User blog comment:D. Cello/Assassinews 03/05 -- ACWiki's Fan Section and AC3 first trailer/@comment-4115686-20120307192955/@comment-26113331-20120308193146

But still, I didn't see a sword at Connor. I always preferred to fight with dagger, as it's combo animations are quicker, and in AC:R they made sword animations even more (around 200%) longer, so it's really good for me that they're focusing on a quick, short-weapons fight.