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As for it's purpose, the way I see it, if you need a 1point sidearm with ok damage, high speed, and decent stamina negation, you take it. I'd take it as an archer or something, where you'll only be dealing with one person in single combat. 1vX with a quarterstaff is difficult to say the least, but it can deal with one single person fairly well.
But it is much inferior to the arming sword or the dagger which is much faster and causes decent stab damage.
Eh, arming sword is obviously going to be better, it's a point higher.
Dagger is fast, but it's range is incredibly low, and it can only stab well. It also has worse stamina negation than the quarterstaff. Quarterstaff deals low damage, but it does so on both the strikes and stabs. It's fast too, so you can easily confuse your foe with feints and morphs in 1v1. As a back up, it's decent on defense and offense, unlike the dagger which only does well on the offensive stats, but it's a one pointer, so don't expect a huge amount from it.
What is the point of range if you take several minutes to take down your enemy ?
Quarterstaff is useless against armoured attackers.
Quarterstaff is not very fast for what it does.
Do you even use that thing ?
Yes, I do. I'm not saying it's a fantastic weapon, I'm saying it has a purpose. It has decent stamina negation, meaning you can hold out longer with it, and it's feints and morphs are very convincing when used right. I see plenty of people fall for it in 1v1. It's not the best sidearm, but you could do worse.
It's damage is low, but that's the price you pay for having that much range and stamina negation on a one pointer. I've bested quite a few people with it. It is a terrible 1vX weapon though, since it lacks both slash through and damage.
You asked what the purpose was, I'm telling you that it has the best defensive stats on any 1 pointer, and it can confuse enemies fairly well if you do plenty of morphs, feints, drags, and accels. It's not comparable to the spear or halberd, those are two very different weapons from the quarterstaff.
I also prefer the dagger or cleaver as my sidearm, but I do understand how the quarterstaff works.
Quarterstaff can hit from behind at an angle, making its accel pressure one of the best if they can combo.
It's a long enough weapon that can still do the spear drag gimmick easier.
Like Sparrow said, it has a much more forgivable stamina negation than other sidearms.
And the best part is that the cutoff for windup to morph attacks are extremely convincing.
It's a pressuring monster.
Albe that it suffers from all blunt weapons the power to survive a 1vX.
The Short Sword, Dagger and Cleaver all have terrible stamina negation and range. Dagger in particular is so easily dodged; all the enemy has to do is backpedal and look up to become virtually impossible to hit. A few misses and parries later you're already disarmed.
The Quarterstaff on the other hand has decent range and can parry a few more hits before you're out of stamina. It's not a good weapon (and could probably use a small buff), but it's certainly one of the better 1-pointers when it comes to duels against enemies who understand basic footwork.
Do you know what weapons is best to cause as much damage as possible other than the maul ? Looking for something I can get many kills with during a match " frontlines "
Hmmm... well, if you want pure DPS, the executioners sword is a good alternative. Two shots every armor type on chest shots. It's longer than the maul, but like the maul, it lacks the ability to combo.
Zwei is also nice if you prefer a bit more range and better stabs over pure damage, and really cherish your ability to combo.
1) It's a great duelling weapon because pro-duelling is based on stamina-war.
2) In Frontline/Invasion, you can start with 3/3/3 armor + Bloodlust + quarterstaff - then take better weapon from the ground, easily defending yourself in the meantime
3) You can couch with it on horse, just like pole-arms ;) Single-shot kills with it on horseback is very satisfying - and you can feel like Gandalf ;)
This is the correct answer. The only more embarrassing way to die is to the back end of a lute - which by the way is obviously the best 1 point weapon, and not the quarterstaff.
Sorry buddy, most embarrassing way is either the carving knife or the training sword. Quarterstaff is decent enough that you don't need to be absolutely humiliated for dying to it.