Why is there no sword or defensive weapons besides the very slow 2 handed maul in the beginning?

[Daeminos]

I hate the maul and wont use it, so instead Im whacking everything with my wood axe, but that seems really lame. Why are there no actual defensive weapons to craft? hell id even take a wooden or stone sword. This is quite irritating.

[n050up4u]

The climbing picks are dual wielded blade-ish weapons..

They're your DPS weapon since they have no other purpose other than hitting stuff.

But there is no "one weapon" from what i saw, there was at least one enemy i've encountered that was resistance to piercing damage but hated being mauled.

[? ? ?]

Later exist weps(not sure its in the EA). But you see in the trailer a wepeaon

*edit
there exist a Hammer for combat btw(not the repair hammer)

[TrashPanda]

I just use the Axe, its a very reliable weapon and it means I don't actually have to carry another melee weapon.

[Myrrdinn]

Originally posted by n050up4u:

The climbing picks are dual wielded blade-ish weapons..

They're your DPS weapon since they have no other purpose other than hitting stuff.

But there is no "one weapon" from what i saw, there was at least one enemy i've encountered that was resistance to piercing damage but hated being mauled.

You obviously havent tried getting to Nellie Bly in the Desert if you think the climbing picks have no other purpose :)

[william_es]

It actually helps to carry both a wood axe and a pickaxe. There are some enemies that are weak to the piercing hits from the pickaxe (usually the insects).

Besides, those two things are always on my hot bar anyways. I have hermetic seal on the axe, and recovery on the pickaxe.

Sword would look cool... but you don't use a sword for anything else but fighting. When you aren't doing that, it's dead weight.

[? ? ?]

it really doenst matter what are you use xD. take that what u think axe bit more faster as pickaxe and knife the fastest but its makes in dps nearly the same amount as a pickaxe. all make enough dmg

[Asteroth]

the tools ARE your weapons.. on top of all the guns you will be using later + the spells you slot on your tools.. give it time

[VYM]

Coz devs are too lazy to create anything but basic tools as a weapon. And we could have classic 1800s swords, rapiers. pistols etc.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by n050up4u:

The climbing picks are dual wielded blade-ish weapons..

They're your DPS weapon since they have no other purpose other than hitting stuff.

Climbing picks have no other purpose? Seriously?

Originally posted by Myrrdinn:

You obviously havent tried getting to Nellie Bly in the Desert if you think the climbing picks have no other purpose :)

I know right? Not to mention some of the agility and intelligence challenges are easier with climbing.

[? ? ?]

Its exist 3 differnt Guns(pistol you get very fast in early game). atm exist only 1 melee Wep wich is no tool(not sure its exist in the real endgame more am not there yet, but soon) !

[Molly ~]

Originally posted by VYM:

Coz devs are too lazy to create anything but basic tools as a weapon. And we could have classic 1800s swords, rapiers. pistols etc.

You do have that later on in the game as you progress into the harder realm :)

[Beje]

People once again judging the entire game based on the first hours of gameplay...it really feels like some of you have never played a crafting survival game before/have 0 patience. I also love the classic "I love survival games BUT this game sucks" line, when in reality those people played 10 hours of Terraria as the closest thing to a survival game and that's it.

As others have said, there are better weapons down the line, unlocked via progression. Including guns of course. And using just an axe is not going to be enough since enemies have weaknesses to different types of damage. The combat and enemies get progressively stronger and more dangerous, including having more attacks and moves than just the charge/leap early enemies do. My group almost got clapped last night by some wyverns in the swamps, there are now flying teleporting corrupted dudes spawning etc.

[Mercurio]

looking at the blueprints from augments there appears to be a Dagger that is not part of the knife line as it gets its own -refined, rugged etc tiers but i think its going to be a mix of knife and pickaxe damage type wise - cutting/piecing like how the Pickaxe is Axe and Mining Pick combined in one tool

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by Mercurio-slavin:

looking at the blueprints from augments there appears to be a Dagger that is not part of the knife line as it gets its own -refined, rugged etc tiers but i think its going to be a mix of knife and pickaxe damage type wise - cutting/piecing like how the Pickaxe is Axe and Mining Pick combined in one tool

Correction: I later found out LT is one tool and RT is the other tool.

[schicic]

Originally posted by Molly CA:

Originally posted by VYM:

Coz devs are too lazy to create anything but basic tools as a weapon. And we could have classic 1800s swords, rapiers. pistols etc.

You do have that later on in the game as you progress into the harder realm :)

So i can get a rapier? Saber? Bayonet? Maybe a shikomizu (maybe thats from the wrong country though).