Personally 1H all the way

It can be quite expensive buying the sword and shield though... but, shields give the best defence out of every armour I believe..

I have all 3 of them. I'm a full end fighter so I picked the 1-h sword after the quest and bought myself a shield. Then I found that killing was going a bit too slow for me so I went to the smith and got myself a nice big axe. And then my KQ box held a +5 thunder 2-handed sword. It depends on what I'm fighting what I use. I have to fight Ice ViVies now and my shield doesn't give me enough magic defence to make a difference so now I use my 2-handed sword for faster killing (I take a lot of damage ._.) but when I fight them Bats in MT I use my 1-handed sword + shield (I'm at lvl 28 now).

It depends, 1 handed sword is good if your going to be a tanker because you will get extra armour. But its dmg is terrible compared to the 2-handed weapons. Not to mention Power-Slice a very powerful technique is only available for 2-handed weapons.

1 Handed I say is only for those who want to tank.

With the right stats-build you can achieve nearly the same result as a 1-handed wielder with a shield (in terms of Kill:Rest ratio.)

2 handed Swords do well in guild wars. Axes (the level 58 axe) will freak out anyone you chase in a guild war. A cleric WILL run with your critical rate being high, plus the fact that an Empowered Power Slice can deal 800+(your weapons damage) at the best of times.

Being a Two Hander (see my Avatar) I suggest never ruling out the Two Handed Sword. It slaughters people in Guild Wars, and in my opinion the best soloing weapon. My stats are +15 STR, +5 DEX and +25 END, so I'm set for soloing anything seeing is that my defense is now naturally high w/o a shield. As for tanking, it's not really my job so I'm not worried about it. My Guild found me a Godlike GK Zwheihander w/ +19 STR, +14 END and +12 SPR that I adore now that I have upped it to +3 (I know, risky, but totally worth it). So, all in all, my character is pretty well set now at Lvl 41 as a solo fighter, and that's what he does best. Great EXP! :D

I would say that the 1h sword is best for those starting out. Axes are better if you're higher up and want to pwn people in one hit. 2h is ok but in between the two, it's like going with a medium sheild and not a large or small, it's not as slow as an axe, but not as strong, slower than a 1h, but more damage. It all comes down to your preference I guess.

Just go 1h and shield all the way, that's why there is a warrior, if you want high damage, go as a mage/archer -_-
As i get even if you go Axe you'll have the worst damage by real, so there isnt such things like Damage Dealer Warriors. Warrior is meant to be a damage absorbation because of taunt and high hp.
Warriors suck in PvP because of the fact you do get high hits in and you will do no damage.

No words. Warrior own only at doing kq's basically. Or if you go for Boss mobs.

This is pretty much true of any MMORPG. The fighter classes are usually meant to soak damage while some ranger/mager in the back deals heavy damage. Fighters CAN deal decent damage, not high, but it comes at the price to tank as well as they should. Basically, this is how a little party/squad looks if everyone does their real jobs.

Fighter
Mage Archer

Cleric

Just my opinion though, from what I've seen and what I've learned.

Have you ever seen a guild with 80% warrior in war? I have, they only lost one war out of god knows how many they fought. Most of them are axe user and the only reason they won is because they can kill almost as fast as the mages can with crit build and their chance of survival is double of the mages and archer, axe and 2h sword isnt just there for show.

If you make your axe build right, and know how to use your skills you will be a terror in war, for grinding i kill a red trumpy with out using a single HP stone with one spam of all skill only skippin vampiric strike and im not even using a shield

definetly 1h
 

definetely 1h i have a sun rumen sword plus six with 27 dmg. 1h because even though 2h and axes do mre dmg, they have lower attk per sec rates than 1h but it willl be made up with the faster attk speed of 1hs and u can have a better def as u can use shields. I siggest getting a 1h as ur main with a shield, and a 2h for backup in case ur 1h gets fragged wille enhancing (ive lost 18s worth of rumen 1h)