Quote (Paparick @ Jan 6 2010 09:10pm)
Realistically, any weapon with decent EE will do well. Axes and Daggers tend to have the most consistent damage, because of the relatively small range between high/low dmg, while Swords and Staffs are more erratic, because of the larger range. Overall, they all tend to average out fairly equally over the long run
My weapon of choice is the Sword, but it's hard and expensive to get a good set for every 5th lvl, so you may well wind up with a mix of weapons in order to get the best bang for your effgees
vouch this
my first 2 climbs as a barbarian i had a mix of swords/clubs/axes
then i passed and now have a mix of daggers/swords

personally just buy what is available for the cheapest price, but is still decent...if ur starting out hc poor you WILL end up spending fg, no way around it
