Guild Wars 2

I think one of my biggest complaints about this game is the way characters wield their swords. Swords are my favorite weapon type to use, one handed and greatswords, but I have a hard time dealing with the fact that the characters hold their swords in the middle of the hilt.
Granted, this is probably a really small cosmetic gripe from me, and maybe others aren’t bothered by it, but every time I see it I get this really annoying pit in my stomach because I can’t make them grip it just below the guard like I’m used to. I don’t know if gripping it in the middle of the hilt is proper form or not, honestly, but I’ve just always seen swords held a certain way.
If anyone knows why this is, I’d appreciate the explanation. Overall, it only barely takes away from my enjoyment of the game, not enough for me to stop using swords, I’d just really like it if my characters would hold their swords differently. Does this bother anyone else?

I actually like a lot of these ideas, myself. I’ve always been confused as to why there weren’t great axes, a lot of games seem to be trying to go away from those and I’m not sure why. The idea of having a halberd or a staff and sword is awesome, but then it would have to apply to all one handed weapons and ya gotta admit, it’d look weird to see someone dual-wielding staves. Actually, nevermind, that sounds cool too. It’d be hard to pull off though. I think the staff thing is probably pushing it too far, but I do like the idea of having polearm type weapons like lances and halberds.