First of all... I'm going to have to say that I wish this poll had an 'I could go either way on it' option.


Dual Wielding is, to be fair, an ability in games which often ends up being broken. The truth of the matter is... I -can- and -have- fired two 9mm handguns with relatively low loss of accuracy. Whatever someone's favorite TV Show/Magazine/Old Person might like to tell them, I know better... when it comes to me. And I know it can be done. In a practical combat situation, though, it would be one of those things where you'd be making a very tactical decision. You give up the ability to aim -precisely-... and instead rely upon depth perception... while also taking away your ability to stabilize the gun as you fire it.

That makes for -difficulty- aiming. But not impossibility... and certainly not this monstrous lack of realism so many folks here have been railing about. If all the purists want to come rag on this question because they feel impotent against the merging of so many genres into other games which aren't traditionally of that genre... I figure it's their choice. They invite disaster, though, when they make ignorant comments such as 'Go play an FPS'... as some folks, like me, who happen to be a BIG fan of RPG's... take offense to this.

I shouldn't -have- to go play a game that svcks... or I don't enjoy... to enjoy a certain feature employed by that genre.

I -like- Dual Wielding. I -like- Dual Wielding when it is done RIGHT. Firearms become less accurate (I would say, for Fallout, depending on your strength, endurance, and skill with them), but you can put a lot of bullets in a person with a pair of nine-mils if you find yourself toting around two of them. Alternately, a PAIR of knives... blades... or any other weapon which is one-handed would be ENTIRELY feasible. In fact, it is historically COMMON.

So I say again. If it were to be done WELL by someone... then sure. I'd love to see it implemented.

If it would up going the way of most FPS-style implementations, however, I would just as soon do without it.

LOL! You got me there... :glare: :flamethrower:

Can't see going much past four, though. :whistling:

There's Duct Tape, no?

There's Duct Tape, no?

YOU got ME, there! Hadn't thought of that **busy taping knives to my knees**

If you are holding a gun in both of your hands how can you reaload?

...Yup you can′t do it.

Something like a toggle to switch between dual and single if you want to use iron sights? Holding two 10mm SMGs though, who needs to aim? =D

No thanks. Id rather not have such a gimmick in fallout.

Indeed.

This is a series to be taken seriously, and anything gimmicky, silly, or over the top clearly has no place in this game.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get back into my space suit and chase neo-legionaires with a chainsaw.

I noticed. Sorry if my opinion is different than yours.

My bad.

Im not a big fan of DW either personally, but i see no reason (in principal) why it shouldnt be added as a perk with high AGI / PER requirements for those who do want it.
I know it would take a lot of work with animations / ammo counters / damage calculations etc.
Not my cup of tea, but i wouldnt have to choose it, no reason others couldnt be catered for though.

The snobbishness on this forum ASTOUNDS me. People arguing against a feature that is optional to the player and fits with a post-apocalyptic environment just because it would "make the game too fps" is beyond mindblowing.

I'm on the development team for the Project Reality mod for BF2. Team members and forum-goers seemed predominantly "purist" back in 2006, wanting every weapon to stay iron-sights only and whenever someone mentioned an EoTech sight or whatnot they'd get pounced on. Now, not only are EoTech sights in the game, nearly every weapon has some form of optic and very few people complain. It's people arguing for the sake of argument and being snobbish for the sake of being snobbish. Dual wielding would not take anything away from this game. That's not to say dual-wielding would fit into Project Reality, as it's not remotely realistic in modern warfare.

As mentioned dual-wielding has been a staple of the RPG genre for decades of years with the release of D&D1, and under certain circumstances is a useful tactic even in real life. This isn't even mentioning that we don't have unarmored mindless feral ghouls attacking us, which is prime territory for, you guessed it, automatic weapons and/or dual wielding of pistol/submachine guns. Not to mention the applications of dual wielding melee weapons, which, unless shields make a comeback, is probably more common than not with one-handed melee weapons in a post-apocalyptic environ.