Quote Originally Posted by VargasVermillion View Post
On the contrary, using a two handed weapon required it's wielder to be smarter, they were mainly used for breaking pike formations and got paid double the wage, otherwise they were used like short spears when close to someone. Ironically archery actually relies heavily on strength yet is affected by dex or agility in most games.
They got paid extra because heavy 2H swords were not easy (cheap) to acquire. In addition, they required more training. (also not something anyone would have, in part due to the cost of the swords)

Archery only requires strength for drawing the bow, with just a lot of strength you might be able to shoot far; but you still won't hit anything.
While agility is not an archery related stats in general, I guess it has to do with the type of archery being a combat-heavy movement kind of archery; which would indeed require high agility.
Quote Originally Posted by VargasVermillion View Post
Using any kind of weapon requires it's wielder to act smarter than the opponent, brute force rarely gets anyone anywhere unless the opponent they are facing is a bad fighter.

Obviously a greatsword requires strength to wield but in order to use it effectively you'd have to be pretty smart with how you go about it, especially if it is heavy.
A 2H swords greatest strength was it's heavy weight. Because physics. Being smart really had nothing to do with wielding weapons like that.