Whenever I start a new melee character I always equip them with one weapon of every major type that they'll use, so for instance I'll give my Ranger a 1HS, a 2HS, a piercing weapon, and maybe even a 1HB (plus a bow of course). Then I tell myself that I'm going to keep switching between those weapons as I level so that I can keep all of my melee skills up, and for the first few levels I do.
Flash forward 20 levels: all of the weapons except the one with the best ratio are collecting dust in a backpack ... but I still carry them and their weight around for no good reason. Meanwhile the only skill I have maxed is the one for the good weapon, and the rest of my weapon skills are like 30 max.
One of these days I'm going to get a new awesome weapon that isn't the main one I've been using, and I'm going to have to waste several hours beating on light blue mobs to fix my skills. Maybe when that happens I'll finally learn my lesson ...
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