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Cleave - Swords. Moderate damage bonus, ignores shield.
Crash - Blunts. Great damage bonus, ignores parry.
Impale - Polearms. Exceptional damage bonus, ignores armor.
Twirl - Staves. Exceptional damage bonus, ignores Evasion.
Palmstrike - Unarmed. Incredible accurate, moderate damage bonus, shorter cooldown.
Powershot - Bows, Slings, Crossbows, Slingbows. Incredibly accurate, moderate damage bonus.
Doublestrike - Dual Wielding. Moderately accurate, great damage bonus, 2 attacks.
Suplex - Grappling. Incredibly accurate, great damage bonus, knocks enemy over. >>

What is the impetus behind having certain weapon types receive more damage bonus? Just to get people to use lesser used weapons? Is it because of the skill its ignoring?

Shouldn't the bonus be equal across weapon groups since some weapons by their design are more damaging?

- Buuwl

The different damage bonuses are intended to balance out the defense-ignoring capabilities, and the overall "stats" and ease-of-use of the different weapon types. It gives some of the lesser-used weapon types a boost.

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"I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories instead of theories to suit facts."
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes

And the fact there are better weapons in general...

- Buuwl