Perhaps they will include dual-wielding, but only with spears. And the spears in the game can only be dual-wielded. Wouldn't that be fun?

On a semi-serious note, I really have no strong feelings one way or the other. If dual-wielding were in, I'd probably use it occasionally, but I like shields. Or two-handers. Claymores rock my world. Or better yet, spear and shield: the classic combination. Perhaps the general consensus is that we all want options. More options.

Bethesda adds some of the skills from Morrowind to Skyrim like Short Blade and Long Blade then they would be able to put DW perks in like:

Apprentice: You can DW but you're weapon damage is decreased by 50% and you attack 20% slower

Journeyman: You're DW weapon damage is decreased by 35%, you're attack speed isn't decreased and you can DW power attack

Expert: You're DW weapon damage is decreased by 30% and you have mastered the standing power attack and you can also disarm enemies

Master: You're DW weapon damage is decreased by 20% and you have mastered all of the powere attacks

If you think this is over powered I don't care how you change it but this is my idea.

You kid right? Dual warhammer would be awesome! :ph34r: , actually no, I kid it would ruin the immersion of the game and what little realism there is to a fantasy RPG, still the idea made me LOL!

Ok, now I have to agree with Khal_of_the_sands, why are you talking about levitating. This is a dual wielding thread, not levitation. Please stay on topic.

As for the whole dual wielding issue, the one thing I'm worried about is how would it be implemented in the game. Like, how would it look visually in-game if I were to dual wield? What about if I were in First person? I know how some FPS games have the controls set up so you use a trigger for each hand.
For those that are stuck on the "Dual-wielding = double attacks/damage" thing, how could you make it so your attacks seemed to flow flawlessly no matter how much you spam each trigger? However, for those that think that the off-hand should only be used for blocking/parrying and special attacks, this makes more sense to me. As you can just replace a shield mesh with one of a dagger/sword, and wallah, you have a parrying dagger. As for the special attacks, those would be the charge attacks specific to dual wielding. I like the concept of dual wielding with using the off-hand for parrying rather than attacking. I just don't imagine attacking with both weapons to look visually pleasing, particularly in first person.

As for the problems on the size of weapons that can be wielded, I agree with generally everyone here that you shouldn't be able to wield anything larger than a shortsword in the off-hand, though it would be cool to be able to wield a full sized sword if i were to become Master in the skill, but I'm fine without that.

I like the whole idea of dual wielding, as I found that a thief either carrying around a large shield or always blocking with a one-handed weapon, particularly a dagger, to be very ridiculous. In real life, blocking with just one dagger would get you killed, but blocking with 2 daggers in a crossed fashion would definitely increase your chances of survival, though I wouldn't recommended trying to block an axe or mace swing in that fashion. It's very painful IIRC. xD

just fyi, how dw looks in O:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKEHTMDCBgg&feature=fvwrel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BqKwtkmXmI

Dual wielding is such a must it's not even funny. I'm tired of only using swords on the off hand as crappy shields with my hand not even gripping it.

Dual wielding should be the same as normal combat but flashier and with two weapons. You can block, better than with only one sword but worse than with a shield, you can't use a torch or cast magic as fluently. Attacks can be from either sword, which can be very effective with different enchantments on the swords. One can expose the victim to a weakness to fire and the other can be enchanted with fire damage. It'd give warriors a more strategic approach, as mages have had.

Also, not just swords. In medieval times they'd have their sword in one hand and a mace in the other, or hell, a short spear in one and a dagger in the other. Let us mix it up.

Same applies for DW or Single. Daggers are useless either way unless they give special perks like increase stealth attack damage, increased crit rate, and increased crit damage.


this being said I agree with what most people are saying, only allow DW of short-small weapons such as dagger, fist, small short swords, sais , etc..

How about it could be like WoW where you can only duel wield one hand weapons.

Dual wielding one handed spears......hell yeah.(jk)

I wouldn't miss the feature, but it would be cool to have.

I agree. Dual wield is a must.