Weapon dilenma

[LennyLen]

However nice the axe is, I seem to have problems hitting the monsters at times.

Your real problem may not be what weapon to use. It is a common mistake for first time Warrior players to put the majority (or all) of their level-up points into strength. What is more important is Dexterity, as this increases your chance of hitting your opponent. As you have seen, if you can't hit the enemy, it doesn't matter how much damage you can do.

I'm not a Warrior player, so I'll leave it to someone else to tell you how to distribute points.

Now, as for the two weapons... The ivory sword of brilliance offers you nothing really, except for the fact that it can be wielded with a shield. If the monsters are having difficulty hitting you when you are using the axe, then use that. If they are hitting quite often however, you should probably use the sword/shield combo.

(This is assuming you can acually hit the enemy however)