I couldn't agree more, I think the new system sounds great as you say it makes sense. Also the fact that you can use both hands for a more powerful spell is excellent.

What? No HUD?

This is wrong. This has to be wrong.

And with enchanting back as a proper skill... yes, I'm inclined to say you're right!

Other than in honorable dueling, which imposes all kinds of limits on people, where in history are these people who only use one handed weapons?

I imagine that going dual-wield or single-wield will be much like in DnD type RPGs: you can lay out the damage with dual-wield but you really have to focus on it to not get steep penalties on attack. :shrug:

All I can say is you shouldn't trust Hollywood; they lie.

wow, skyrim is sounding pretty interesting now, still worried about some stuff, mostly how the lore is being handled, but...

being able to finally live a normal life in the game, that sounds pretty nice... i kinda wanted to roleplay a character who lives a fairly usual life, farming, cooking, cutting wood, etc... then gradually grows tired of being just another face in the crowd, and decided to possibly forge some of their own gear and start an adventure.

obviously, to do that in morrowind/oblivion, required quite an imagination...

another thing that is worrying me, though... but also sounds freaking awesome at the same time... we can learn THU'UM?!

uh, isnt that a NORD-ONLY ability?

i cant imagine an argonian coming along and just learning the power that i've only read about the nords being able to use...

im kind of worried... what if they removed all of the other races except nord for character creation, but made it very detailed, allowing us to change almost anything about the character, in extreme ways?

basically, choosing quality over quantity, like they seem to be doing with everything else?

I don't get your point.

My opinion doesn't come from hollywood.

fable 3 did fail :pinch:

It is. You can chose.

No way they would force no HUD. I'm hoping for something like Assassin's Creed where you can toggle different elements of the HUD on/off.

Thank GOD, I couldn't live without my Health Bar.

You're not serious, are you? Where in history have people used companion weapons, other than parrying daggers (which really are more like a shield and less like a sword)? Soldiers often carried more than one weapon, but that doesn't mean they used them simultaneously. And people like wild honey harvesting beekeepers usually carried a sword with them to protect themselves against wild animals, but they didn't charge them dual-wielding!
(I'm mentioning the latter because of the striking similarities between those beekeepers and a fantasy game adventurer. They're tough civilians who go out in the wild, fight creatures and collect loot.)

You know, I just realised. There are actually apparently children in the game.

Lame unkillable children, no doubt.

You know, I just realised. There are actually apparently children in the game.

Lame unkillable children, no doubt. Not that I want to kill them, but I loathe their imperviousness to everything.

Discussion of whether or not to kill children in the game (even though they're not real children, just a heap of bounding boxes with collision and computer code) is forbidden on the forums. But TES games are moddable.

mining woodcuting cooking?

The Elder Scrolls V : Runescape

In the hope of resolving this debate, here's a short guide to the use of various weapon combination throughout history:

One Two-Handed Weapon: The most common military armament throughout all of history. Ancient soldiers used polearms, or in some cases two-handed swords. The age of pike-and-shot warfare saw the rise of longarm guns, which continue to be the dominant military weapon today (in the form of rifles). Historically, two-handed melee weapons were intended for use against cavalry, but they also made excellent weapons for formation fighting.

Most of what we know about medieval swordsmanship is focused on street-fighting with two-handed swords, although it may just be a one-handed sword held with both hands.

One One-Handed Weapon And Shield: The second most common military armament. Many historical armies combined a single short spear, sword, or axe with a shield. Vikings typically fought with either a spear or axe and a shield. The Roman Legion is famous for fighting with a sword and heavy tower shield, which allowed them to get inside the "minimum range" of the very long spears popular with infantry of the day. Cavalry also tended to use this combination, combining a shield and lance.

The buckler, a kind of small shield that goes over your arm rather than being held, combined with a rapier or side-sword, was a very popular armament for civilians during the Early Modern period. These weren't just for formal duels, they were also for self-defense.

Two Equal Sized One-Handed Weapons: Very rare. The common notion of dual-wielding is very much a modern invention, and in real life was only ever practiced with pistols (both the single shot flintlock variety and revolvers) - carrying two pistols meant you didn't have to stop to reload. The combination of a sword and pistol was also very popular. None of this really applies to Skyrim. Fighting with a large weapon like a sword in your non-dominant hand is just very difficult.

One One-Handed Weapon and One Off-Hand Weapon: Very common throughout all of history. The sword-and-dagger combination was the main rival to the sword-and-buckler in civilian popularity. The legendary Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi is also famous for his school of swordsmanship that combined a long sword in the dominant hand and a short sword in the off hand.

One One-Handed Weapon Alone: Pure one-handed combat is pretty rare. For the most part, a one-handed weapon was a sidearm or a weapon carried by civilians meant for self-defense, and you'd usually at least wear a buckler on your off-hand if nothing else. If you were fighting with just a one-handed weapon, it probably meant you'd lost your shield somewhere.

It's confirmed that there are 10 races to choose from. Presumably the same 10 than in MW and OB.
Yes, the thu'um is culturally a Nord thing, but who's to say that other races can't learn it? It may be unusual, but not impossible. Or maybe dragonshouts aren't thu'um, but something similar.

Off the top of my head, I believe there were some Chinese styles that used two weapons like that: Chinese broad swords, hook swords, and probably some others.

Granted, they probably didn't see much military use, but the styles did exist.

I never had the problem with a HUD. Sure the option to remove it would be good for some people, so if it were optional I wouldn't mind.
I for one would like to know my stats before I go into battle, and not requiring going into the menu...

I don't know how they plan on implementing it, as long as I can still see my stats without going through the menu I will be happy.

Im pretty sure people are taking this too far.
I think it will be a job option, like in Fable.

If it is something you can do on your own, not reliant on a job, then I will be surprised.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I don't want to and I'm not trying to get into that debate. I'm just saying I hope they come up with some in-world reasoning this time, given that's a fantasy game. "Protection of the Nine" or something like that. And besides, they just feel so useless and pointless in Fallout. It'd be nice if the children served some real purpose in this game, and they were tied into lore for immersion. And if there are children, then I hope they include older teenagers and young advlts too for diversity. It's pretty weird how there is this massive age gap.

Anyway, I'm amazed at all the hate for dual-wielding weapons though. I could have sworn this was one of the most demanded features...

Wow people when we talk about rpgs lets not bring up Fable its an insult to the genre, its a fun game good for maybe 2 wks worth of messing around, but not a true rpg at all and way too cartoony, I had a lot of hope for the last one, but once again it fails to compare, I rate it with like leisure suit larry or some other nonsense game that only appeals if you want to play 1 of the 3 stooges as a hero.

oh so they won't run at you like retards which means speech craft might just get more useful outside towns and cities

Bandit: Hey there lonely traveler you look overburdened, why don't you come here so that we can relief you of some of your weights.

You: No thank you I need to get to the mage's guild I have an advanced destruction test today, can you believe it I need to destroy, burn and freeze practice dummies at the same time.

Bandit: Oh.... well ahh... good luck with that. *runs away*