I, personally, am not a big fan of this 'foam sword' model as it appears to be dubbed as. However, personal taste is everything in this game. I prefer swords over axes/maces in terms of 2h looks, but others in my guild swing other directions (pun not entirely intended). Diversity is everything and is good.

You can't deny though this model has been used *so* much this expansion which probably makes haters hate it more. Leveling through some lower levels it is really disappointing to find some low level greens that have amazing artwork and last all of an hour because you level so fast.

The saving grace, in my mine, is at least it isn't the model that has the pink/red look to it. The blue makes it much more tolerable for an alt to use when push comes to shove. I'll still be logging out in my PvP weapon though so I don't have to see it on the loading screen! Haha.

It's as if Blizzard decided that the fact that a character has no tier gear wasn't enough - those players should also have a big neon sword that proudly announces, visually, "I don't raid!"