What Would Your Ultimate Weapon Be?

[Ultima Shadow]

Knife VS Sword is all about the range factor.

No, it's still also about strength, skill and what kind of knive and sword that's used.

If the guy has a knife, his goal is going to be to get up as close to you as possible without getting slashed or stabbed, because if he gets past your defense (Usually about 1.5-4 feet from your body with a sword) the sword gets very clumsy, whereas a knife is perfect at that distance.

Depends on what kind of sword that's used and it's harder for the kive-guy to reach the body of the sword-guy without getting killed than it is for the sword-guy to back away from the knive-guy. It's not like the sword-guy is just going to stand in 1 place all the time like an idiot. Battles are alot about "moving around".

So a guy with a knife is sitting there with no or very weak armor on, waiting for his moment and dodging, while the guy with the sword (if he has any brain cells at all) is going to be in full armor, agressively trying to hit an unarmored opponent. Who's the coward now?

The sword-guy is going to have full armour if he has "any brain cells at all"??? Hardly. The sword-guy also have to move around (if he makes sense) and that's easier without heavy armour. Yes, EVEN if he's armed with a sword. No matter what weapon you use... being able to move swiftly is far more important than armour. And as for the "hit" and "dodging" stuff... the sword-guy wouldn't have a hard time to hit the knive-guy at all... if he don't use a useless sword and if the way he fights makes sense...

As for guns, they are only dishonourable if you use them against an opponent who has a less than comparable weapon, and they also have their weaknesses, namely, Ammo Limitations. Also, a thrown knife can kill as efficiently as a gun. Knife is the best melee weapon, sword is the coolest, and honor is all about only fighting people who stand a reasonable chance of fighting back.

A knive can't reach as far as a gun, it can't be trown as fast as a bullet from a gun and with a knive everything depends on your skill at trowing the knive... and the kind of knive you are using. I would really not say that knive is the best melee weapon since there's alot of other melee weapons that are much more deadly in a 1 VS 1 battle.