What is the point of the claw weapon?

[DragynDance]

I struggled through the game on three different playthroughs using the claws (I had to restart because of a bug bricking my save file) and finally decided to try the sword and shield. Holy crap, the sword does EVERYTHING better then the claws. More range, more cleave, attacks faster, more posture damage, it even feels like it has a bigger defelect window. It deals more damage too, despite me having EIGHT TIMES more finesse then strength. What the ♥♥♥♥ is this balance?

[Ylight94]

Yea i think they are supposed to be faster attacking but its not really worth it only thing i could think of is to generate more mana on hit bc it hits more bc it does less thats why its on the mages class but yea im sticking with the sword, my game just got soft locked trying to figure out how to drain poison i went down that elevator back into the swamp but there are two boxs right next to it and my characters is stuck on it so i reloaded back to menu and now i cant get off the boxs or use a warping item bc im falling then landing then falling

[DragynDance]

There's a mage class that uses the sword too. IT doesn't even generate more mana, the sword would generate more mana because it attacks faster, except the sword deals so much more damage stuff dies before I get to hit it a bunch.

[Sample text]

Maybe that's the reason why the sword & shield was such a commonly used armament in the middle ages, compared to claw weapons :D

[egyptianmau]

I have some questions/concerns about claw weapon as well but I am hoping that they enhance claw related builds. But I have been pushing through and I feel that they get stronger with time. I have distributed all my points in finesse and I crit a lot now! I also learned that I need to really hit and dodge continuously, can't really stand for more than two slashes. Again, they need to reword some aspects of it but it is more fun when you level it

[DragynDance]

I did level it, and even with only 2 strength, everything just sort of rolled over with ease and faster when I used the sword.

[egyptianmau]

Originally posted by DragynDance:

I did level it, and even with only 2 strength, everything just sort of rolled over with ease and faster when I used the sword.

Sword is def still stronger in this version. Will see what they will do about that

[durandle]

from what little i played with the claws before getting sick of them
sometimes claws deal about 3x damage on stealth attack and probably on stunned enemies

but it seemed very inconsistent (maybe 20% of the time) and otherwise did less damage than sword and shield would have done

and sure sword and shield was a touch better finishers than greatsword but felt worse for actual combat