Lefties left out in the cold... : V - Skyrim

» Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:13 am

it was tweeted a while back that you can in fact place the shield in the right hand, its just not the conventional way of doing it and there is a certain way to do it. the journalist more than likely just didnt have the time to figure it out or just saw that the shield only had an equip option and assumed that placing it in the right hand was not viable, which is understandable when you only have 30 minutes to get as much as you can out of a game.

as far as left handed archery though, that has not been confirmed. but i would assume it would also be viable like the shield.

» Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:00 am

http://twitter.com/#!/DCDeacon/status/112162207562858496

You can put weapons or magic in either hand. You can only equip shields and torches in your left hand. Bows as well.

oops!

» Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:05 pm

Fact: Lefties were trained to use a shield n sword normally(Right hand sword) because using the shield with your right arm leaves your heart and other goodies exposed! So all the lefties died more than righties.

(And gays used to be executed so no need to cry about those)

» Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:10 am

Fact: Lefties were trained to use a shield n sword normally(Right hand sword) because using the shield with your right arm leaves your heart and other goodies exposed! So all the lefties died more than righties.

How exactly does a right-hand shield leave you more exposed? The heart is in the center of the chest, the liver is on the right side! and your right lung is a bit larger. So a right-hand shield would actually provide more protection. The problem with a right hand shield is that it makes both shields useless, as it's shield vs. shield on one side and sword vs. sword on the other.

BTW: so we can't dualwield shields in Skyrim?

» Sat Sep 10, 2011 1:20 am

Guys, the heart is located fairly close to the center of the chest, and either way, if you get stabbed in the abdomen you're going to die regardless.

» Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:33 am

How exactly does a right-hand shield leave you more exposed? The heart is in the center of the chest, the liver is on the right side! and your right lung is a bit larger.

I think back in the day when people still fought with swords and shields, they weren't quite so up-to-speed with human anatomy.

So left-handed weapons are out. Not gonna lose any sleep over it, it would have been a gimmick anyway.

» Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:58 pm

Glad Pete answered my tweet; it was bugging me personally, being a lefty myself. But look on the bright side fellow lefties, at least we can go around with a sword in our left and a shield spell in our right (if that is possible).

» Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:56 am

I think back in the day when people still fought with swords and shields, they weren't quite so up-to-speed with human anatomy.

You'd be surprised, the egyptians knew a lot of anatomy due to their funeral rituals, the romans knew very well where liver and kidneys are, and what kind of death it will cause to stab in them. And even dark-age medieval europe had very creative techniques for torture and execution. The heart, being the best protected organ second only to the brain, isn't a primary target anyway. And almost any deep cut lethal or not will take you out of the fight in real life.

Another reason for forcing left hand shields were formations. In a formation your shield protects not only your own left side, but also the right side of the man to your left.

» Fri Sep 09, 2011 11:57 pm

i thought it was configured lik this : d-pad left = faverite to left hand trigger : d-pad right = assign faverite to right hand trigger

» Fri Sep 09, 2011 11:46 pm

Anyone else abit dissapointed in this?

Why do I see this at the end of almost every thread so far?

» Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:29 pm

I think back in the day when people still fought with swords and shields, they weren't quite so up-to-speed with human anatomy.

So left-handed weapons are out. Not gonna lose any sleep over it, it would have been a gimmick anyway.

"Tell me, sir knight, where should the liver on a healthy man be located?"

"The ground."

» Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:00 am

So Pete Hines says:

"You can put weapons or magic in either hand. You can only equip shields and torches in your left hand. Bows as well."

So this is, in essence, one of those oddities like the inability to block with dual weapons. You can be left handed and put a weapon in your left hand to attack with, but if you choose to use a shield/torch, you're forced to be right handed. And we're also right handed with bows and 2H weapons in our stance.

» Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:33 pm

Less than 10% of us are left handed and we must learn early on that we live in a world set up for right handed people. I don't expect the world or this game to change just for me and the few like me. I don't think I even had a left handed desk except one year during all my years of school.

Are there any games that are out there that are left handed friendly?

» Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:50 pm

The gameplay effects of this will be disastrous. Oh wait.

Whoever is moaning about this have no reason to and shouldn't buy the game if they get annoyed by small things like this

» Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:23 pm

Wasn't holding the bow in morrowind the left handed way?...i'm sure it was different,didn't bother me though.

» Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:45 am

Yeah, there is no left-handedness in the game. Pete has confirmed that you cannot hold a shield in your right hand three times now on Twitter. You can hold a single sword/axe/mace in the left, but you must use magic or nothing in the right hand.

» Sat Sep 10, 2011 1:12 am

Oh no, this is such a significant feature to be left out.

Whatever should we do in the game now? :rolleyes:

» Fri Sep 09, 2011 11:34 pm

The gameplay effects of this will be disastrous. Oh wait.

Whoever is moaning about this have no reason to and shouldn't buy the game if they get annoyed by small things like this

So youre saying we have to like everything about the game and if we dont like one little thing we have no right to buy it? wow

» Sat Sep 10, 2011 4:47 am

That's it!

I won't buy any game where I can't dual wield tower shields. :swear:

Do we seriously need two threads for that non-issue?

» Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:45 pm

This thread is just FULL of "historic facts" about true fighting styles :whistling:

I'm a lefty and I grew up having to use right handed pencils and forks! I even had to walk on the right side of the road! Oh, the cruelty. <_<

» Sat Sep 10, 2011 4:15 am

This thread is just FULL of "historic facts" about true fighting styles :whistling:

I'm a lefty and I grew up having to use right handed pencils and forks! I even had to walk on the right side of the road! Oh, the cruelty. <_<

I'm also lefty and if people came at me wielding a shield in their left and a sword in their right and I was given a sword and shield I'd have to learn to put the shield in my left and sword in my right so the shield can easily stay where the pointy thing is.

I write and use a fork left handed but I play pool right handed because I was taught by right handed people. It happens frequently with tasks where both hands do something.

» Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:33 am

Why someone needs to defend right side instead of left?
Right-handed, left-handed, ambidextrous- it doesn't matter, your heart stays at left side so shield should be there

Although...
We don't know the precise anatomy of mers and beasts
They might have heart on the right side or centered, so who knows

A persons heart is actually in the centre of their chest ..... awkward

» Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:50 am

Thats strange because even pete said a while ago that there is no block button. Its the item that does the action so whatever is in your hand you do that action. So which is it?

» Fri Sep 09, 2011 8:50 pm

I'm also lefty and if people came at me wielding a shield in their left and a sword in their right and I was given a sword and shield I'd have to learn to put the shield in my left and sword in my right so the shield can easily stay where the pointy thing is.

I write and use a fork left handed but I play pool right handed because I was taught by right handed people. It happens frequently with tasks where both hands do something.

I can guarantee you if I was forced into combat with a sword in my right hand and a shield in my left, my only option would be to lie underneath my shield until it was destroyed and i died.

Have you ever seen a left handed pencil?

» Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:33 am

Yeah. Almost hundred percent certain it's, choose in the menu whether you want it left-handed or right handed. I see no problem with this.

In his latest tweet he was just making it clear that once you choose a side the shield is always going in the offhand.