In what way was it a "tremendous step backwards?"

....... skyrims melee was "a trememdous step back from Oblivion...." what

Bethy took out the side combat roll (I know, they added a mostly useless forward roll in Skyrim).

Oblivion melee combat was much more dynamic, just with that simple "addition" of a sideway combat roll.

so because skyrim didnt have one side-roll it automatically became a tremendous step back from oblivion?? i have to disagree on a high tier i believe the vanilla skyrim melee combat is pretty great i never had issues i actually had a blast with it

NV had all the unarmed power attacks you could learn like the sand in the eyes attack that were amazing. Loved the stamina drain for unarmed instead of dmg.

I don't see the reasons why adding more melee weapons or combat behavior. I rather see less of that kind of weapons, like the rolling pins or other "kitchen" tools. When youre equipped with heavy armor or even PA, combat rolling stuffs difficulty to do, like backflipps, forward/backward/sideway rolls. If I get a forward roll, I will be more than pleased, the rolling stuffs not so important since you have other and maybe better methods to manage to get rid of some foes or avoid getting hit.

Cheers,

-Klevs

need some power armor only weapons imo. with a shield. for real. space marine stylin.