No wonder, you guys are using axes. That's the slowest-swinging weapon in the game. What, you think something that does more damage than swords and renders shields unusable for a few seconds is just going to be able to swung at 1.8 speed? No, that would make shields completely useless. Use swords. Swords are for fighting normally, axes are for shield breaking. Axes do, what, 2 more points of damage than swords? That's pretty big difference considering the swing speed of the axe is half of the sword's. That, combined with the durability of the axe going down two points a hit instead of one, makes for awful PvP. If the PvP system changes, it's up to you to adapt to it. If you can't, then it sucks for you, doesn't it?