Why would anyone use an axe? They were dog shit!

Why would anyone use an axe? They were dog shit!

>not as versatile as a sword
>not as good against armor as a warhammer in fact against plate it can do fuck all
>inb4 b-but my price!
>except in fantasy settings swords are cheap as fuck and so were real life ones from 14th century onwards

There are a plethora of reasons of which aren't really worth getting into, such as availability, utility, and urafaget, to name a few. But other than that, sense you're probably talking about RPGs, just understand that style is an equally valid answer.

Axes are fucking ugly.

I will not get into an historical warfare perspective, but in a fantasy world I believe axes and heavy lances/partizans would be the ideal weapons for dealing with big monsters. An axe could cause wider and deeper wounds through the thick skin and muscles of a large creature than a sword would - and it's the kind of enemy against which the superior versatility of a sword would be useless, too.

>going melee against a big monster

what could go wrong

cheaper than swords, when swords became as cheap everyone started using them too

in fantasy it's because it's fun

I'll fuck your shit up son

lol

Oh, now I see, it's a "OP's a retard and has no arguments" thread!

We'll see who's laughing when the tree people awaken.