>>447002515The retard nord's axe has way more nuance to it. He can find different kinds of axes, and use smithing to improve them. And of course if you get into enchanting, there's a whole second magic system that's way more customizable than the regular magic system.
Imagine if there was a single generic "axe" that you used for most of the game. Eventually you'd unlock the ability to purchase and wield a "great axe", but swinging it would cost so much stamina that it'd still be more efficient to just keep using the axe. That's destruction magic.
