Left hand: Weakness to Fire. Right hand: Flare.

But seriously, I'll probably do the cliche spell and sword combo, as I love it so.

yeah your totally right i forgot that using two guns at the same time is entirely practical and doesnt endanger you, civilians, or your squad mates at all... have you ever fired a hand gun? a sub machine gun? a rifle? even a 9mm handgun has enough kick to make using two impractical in an assault situation, it tells you something when the best assault/CQB squadron in the world uses single Pistols to clear rooms (1st SFOD-D).

Dual wielding swords while different from guns is the same way a sword is heavy, I'am a college athlete (lacrosse) and two swords would be heavy for me to the point where they are unusable, i play 120min games with a stick that weighs a few pounds and THAT can get tiring even swinging two large blades for a few minutes would be exhausting.

also Star Wars... really guys?

Lacrosse is a sport?

Whats with people saying 2 weapons are unrealistic? As if magic is realistic? Whatever, but there are 2-handed weapon styles in RL.
And whats with people being so exited about shield bash? Oblivion had shield bash...to a degree...

If spears are in I would prefer them to be 2 handed because I HATE shields. They make me feel like a noob, like I cant defend my self without placing a wall between myself and my enemy. I would rather hit over twice as hard using both hands than hit lighter and have more defense.

If everything I have said fails ill be whopping heads off with a battle axe!!!

Dude the person you quoted said that duel wielding guns was not a combat style which pretty much means it's impractical. Your arguing for the sake of arguing.

Why does everyone keep assuming that duel wielding something means you have to use both at the same time all the time. Will you people please drop your misconceptions about duel wielding please. You can duel wield anything that only requires one hand to use and you can do it effectively by....wait for it...using them one at a time for most attacks.

That is how Skyrim is going work.

haha yes, in the united states it happens to be the fastest growing sport, its fast full contact a mix between hockey and soccer... also its been around for about a century.... where are you from?

with a post dripping in sarcasm... and i understand that i was just stating my opinion its fine if people would like to use it, i probably wont. and common who doesnt like a good argument

Not really, I really didn't know.

My apologies.

A warhammer? You mean a real-life warhammer or a fantasy warhammer? Real-life war hammers weren't that big... they were one-handed weapons..

One-on-one, I would definitely go with 2 swords against 1 sword and shield.
Don't confuse "taking blows" with defense.

its all good man :thumbsup: i didnt mean your post was dripping with sarcasm! yeah lacrosse is a bit of a fring sport dont worry about it!

My first character is going to be a Nord berserker/barbarian. He's going in with two war axes and light viking armor. He's gonna hit fast and hard and defense is a secondary consideration. I'm debating on giving him a shamanistic edge to balance him out, using restoration and enchanting or alchemy to either fortify or revive his health.

I'm gonna dual wield torches...

and bows...

My enemies will bow down before me.

Two different spells.

Dagger and spell.

Sword and spell.

Shield and sword.

Shield and spear.

Shield and spell.

I'm gonna' try it all and I'm sure I'll smile the whole time.

Skyrim will be beast!!!

Probably will block with the bumper or shoulder buttons.

Probably a short sword in my right and dagger in my left. Since like me, my character will be slighty ambi-dextrious but not completley.

In the more rugged world of Skyrim, a two-handed sword will probably be my preference.

Although I do wonder how flexible the dual-wielding system is. I'd like to be able to only use one sword and put it in my left hand to more appropriately reflect myself IRL. I wonder if that will be possible, or if I will have to be dual-wielding in order to gain access to my right hand?

Cool, I've heard about it but never cared much to find out what its about.
My high school just had the basic Baseball, soccer, football, etc.

Well were getting OT.


Anyone still hoping were getting dual summon spells?

I must say I really actually liked the Duel weilding spells in Fable III and was pleased to see Beth. (a more competent team in my opinion) take that awesome idea and make it ten times better in TES.

I always play as a mage so the Duel Spells sounds awesome, but more likely I'll probably have a staff in my right hand a cast spells in my left

my hope is that they will have two handed weapons, but (in the case of a staff, when you cast a spell you can temporarily hold the staff with one hand, not necessarily attack while holding it with one hand, but just hold it, in other Fantasy games that's common for mage types)

I thought this topic was called "Dual wielding cats". Carry on.

you gotta think about the people who'd actually be using duel swords. not some collage athlete (no offense intended), but a trained and skilling warrior who'd know how to use a sword. i don't htink they'd have as much trouble as you or anybody else trying to handle them

Love how Bethesda is implementing dual-wielding. And I'm going to dual-wield bows. Don't ask me how that will work.

However, why in the hell are people so concerned with realism? Since when are RPGs supposed to be synonymous with simulations?

As a former fighter in the SCA. (Not really larping. We wear full armor and beat each other with tape-wrapped rattan weaponry. No foam padding. It can hurt.) I can vouch that dual wielding is neither stupid, nor unrealistic. Some of our most successful fighters fought with two weapons. It's a lot harder to handle two things coming at you from different directions, and unlike the sword/shield combo, or a two handed weapon, you can parry with one weapon while simultaneously attacking with the other. It's really very effective.

How do you think it will be implemented?
I mean how could you block and attack with each hand separately?
It would require four buttons, amirite?

I've been mulling about this same thing for some time now. I have no idea. The only think I can come up with is... probably?

I can see this working on the xbox. Left and right triggers attack. Left and right bumpers block. It makes sense there, but what about pc? Left and right mouse button attack, Q and E block? That seems kind of confusing. I'm sure we'll get an answer when game mechanics are revealed further in the coming weeks/months.

has anyone thought of dual bows? i know its physically impossible but maybe we can get a perk because that would be so deadly because in skyrim they said a person of stealth can kill someone in one shot from a great distance

Then why would you need 2 bows to kill someone in one shot?