Enhance 1H Weapon Speed and Range, and Improve Polearm Armor Pierce
Diversify the weapons stats a bit more.
The meta has been the same for so long. We tell new players to not bother to level anything other than GS or GC, or daggers for farming sometimes.
I propose a slight increase to 1H weapons and a change to polearms as an incentive to use and level different weapons.
1H: Make them a bit faster and slightly longer range so they're viable as main weapons. Result: More mounted combat, more people running indestructible as a tankier class.
Polearm: Keep the slow speed. As a slower weapon, the tradeoff needs to be slightly better than it currently is. A tank-slaying weapon would be a good fit here with a 25% armor pierce bonus (since this is a piercing weapon anyway).
This should help balance the types of weapons that are used in open world, and diversify build a bit more.