I want to train a secondary 2hander on NA, either axe or sword with the purpose of chasing people and dealing with group combat. I understand polearm is a strong solo tool but in group combat it is not always a useful tool. Take finding monsters as an example, polearms are different in the event you are unable to have a crafter. Moreover, there is no polearm for beyond R40 from mobs. For polearms, anything beyond must be crafted but for other weapons, you have easy access to R50, such as transmute. Even R60s can be acquired if you have access to right monsters.