The two weapons we have today serve different roles. But what if we swapped those? We would get two very different weapons.
The longbow and arrows: a long-range single target weapon. You can get arrows off of your back. They deal 4 damage if thrown or used as melee. That damage is multiplied by how far you pull the arrow back on the bow (up to 3.5X or 14 dmg)
The battle mace: the battle mace is a 2 handed melee weapon that can deal area damage when hitting the ground. It deals 12 damage normally, but hitting the ground deals 25% damage. The ranged attack is visualized by a 5x5 square of spikes (like deadweight but bigger)
Note: the spikes are not the actual attack and just an indicator. Normally do they actually damage