have never had my hanger break on me...while the other... they not didnt break on me..so they are not identical

~jes a know fer those wanting to know ~ winks ~

~on Hangers~ No magic...just the ridgitiy of the way hangers are/were constructed... royals use to use them specifically for hunting.. the semi straight thick back of the blade gave suport to the long sweeping curve of the front of the blade..for dealing killing blows and butchering... and yes they dont break or are very resistant to break and damage..in several years I only found I needed to repair it once. I guess they figure thats bonus enough for a store bought and perhaps why they are not forged.

~And sorry if it sounded as though I was lecturing, but, while other ideas of a ME with a 'good slice' were either glazed past or aknowledged... my comment got me a 'Oh "btw" as if I have no idea what I am talking about... when at the least if you dont like them... glaze past it and dont respond to it, but go on to give you POV on the weapon you think is the best slicer for the coin.

~~Oh an BTW, another note on MEs', sabres should be one of the best slicers out in the game...they should have a quite horrid puncture damage....yet thats how they are clasified as a poker.. shrugs

nods yep, what he said, bout hangers.. now that combined with being able to be forged by weapons-smith, would be even nicer... jes curious why its one of the few weapons that cannot be forged.

~and always wonderd how sabres got labeled other then being a slicer/chopper.. if anything they are dissmally suited for being as effective thrusting and jabbing, but rather created for slicing and chopping, hence the curved blade, with only one edge. ;)

Doesnt really matter because the Fayrins rest scimitar (very well constructed) is better than a hanger (fairly sturdy) as for storebought weapons. For a lower circle character I would suggest the cutlass (well constructed) from fayrins because it too is better constructed and lighter than a hanger and is what I used up until about 36 circle.


Yet each man kills the thing he loves,
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a Sword.

Oscar Wilde

~~Oh an BTW, another note on MEs', sabres should be one of the best slicers out in the game...they should have a quite horrid puncture damage....yet thats how they are clasified as a poker.. shrugs <--

My sabre is a good slicer and not so good puncture weapon, though it's one of those heavy edged weapons from down near Shard.

Jim

fencing sabre != cavalry sabre

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Orpheus: "You've been powering this machine with a forsaken child?"
Venture: "What? It's not like I used the whole thing."

Fencing sabres primarily use downwards and crosswise cutting motions. They're relatively heavy and utilize brute strength more than a rapier or foil (IRL). My fencing friend often made fun of the Sabre fencers, but also noted the many bruises she ended up with when she played with them.

Cavalry Sabres are -also- slicing weapons.

That sabres in DR are puncture based is very silly. If anything, they should be dual function.

Also, in regards to slicing weapons, the Schiavano in .. Ratha or aesry... has heavy slice and moderate impact at around 50 stones. HE though. Fairly/fairly, too. Looks nice.

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Now how I remember you
How I would push my fingers through
Your mouth to make those muscles move
That made your voice so smooth and sweet

Wow.....never in all the years playing ever heard of a HE sabre... interestin' ;)

I get a chance to log in, I'll go pull the sabre out and assess it, then post it here. I don't use it normally because I try to not duplicate the style of weapons I use. I use a flamberge and that does damn fine slice and impact damage so what I needed was a good puncture weapon so I use the reinforced cinquedea which does heavy puncture. I know the sabre I have does heavy slice, basically the cinquedea and sabre are swapped. I think it's fair on the puncture, like the cinqueda is fair on the slice. Again, I'll have to log in and get it.

Jim

Yeah it's a heavy edged weapon, I mentioned that before. I found it amusing that it was heavy edged when I bought it. Finally logged in and appraised it, I was wrong it's not heavy slice. Here's the info.

A gold-hilted sabre is a heavy edged type weapon.

You are certain that it could do:
low puncture damage
moderate slice damage
fair impact damage

You are certain that the sabre is fairly balanced and is fairly suited to gaining extra attack power from your strength.

You are certain that the gold-hilted sabre is fairly sturdy, and is in pristine condition.

The gold-hilted sabre is made with metal.
The gold-hilted sabre feels light.
You are certain that the gold-hilted sabre is worth exactly 16000 lirums.

I don't use it because my flamberge's slice and impact are much nastier, if I am using a shield I use my cinquedea which does heavy puncture, fair slice and low impact.

Jim

Went out and hunted with the HE sabre. Simply typing ATTACK each time after first going to Parry the first time.

This is the result of typing ATTACK nine times.

Parry: draw,sweep,slice|draw,sweep,slice|draw,sweep,slice|

As far as I've known, that SCC HE sabre is and has been the only variation on sabres ever. Before forging, there was that, the acid-etched sabre.... and maybe thats it. With the forging template, the sabre was put into ME as a poker, and I don't believe it's HE slicing cousin was added. So that HE sabre is an anomoly found nowhere else in the realms.

Ristyl

P.S. I could be wrong, but strongly doubt it... anyone else find a HE sabre from somewhere aside from SCC?

>>Figgered half as much.... an interesting peice..too bad there are still no HE slicing sabres..

Eh? That SCC HE sabre is a slicer.... not a very good one, but it's still a slicer ;)

Ristyl