User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Longswords/@comment-5771144-20121121101303

1. Lagiacrus Thunderclap - It's good power, but it looks so beautiful. Especially when you have gained the Red Blade from the Spirit Slash.

2. Development of the LS should be left to Capcom, I feel they're doing right by the weapon.

3. That's a tough one. Sure the spirit slash and side slashes are MEGA handy, but I enjoyed the challenge of MHFU: where if poor positioning or early release of the Spirit Combo cost you dearly. So I'm undecided here.

I, personally, love Longswords.

Since I began playing Monster Hunter (Starting with Freedom Unite), I have used LSs. Sure they're easy to pick up and use: but I feel like any other weapon, it was challenging to Master.

Mastering a weapon takes time and countless fights. But it's useless if you don't know the monster you're hunting. You could swing a LS like a champ, but it's useless if you don't know the movements of your opponent. Trust me, being smacked upside the head by a Rathian tail swing is no fun when you're trying to finish the Spirit Slash.

SO application and mastering of any weapon comes down to if the user knows when and where to hit the opponent.

The LS is more or less the perfect weapon for newcomers to Monster Hunter. They can learn monster movements and apply near enough simple combos to deal with whatever they encounter.

But, unlike some LS users, I haven't been stuck to this single weapon. I have become a bow user since it takes more mastering for it's application.

Short end of the story: no matter who uses the LS and how, people will always be critical because of it's simplicity. Just use it as you see fit in situations and ignore what others have to say if it is negative. Enjoy the weapon, it's there for a reason.