Question about:Weapons, meteorite, and the runes.

[wolfwarrior]

So this is my first time playing the game, (i also watched my brother play it but that was atleast 5 years ago), and I made the blue meteorite sword in the star of the second chapter, and i presumed that blue is the tally of the steel and red is the tally of the red,but no, and by the time I collecterd three red meteorite ores i also got runes for the silver sword and i thought they will be added to the red sword i'll make but no.
Soo the questions are:
-Which is the better the red or blue meteorite if even is a better one?
-How do I add the rune to upgrade the silver sword, and are there other better silver swords against monsters?
-Are other weapons usefull besides swords, beacuse I havent found any reason to use anything besides swords?

[__-__-__]

I think they are equal, for the most part, but each piece of red or blue meteorite you use will enhance the effect you can get.

I think silver swords can be reforged with runes the same way a steel sword can be reforged with meteoric steels.

I think torches can be useful against enemies that are highly flammable, echinops, drowners and so on. Though I find Igni to be more effective in those cases.

There are 2 silver swords that can only be aquired through quests, the Moonblade (lots of damage) and Aerondight (better chance to inflict critical effects).

[Cacaw!]

-The (3) red meteorite is the best steel sword in the game.
-There are two types of runes. The permanent(used for forging) and the brand runes(basically oils), The swords are forged the same way, with the difference being that you use your current silver sword in the process.
-Other weapons are very useful if you don't invest in Signs, like in a combat playthrough. Torches incinerate and kill plants easily. Daggers cause pain which slows movement as well as poisoning, very useful against bosses. Heavy axes cause bleeding, also very useful against bosses.