I wanted to tinker on my CSM today to test things out, decided with the respec to arrange my stuff to be a Khorne Flakes Bserker with a Chain Axe. WOW. What...what is this? It's sooooo slllooowwwwwwwww. The damage does not match the slowness, at all. I'd rather just use a Fist than this if I want to hit hard. I went back to a Power Sword, so un Khorne like though Please...at least speed the heavy attack back up. This is just atrocious.
You just noticed that? Really? Axes and maces were worthless for a fairly long time. Even at the last patch, they were outshined by virtually every melee weapon (including knife tiers). Devs buffed it at some point, but then nerfed them even harder than they were before. Hence they are so slow.
The patch they first tinkered with the PF saw the axe and mace get a small speed increase, and they were awesome. Then, a few days later they released another patch that slowed the axe and mace down to where they are now. The axes, at least should be only 5 or 10% slower than the powersword, they feel like they are more like 30% slower. (granted I haven't tested it with timers and graphs, and 8x10 glossies with descriptions on the back telling what each one was.)
I gave up using my oh so pretty Litany of Wrath because of this issue... add 300 or so ping with it .. doesn't work. Ya get the jump on a dude.. hit them 1st ... then go 4 more swings ... nothing.... makes me sad
I didn't really like axes aethestically so I haven't used them much. They were usable before this patch just fine, it's just that Fist/Klaw outshined them. They HAVE been slown down even more this patch which was completely unneccessary.
There are a lot of great looking weapons, like the Axes, I just don't use because they're not viable. One of the great things about Wh40K has always been the option of having armies fielding a diverse array of weaponry. If all Melee default to one class of weapon I feel the game loses some of that visual interest.
The point of different weapons is like you say. Visually pleasing, and they are meant to be good/better than others at certain things. Right now, there's simply no point. With axes and maces, you can even be shotdown between swings, let alone if you get dbashed.
If any weapon deserves to be in the hands of a CSM, it's the Chainaxe. It's so spikey! I've loved Axe wielding Chaos Warriors since Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay in the early 80's (before 40k existed). I had this guy, the metal version not this slightly poorly moulded Heroquest version... ...then my younger brother nicked him and repainted him. And he did a better job, dammit.
