Weapon weight

[Sandbox]

I was curious how weapon weight is decided.  I have acquired several one handed swords  that require like 20-21 strength. Much heavier than maces and pole arms I've picked up, was wondering if these items were intentionally meant to be for giants and ogres only.

[Erelei]

20-21 strength is human+. Not giants.

As to why, that's up to the builder, usually.

[Sandbox]

Sorry was just curious if it was balance related. I noticed dex races don't get some of these weapons and got me thinking maybe it had to do with blademasters.

[Anume]

Keep in mind that when we build an area, there are hundreds of tiny details to pay attention to. It might very well be that a mistake happens here or there. If you have a change request / proposal, post it on prayer and we will consider it.

Some weapons however, have a minimum strength requirement, e.g. 20, for balance reasons.

[Trick]

I agree that a lot of weapons need to have these limitations, but I can also see a few of them being opened up to allow for smaller races to utilize them. IE: smaller sized warriors/zerks. Thing about THAT though, it will allow classes that gain TOO much from them being used like blademasters. Pros and cons. 

[Erelei]

We have a system in place now to disallow certain races and classes (via OLC) from using certain weapons/armor. It's not very hard to balance weapons against that now.

[Trick]

Very, very interesting.