My 1st character will likely be a jack of all trades character so few set plans for him.
After that I will create 3 characters
Stealth thief/assassin :batman: - duel wield daggers or a bow switching to Duel Daggers for close rainge
Pure Mage - Duel Fire :flamethrower: - switching to fire and Healing when needed - occasionally staff and fire or duel staffs
Warrior :gun: - Shield and Long sword mainly with occasionally using Duel axes just to make an impression

I'd make a light shield and magic.
My first char will be a stealthy magic warrior.

Spear in one hand, crossbow in the other.

yes i want to try a dagger and spell or shield and spell. i want to really use magic because it seems so much cooler in skyrim

Don't daggers always svck though in TES? I hope they don't this time.

Well, as we saw in the trailer, we can now slit throats if successfully stealthy. And enemies will go into a alert and search mode if they think you're nearby, instead of instantly seeing you. And apparently they've completely overhauled the damage a dagger does if you get a stealth kill. As for open combat, by the looks of one of the screenshots, it looks like killi9ng moves will be possible from a frontal facing position, which means dexterity with daggers and short-swords might have been added this time, allowing different fighting styles with different weapons - i.e. Daggers might be good for parrying. At least, that's what I'm hoping. The daggers were used in the same way as swords in Oblivion. I hope this is not the case this time. ^^

Do we have force-push telekinesis as a spell?

I love talking about this. My Breton will use a bow, but when I need to raid dungeons or use close combat for whatever reason, it'll be a shortsword with either a Restoration, Conjuration or Alteration spell in the other hand. I'm pretending that he'll have ignored the Arcane Arts at an early age, but due to his natural abilities as a Breton he can still turn back on magic when necessary. The possibilities will be endless. Shield, Burden, Reflect, Absorb, Restore, Summon, etc.
I'm also looking forward to dual-wielding shortswords.
By the way OP, I love your idea about using a dagger with a defensive spell. That's awesome.

Ice shard / Shield spell

Melee:
Left Hand - Axe
Right Hand - Dagger

Magic:
Left Hand - Lightning
Right Hand - Ice

I won't need to mix up the two and have a melee weapon and magic as range. For range, I'll use a bow and arrows.

Obviously, two katanas, I'll just spin fast in a circle, helicopter effect...I wish, lol. Ugh, double daggers? Idk

Shield in left hand, shield in right hand all the way!!!!

If we can channel spells through our weapons, dual swords. If this is not in the game, dual spells of dual staves. I liek Dual

Beats me. Kind of a silly question to ask without my having tinkered with the system :shrug:

I'd try some magic combos, maybe a shield and blade.

Probably end up with dualed daggers, or a dagger and healing spell, or a bow and mostly ignore the whole thing :shrug:

Well my first char was going to be a farmer who's farm is destroyed by goblins, so he picks up a SWORD and SHIELD and joins the militia.

Then I was going to make a wizards aprentice girl who uses MAGIC when a mod that lets you play as a child comes out.

But I also bought Morrowind last week and I ended up making an Assasin, I wanted him to weild a WAR AXE, but I ended up using a SWORD with that character.

Bows or sword+destruction magic then I'll kinda play around with different styles with other characters.

After thinking about this and reading a few posts I realized how much replay potential there is solely in terms of experimenting with different combat styles and combinations let alone roleplaying possibilties god I can't wait for this game.

I'm not gonna wing it, I'm going to shield it. I plan to make myself an very overpowered confused :turtle: .

Dual bows.
Or dual throwing axes.
... Or something else. Probably something else.

Dual spears?

Confused turtle ftw! :rock:

I think I will try every setup, but I most likely end up with a mace and spells.

Axe/axe, axe/shield, spell/shield. Depending on my current needs. I also like the concept of sword/staff.

Bow as an opener, then switch to daggers or shortswords.
When I'm out of arrows, sneak > poison > daggers > 10x > instakill

I dont know anything about Skyrims combat system.

Will it support dualweapon this time ?

Will it support bastard weapons (one and a half hander, weapons like the Katana, that can be used with one or two hands).

I fancy the greatsword, though.

Ill probably end up Illusion or alteration spell + dagger