If two people with identical stats, wearing full Rune, wielding different weapons with different attack capabilities, one being crush and the other being slash, I think it'd make a difference, don't you? depends what your fighting or what type of armour they are wearing. most people with enough money have way more than 1 weapon for this reason, each weapon has its strengths and weaknesses. i think everyone would agree the whip is a fantastic all-round weapon though. i mean, if you were fighting a ranged thing you might want a slash, fighting a melee monster i dunno pretty much anything depending on what you know its weak against , or there is crush for plate armour, stab for chain.. and as for mage you would use ranged against it. I'm saying what if they are wearing the standard Rune armor, being Rune platebody. then you would go for the d halberd or b axe if you didnt care about it bieng slow, but the whip is literrally like 4 times faster so with 4 times the hits at just below the damage, you can see how the whip owns I wasn't being specific enough with my scenario and forgot the mention that their weapons are at the same speed. one word: LUCK now i'm going to type a few more words identical stats they're not the biggest thing first of all food who has the better luck with hits and attack styles are more effective on monsters than over players