User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Greatswords/@comment-1653324-20120414144519

What I don't like about the greatsword is that it's noob schmuck bait. Many of the idiots who put down MH after a few quests blame the greatsword for its slow footspeed and long first attack while drawn coughsheathecoughthencoughattack. Besides that, the greatsword is perhaps one of the most iconic weapon in MH (I think almost every game has it on the box or opening video).

Personal experience (MHFU): I didn't start using the GS in my quests. When I was trying to forge Blue Tail (the Lance), I got a lot of excess parts, and decided to go for Obelion against Lao Shan. After that, I only started to enjoy the GS on the Copper Blangonga G-training. The GS gives a good face whack at the fast thing, and whenever it trips (I had bad aim at the time), a full charge would be awesome. Since then I only faced, Copper Blangonga, Rajang, and several other monsters with a GS.