ginryou

Max Damage is a * a / (a + d) which makes increasing attack linearly increase damage output while decreasing defense hyperbolically increase damage output. Even if you put a 2/3 multiplier on defense, higher attack is preferred. For clubs vs spears (5 vs 6) you need 30 armor before spears do more damage. For mace vs boar spear (14 v 9) it never intersects, spears do less damage even against armor. I didn't bother doing the math for higher tier weapons but I

Disclaimer: I just started playing this game. It seems like clubs are far more useful than spears. From a pure attack point of view: it takes 30 points of defense before spears do more damage than armor (factoring the 33% decrease) Spears are faster, however I have never seen initiative factor a huge role in battle unless it's something drastic, like an air elemental's 36 Clubs give you shields as an off-hand equip. Impale requires you to positi