User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Sword and Shields/@comment-4969421-20120512142337/@comment-5020152-20120512174635

Probably because the small, weak S+S isn't very cool compared to the gigantic Greatsword or Switch Axe.

For the record, I'm a High-Rank S+S user, although I do use lots of Longswords and Switch Axes too.