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About weapon  attack speed and weapons overall.

I want to better explain my view regarding this, also to serve as a potential feedback. This post will be a bit long and will be full of gifs, so, it may take a while to load. I'm going to use the development update that talked about weapons, to better communicate how i see things regarding Bloodstained weapons, their attacking speed and how to differentiate them. Please remember that these gifs are taken from the development video 5 and that video may not be recorded with the game's actual FPS, that alone may give a difference regarding overall animation speed. Even so, i think it's a good thing to compare weapons and i'm using that to better illustrate my opinions about them.
Also, keep in mind that the full weapon types was revealed AFTER that video, at the content contributor's thread update, that grouped them by animation, like this:

1.) Kick (Shoes)
2.) Single Handed Slash (Single Handed Swords, Maces)
3.) Single Handed Pierce (Knives, Rapiers)
4.) Two Handed Slash (Great Swords, Axes)
5.) Upward Diagonal Slash (Katana)
6.) Two Handed Pierce (Two Handed Spears)
7.) Whipping (Whips)
8.) Shooting (Guns) : Consumable bullets

That's why the gifs below are considering, also, weapons that aren't shown at the gifs themselves.
As a last one, consider "average" to be swords. So, everything "above" or "below" average, considers swords as the weapon to be compared to, since i consider swords to be the default average weapon of any Igavania that has weapon choices. And, of course, nothing of that considers weapons tiers (a knife found at a late part of the game will always be stronger than your first sword). All that i say below is considering weapons inside the same overall tier.

Here goes:

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I consider Shoes to have a below average damage potential, and, as we can see by the gif, also a weapon with a below average attacking speed too and a below average range. What could make them special is that you can (as shown at E3 2017 Demo) double jump and kick an enemy to gain an aditional jump, to reach high places. And you can also keep kicking enemies without falling down. That would be their main difference to compensante for ther flaws.

Single Handed Swords and Maces

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Swords are the average weapon choice for most gamers in Igavanias, and i don't see why it shouldn't be here for Bloodstained too. Swords should have average damage, average attacking speed and average range, as it seems to be the case for now. The jack-of-all trades. The safe choice if you want a good, reliable weapon. Also, i tend to believe that swords will be the majority of weapons in Bloodstained, as it was in most other Igavanias.
As said above, the same animation used for swords is used for maces, maybe that's why maces seem faster now. Maybe, they made swords and maces have the same attacking speed. We don't really know without comparisons. For me, maces should be overall stronger, but slower.

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We already know that the strongest weapon of the game will be a Katana. With that said, i expect them to have a high damage, below average speed and average range, like swords. So, they are more powerful than swords, but lacks on attacking speed, you can see that as you compare the animation of both of them, by the gifs. (Fightning against Zangestu with a Katana should give an achievment!).

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Great swords and Axes should be, as anyone can see, powerful, with, maybe, the highest damage potential, slowest speed and above average range, specially considering you can poentially hit airbone enemies with this. Great Swords and Axes are,  normally, and unfortunately,  underrated weapons, that even some games doesn't seem to know how to give them a good potential. I hope Bloodstained gives us great choices for Great swords and Axes.
I believe that Axes should be a bit more powerful than Great Swords overall, but also a bit slower.

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Lowest damage, fastest attack speed, worst range. I don't have much to say about knives and rapiers, just that, with skilled players, they can turn into powerful weapons, by attacking at a high speed, dodging, jumping and moving around. That's the whole idea to fight with a knife or a rapier, at least, i think.
I believe rapiers should have a higher range, but a lower attack speed.

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Spears seems like an oddball at games like this. They normally aren't very good (at least for me), so, i would love to see Bloodstained making them useful, maybe by giving them a high damage, to compensante for the below average attacking speed, combined with an above average range that they have. Another type of weapon i hope we have a good selection.

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Very few Igavania games had guns, so, this is something really new to the series, in a way. I expect guns to have an above average damage, high speed and the highest range of all weapons in the game. That could make guns overpowered, but they have ammo, and part of their power and / or element depends on the ammo they are equipped with (at least, that's the information that we have for now) that could hinder part of their power. That's what i believe, at least.

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The main reason whips are in Bloodstained is because they are a classic weapon from Igavanias. Considering they legendary status among Igavania fans, i expect whips to be varied, really useful and great to use. I hope they have at least an average damage, below average attacking speed and an above average range. That could put them in a balanced status, being another safe option besides swords.

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So, overall, this is how i think the weapons should be. That's a personal opinion, based on what we know so far, and what i would expect.