User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Longswords/@comment-5761231-20121120224018

Uggh. Longswords are not my favorite. I used to exclusively use them, but then I played online and reallized that everyone had them. I then began to watch the Monster Hunter Podcast, and there Shepard opened my eyes to the dangers of longswording. They are really really easy to use and master, despite the opinions of many, and thus the vast majority of monster hunter players use them. I have never met a longsworder who knew more about the game than a lancer, or some other weapon that actually requires some skill. Basically, longswords are communism. Everyone uses them, they are really balanced weapons, and the people who exclusively use them are blissfully unaware of how much better other weapons are.