What is the best type of sword to raise for conquest?

[Antilogic]

But if I had to choose, anything but a katana, because katanas are horrendously overrated.

Gawd yes.



Surprised nobody has mentioned a traditional cavalry saber yet. Most appropriate for the post-industrial era.

 

[ArguCa]

Kilij

 

[Dachs]

Kosall.

 

[filli_noctus]

The problem is if you want something symbolic it needs to be shiny and covered in gems and be generally useless in actual combat. Either that or wickedly spiked, heavily used and dripping blood from a recently slaughtered foe. I would go with the second option as that way you only need to carry one sword.

 

[GoodGame]

Not necessarily a sword you're going to use in the conquest, but rather one that is the most emblematic of one of the oldest human endeavors.

Pit Barbeque!

 

[Luckymoose]

A Gun.

 

[Cutlass]

Stormbringer.

 

[Antilogic]

A Gun.

Closely related: my next idea was a bayonet mounted on a rifle.

 

[TomYo689]

The middle finger

 

[Mr. Dictator]

The same sword I use on all of my conquests. My longsword.

 

[cybrxkhan]

Gawd yes.

Yes! A fellow friend who is also believes in I-think-katanas-are-silly-overrated-pieces-of-steel-that-have-no-intrinsic-magical-abilities-and-neither-do-the-race-that-make-them-ism.

 

[Antilogic]

Yes! A fellow friend who is also believes in I-think-katanas-are-silly-overrated-pieces-of-steel-that-have-no-intrinsic-magical-abilities-and-neither-do-the-race-that-make-them-ism.

I think a lot of American teenagers go through a Japanese fanboy stage where everything from that particular nation is awesome--anime, samurai, ninjas, etc. Fortunately, at least a few grow out of it.

 

[IdiotsOpposite]

I think a lot of American teenagers go through a Japanese fanboy stage where everything from that particular nation is awesome--anime, samurai, ninjas, etc. Fortunately, at least a few grow out of it.

Pffhahahahaha

If "a lot" of teenagers did it, liking anime wouldn't be so god-damned stigmatized in high school.

Be realistic.

 

[Antilogic]

Pffhahahahaha

If "a lot" of teenagers did it, liking anime wouldn't be so god-damned stigmatized in high school.

Be realistic.

Odd, I didn't think anime as stigmatized (as you put it).

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Stormbringer.

That wasn't the answer I was expecting from you.

 

[IdiotsOpposite]

Odd, I didn't think anime as stigmatized (as you put it).

Among teenagers, it definitely is. Or at least it was 3-4 years ago.

 

[Cutlass]

That wasn't the answer I was expecting from you.

Why not?

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Aside from being a nice model of car, it's also a good sword.

 

[Cutlass]

A cutlass as a sword really isn't visually impressive. It's really kind of cheap and utilitarian

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

It's really kind of cheap and utilitarian

Two traits that are really good for conquest. And they also apply to an iron fist.