Einhandwaffe oder Zweihandwaffe/en

Normally you decide at the beginning of the game what kind of weapon you want to carry. Both variants have their advantages. There are two procedures, which you can find mainly on the servers.

If you choose the one-handed weapon, you also choose Armor and Shields. You do less damage by nature than a knight with a two-handed weapon. Therefore you have to reduce the damage your opponent causes. To further minimize the damage, the dexterity will be skilled in addition to Armor.

If you decide to use the two-handed weapon, you will largely do without Armor and dexterity. Since you cannot use two-handed weapons and |Shields at the same time, the second use of Skillpoints for Armor is not applicable. For this reason, the armor is not used at the beginning of the game and 3 - 6 skillpoints are invested in armor at level 20.

For players who spend a lot of time on the Battlefield, there is one small exception: in order to keep the Combat potential at a certain level, skills are invested in the "wrong" weapon. So you don't have to buy the current weapon and the cp stays lower. However, these points will be redistributed later. This costs gold (see also Skillpoints), but the advantage of lower combat potential can compensate for this.